Episodes
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Episode 98: All of Your Creatine Questions Answered with Dr. Scott Forbes
Dr. Scott is an Assistant Professor at the University of Brandon in Manitoba, Canada and this is his second time on the podcast. He is widely regarded as one of the worlds leading researchers and experts when it comes to everyone's favorite supplement; creatine. In this episode, Dr. Scott and I…
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Episode 97: Female Athletes in Weight Category Sports: What We Do and Don't Know with Dr. Carl Langan-Evans and Dr. Reid Reale
In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Carl Langan-Evans and Dr. Reid Reale discuss the review paper 'Nutritional Considerations for the Female Athlete in Weight Category Sports' which we all published in the European Journal of Sports Science at the beginning of the year. We discuss what the…
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Episode 96: My Mental Performance Crisis Call with David Niethe
This is a very different episode to what I normally put out, but I think there will be immense value in this for a lot of you guys. If you guys follow me on social media you will know that I have gotten into endurance running and am currently training for an ultra marathon. This past weekend I…
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Episode 95: Getting Started in Combat Sports Nutrition with Paul O'Neill
Paul O'Neill is a Performance Nutritionist from England who since 2013 has been the Founder of ProNutrition Clinic where he consults many of the UK’s most elite boxers. Paul started his own journey in boxing at just 9 years old and as he got older and gained more experience, he became the go-to…
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Episode 94: Weight Cycling in Combat Sports with Dr. James Morehen
Dr. James Morehen is a Performance Nutritionist with a Bachelor's in Sport and Exercise Science, a Masters's of Science in Sports Physiology, and a PhD in Sports Nutrition. He is also the founder and owner of Moorhen Performance and currently works as the Head of Performance Nutrition with the...
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Episode 93: Stretching for Peak Performance with Matt Ulawski
Matt Ulawksi is a movement coach from Southern California who works with a myriad of athletes from a number of different sports where he helps them better understand how to move their body in the best way for their given activity. Matt has some great insight into just how important correct...
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Episode 92: How to Run a Successful Sports Nutrition Business with Tyler Minton
Many of you will be familiar with Tyler and his work with many of the greatest UFC fighters to ever do it including, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Daniel Cormier, Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson, and many more. Tyler is also the owner of Tyler Minton Nutrition, a highly successful nutrition business that…
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Episode 91: Sleep In to Win with Dr. Amy Bender
Dr. Amy is the Director of Clinical Sleep Science at Cerebra in Calgary Canada. Sbe has a PhD and Masters of Science in Experimental Psychology from Washington State University, specializing in Sleep EEG. She is a former athlete herself, notably a hall of fame basketballer, keen mountaineer and…
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Physical Therapy for the Modern MMA Athlete with Dr. Heather Linden
Dr. Heather Linden is the Director of Physical Therapy at UFC Performance Institute Las Vegas and is the go-to Physical Therapist for many of the worlds leading Combat Sports Athletes. In this episode, we are going to be breaking down Dr. Heather's contributions to the UFC PI's latest journal and...
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How to Get the Oxygen Advantage with Patrick McKeown
Patrick McKeown is a world-renowned author and breathing practitioner who specializes in optimal breathing for health, well-being, and fitness. Originally trained in the famous Buteyko Breathing Method at the Buteyko Clinic in Moscow, Russia, Patrick has developed and refined his own method of...
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Nutrition Programming for the Modern MMA Athlete with Clint Wattenberg
Clint Wattenberg is the Director of Performance Nutrition at the UFC Performance Institute Las Vegas, he is one of the most prominent figures in the area of Combat Sports Science and is well and truly leading the charge when it comes to Nutrition for Combat Athletes. In this episode, we are going...
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A Technical Analysis of the Modern MMA Athlete with Dean Amasinger
Dean is a returning guest to the podcast and is the current Technical Director of the UFC Performance Institute. In this episode, we will break down the new UFC PI Journal 'A Cross Sectional Performance Analysis and Projection of the UFC Athlete Volume 2'. We will be breaking down Dean's...
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Why Breathing is 99% of Your Performance with Dave Wood
Dave Wood is a former intensive care paramedic turned Performance coach. He is fast becoming one of the most sought after coaches in the Australia and New Zealand and this can be credited to his deep understanding of the integration of the different systems of the human body, and the incredible...
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25 Years of Experience in Combat Sports Research with Dr. Emerson Franchini
Dr. Franchini has a Ph.D. in Physical Education and is an Associate Professor at the school of physical education and sport at the University of Sao Paulo. He is the coordinator of martial arts and combat sports research group where he and his team have been conducting research in combat sports...
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CBD: Science Fact or Science Fiction with Mark Germaine
Mark Germaine is a Performance Nutritionist and Alumni of prestigious Liverpool John Moores University in Liverpool, England. Mark returns to the podcast to give us a balanced, scientific overview of something that is rapidly flooding all of our social media feeds; CBD. You do not have to look…
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Conor McGregor's Secret Weapon to Recovery with Dr. Cohin Kakar
Dr. Cohin holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration from the University of Louisville as well as a Doctor of Pharmacy from Sullivan University. He has vast experience in the pharmaceutical industry and is a contributing author to the financial media outlet Entrepreneur....
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Why Weight Cutting Is Still An Issue In MMA with Mike Dolce
Mike Dolce is one of the most well-known and respected trainers, not just in Combat Sports, but in the Health and Fitness industry. Across his more than 20-year career he has been awarded World MMA Trainer of the Year, not once, but 4 times, he is a best-selling author of his wildly successful…
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What You Need to Know About S&C for Fighters with Dean Phelps
Dean is a Physiotherapist, Strength and Conditioning Coach, and owner of one of Australia’s premier clinics Fighting Fit Physiotherapy on the Gold Coast. Dean has over 15 year’s experience working with fighters, as well as competing himself. His clinic and gym is the go to training and...
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An Overview of Everything We Know About the MMA Athlete with Dr. Duncan French
Dr. Duncan French is a world-renowned Performance specialist and is the current Head of Performance at the UFC Performance Institute, Las Vegas. He has worked with elite-level Olympic athletes in Great Britain, numerous universities, and is a published author of over 60 peer-reviewed articles. In…
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How to Get in the Best Shape of Your Life with Tyler Minton
Tyler Minton is a regular guest on the podcast and one of the best-known names when it comes to Nutrition for Combat Sports athletes. His career in the field has spanned over a decade and he has worked with some of the best of the best including; Daniel Cormier, Max Holloway, and Khabib...
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Nutrition for Traumatic Brain Injury with Charles Stull
Charles Stull is the Performance Nutrition Manager at the UFC Performance Institute, Las Vegas. Over the past 18 months, Charles has been pivotal in designing and implementing the UFC and Trifecta's Fight Week Meal Service in which they assist with the Nutritional needs of fighters making weight...
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The Latest In Combat Sports Nutrition with Dr. Reid Reale
Dr. Reid Reale is the whose who in combat sports nutrition. He is one of the foremost published researchers in the area and is currently the Performance Nutrition Manager at the UFC Performance Institute Shanghai. I wanted to get Reid back on the podcast to discuss his recent experience spending…
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Episode 77: The Athletes Guide to Energy Availability with Taylor Ryan
Taylor is an accredited Sports Dietitian and owner of The Sports Dietitian, one of Australia’s most successful sports nutrition clinic that focuses on strength sports. Taylor predominantly works with athletes from the recreational to the elite in Crossfit, powerlifting, and weightlifting but also...
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Feeding UFC Fight Island 2.0 with Chef Mario Limaduran
Chef Mario Limaduran is the Executive Chef at Trifecta Nutrition and is a pivotal part of the highly successful UFC Performance Institute/Trifecta partnership that fuels UFC fighters during their fight weeks. In this episode we discuss Fight Island 2.0 and what the experience was like for Chef...
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Hydration Testing is Not the Solution to Weight Cutting with Dr. Oliver Barley
Dr. Oliver has joined us again on the podcast to discuss his latest paper titled Reviewing the current methods of assessing hydration in athletes. In this chat we discuss all of the current methods there are to assess hydration and discuss whether or not they should be used with combat athletes…
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Energy Availability in Combat Athletes with Dr. Carl Langan-Evans
Dr. Carl Evans is back on the podcast to discuss his latest research paper 'Physiological and psychological consequences of low energy availability in a male combat sports athlete'. In this episode, we discuss energy availability, the current recommendations, how they fit in with combat sports...
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Creating a World Champion Mindset with David Niethe
Dave Niethe is a Master NLP Practitioner, Master Time Line Therapist, and Master Hypnotherapist. Put simply, he is an Elite level Mental Performance Coach. Dave himself has competed at an elite level in rowing, rugby, and strongman holding many records in both power lifting and the New Zealand...
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Creating High Performance Athletes with Dr. Andy Galpin
Dr. Andy Galpin is a tenured Professor in the Center for Sport Performance at California State University Fullerton. Andy has an Undergraduate degree in Exercise Science, a Masters degree in Human Movement Sciences and in 2011 earned his PhD in Human Bioenergetics. In this episode, Dr Galpin and…
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The Science of Striking with Sam Gilbert
Sam Gilbert is a registered physiotherapist with the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) and certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) with the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). He holds a bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy from Latrobe university…
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Feed, Fuel and Perform While Making Weight with Dr. Sinead Roberts
Dr. Roberts received her doctorate from University College London, where she studied the control of cell growth and fat metabolism. She is the founder of Feed, Fuel, Perform a Performance Nutrition company that works with a myriad of different athletes, including many different weight category...
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Busting Common Nutrition Myths with Alexa Eisenberg
Alexa is a Registered Dietitian who holds a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition Sciences and Dietetics and a Masters of Science in Dietetics. She is the former Performance Nutrition Coordinator at the UFC Performance Institute Las Vegas and recently started her own private practice, Alexa Eisenberg...
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A History of Combat Sports in New Zealand with Coach Mike Angove
'Lightning' Mike Angove is a former world champion kickboxer and professional boxer. He is New Zealand’s leading combat sports analyst and commentator and is often found in the commentary box for many of New Zealand’s major events. Mike is also one of the coaches at world renowned City…
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A Coaches Guide to the Menstrual Cycle
Dr. Georgie is the Senior Sports Scientists and research scientist at Orreco, a leading sports data and analytics company. She has completed a Bachelor science with honours in physiological science at the University of Bristol. She also has completed a PhD from University College London focusing…
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The Art and Science of Performance Breathing with Dave Wood
Dave 'Woody' Wood is an intensive care paramedic who has spent the majority of his life in very stressful situations. This combined with a serious injury, that led to chronic pain, caused Woody to look for a natural but effective method to deal with these internal and external stresses. This is...
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Physiology for the Female Combat Athlete
Dr. Nikole Maclellan is a Naturopathic Doctor and Dietitian who specialises in Sports Medicine and Pain Management. Dr. Maclellan specialises in Female Athlete physiology and in this episode we speak about the menstrual cycle, what is considered normal during each phase of the cycle, the…
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Feeding UFC Fight Island with Chef Mario Limaduran
Chef Mario Limaduran is the Executive Chef at Trifecta Nutrition who is the official partner and service provider of the UFC. Chef Mario works alongside the UFC Performance Institute Nutrition team to feed UFC athletes during their Fight Weeks to ensure they are making weight in the safest and...
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Is There Even An Advantage To Cutting Weight With Chris Kirk
Chris Kirk is a Ph.D. researcher at Liverpool John Moores University where he is studying the physiological demands of mixed martial arts. I have invited Chris back to discuss his most recent papers, the first of which is the first piece of evidence in the literature to demonstrate that weight...
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Developing The Next Generation of MMA Fighters With Dean Amasinger
Dean is the Director of MMA at the UFC Performance Insititute in Shanghai, China. Dean, alongside the other staff at the PI, are responsible for coordinating the development of the academy athletes who are part of the Performance Institute team. In this episode, we discuss Dean's own MMA career,...
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What We Really Know About Gut Health With Dr. Gabrielle Fundaro
Dr. Fundaro has A Ph.D. in Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, from Virginia Tech. She is a Monash low-FODMAP certified and ISSN-certified sports nutritionist, and ACE-certified health coach. In this episode, we discuss common myths in regards to the microbiome, what dietary patterns seem to be...
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Changing Culture To Improve Practices With Louise Bloor
Louise Bloor is a Performance Nutritionist who for the better part of the last decade has worked with the British Judo Association. In this time Louise has rallied to change the culture and behaviours of the athletes when it comes to making weight. In this episode, we discuss the difficulties she...
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Redefining High Performance at the UFC PI With Dr. Duncan French
Dr. Duncan French is the Vice President of Performance at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas. Dr. French has worked in high performance for over twenty years and three Olympic cycles working with Elite and Olympic level athletes. In this episode, we discuss the systems he put in place to...
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Questioning What We Know About Fight Nutrition With Mark Germaine
Mark Germaine is a Performance Nutritionist and Alumni of prestigious Liverpool John Moores University in Liverpool, England. Mark returns to the podcast to discuss how his practice has changed over the past twelve months based on the latest scientific literature. We discuss the role of...
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How The UFC PI Has Revolutionised Fight Week With Charles Stull
Charles Stull is the Performance Nutrition Manager at the UFC Performance Institute, Las Vegas. Charles has been pivotal in creating and applying a revolutionary Fight Week Nutrition service to UFC athletes during a UFC Fight Week. Alongside Trifecta, the UFC PI team provides athletes with...
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Considerations For Rapid Weight Loss With Dr. Lewis James
Dr. Lewis James is a lecturer and researcher at Loughborough University, England. Dr. Lewis completed his Ph.D. in human water balance and has himself has been a lifelong martial artist. In this episode, we discuss the specifics of fight week strategies leading into the rapid weight loss phase...
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Hydration and Heat Acclimation With Dr. Oliver Barley
Dr. Oliver Barley is a researcher from Edith Cowan University who is arguably Australia's leading Combat Sports Researcher. Dr. Oliver is a specialist in hydration and in this episode, we discuss his newest research that assesses the validity of the common lab based hydration tests. We also…
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SIBO, The Carnivore Diet & Alkaline Foods With Dr. Nirala Jacobi
Dr. Jacobi is one of Australia’s leading experts in the treatment of small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), a common cause of IBS. She frequently lectures nationally and internationally on this topic. She has twenty years clinical experience as a Naturopathic Doctor and specializes in...
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The Science Of Fencing With Dr. Lindsay Bottoms
Dr. Lindsay Bottoms is a Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology at Hertfordshire University and is currently the research lead for Sport, Health and Exercise. She is on the board of the American College of Sports Medicine Combat Sports Special Interest Group and is a former elite level fencer. In...
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Taking Boxers To Their Peak Performance With Dr. James Morehen
Dr. James Morehen is a Performance Nutritionist who works with elite level rugby players, footballers, and professional boxers. He completed his Ph.D. at world renowned Liverpool John Moores University where he assessed the Nutritional and Energetic demands of Rugby Players. In this episode, we...
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Healthy Gut Healthy Heart With Dr. Francine Marques
Dr. Francine Marques is a researcher who investigates the relationship between gut microbiota and heart health. Her research interests include finding new therapies and early markers to prevent cardiovascular disease, in particular high blood pressure and heart failure. Her research has shown…
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Why Research Matters In Combat Sports With Joseph Matthews
Joseph Matthews is a Lecturer in Sports Therapy at Birmingham City University with an interest in sports nutrition and muscle physiology. His research focus is on rapid weight loss in combat sports athletes and the risks associated with making-weight; with the aim to help drive change to protect...