FW Ep 47 - Endurance Nutrition 101 with Charlotte Fisher

Today’s guest is Charlotte Fisher, BSc, MSc, of Charlotte F. Nutrition Charlotte is a health and performance nutritionist and one to one coach. She is a specialist in nutrition for endurance athletes and an ultramarathon runner herself. Charlotte has worked for Mac-Nutrition and as a Nutritionist at Doncaster Rovers FC Academy. She obtained her MSc in Sport and Exercise Nutrition from Loughborough University in 2018. Charlotte was a co-guest on the Cofit 19 talks with me and I am delighted to welcome her today. In this episode we discuss; 0:00 - Charlotte’s background and her own personal experience of training for long-distance events. 9:00 minutes; the dangers of overtraining, injuries and the importance of rest. 12:30; the areas of nutrition that endurance athletes should focus on 19:40; various methods you can use to fuel during an event 24:50; how to measure your sweat loss for optimum hydration 30:00; your energy requirements for events and explain a bit about ‘METS’. 34:00; can you be an endurance athlete and still pursue weight loss? 37:25; more detail about ‘carb-loading’