366 The Performance Chef - Alan Murchison

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2022

⏱️ 126 minutes

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Alan Murchison is a lifelong endurance athlete, and one of few athletes to both run under 30 minutes for 10k and ride under 18 minutes for 10 miles. He is also a chef, with 25 years of experience in Michelin starred kitchens. Today he runs Performance Chef, where he works with athletes from amateur level up to the highest possible level in the sports of triathlon, cycling, and other endurance sports. He brings a practical and holistic perspective to food and nutrition for endurance athletes. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -How Alan works with athletes depending on their needs -Key principles of nutrition in training and outside of training -Energy and macronutrient intake, and thinking in terms of easy, moderate and hard days -Should you track your food intake? -Supplements - are there any worth taking? -Different diets and intolerances, and how to manage them -What can amateurs learn from professionals, and what we should not try to copy -Specific advice for female athletes SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts366/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/ SPONSORS: Precision Fuel & Hydration - Optimise and individualise your fueling and hydration strategy using their FREE Fuel & Hydration planner. Book a FREE one-on-one consultation to chat with the team and refine your fueling and hydration even further. Listeners of That Triathlon Show get 15% off their first order of fueling and hydration products. If you didn't catch the discount code in the episode, email Andy and the team at hello@pfandh.com and they will be happy to help. ZEN8 - The ZEN8 Indoor Swim Trainer is a unique Dryland Swim Trainer that allows you to improve technique, power, and swim training consistency. With the trainer you can do specific power and technique work, including working on your catch and core activation, and it helps you stay consistent even if you don’t have much time to train. Get the special Zen8 x TTS bundle including the Swim Trainer and a number of ZEN8 training plans and on-demand workouts on zen8swimtrainer.com/tts. LINKS AND RESOURCES: That Triathlon Show Listener Survey Alan's website and Instagram The Cycling Chef: Recipes for Performance and Pleasure - Alan's cookbook Supporting Champions by Steve Ingham The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey The Midlife Cyclist: The Road Map for the +40 Rider Who Wants to Train Hard, Ride Fast and Stay Healthy by Phil Cavell More Fuel You: Understanding Your Body & How to Fuel Your Adventures by Renee McGregor Babish Culinary Universe - Youtube-channel about cooking Carbohydrates – science and practice with Tim Podlogar, PhD | EP#354 Workout fueling – best practices of top coaches | EP#306 Nutrition for endurance and ultra-endurance athletes with Trent Stellingwerff, PhD | EP#265 Caffeine in racing – best practices with Andy Blow | EP#346 Caffeine and Endurance Performance with Ajmol Ali, PhD | EP#234 Evidence-based supplements for triathletes and endurance athletes | EP#193 IOC consensus statement: dietary supplements and the high-performance athlete - Maughan et al. 2018 The menstrual cycle and oral contraception – impact on exercise performance with Kelly McNulty | EP#280 Period of the period - trustworthy educational content about women's health and performance RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/ CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter

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0:00.0	The Traathlon Show, 366.
0:05.0	Hey, what's up everybody?
0:19.0	Welcome back to another episode of that triathlon show, the podcast
0:23.7	presented by Scientific Triathlon.com. I'm our host Michael and on today's episode I interview
0:29.0	Alan Murchison. Alan is a lifelong endurance athlete and one of few athletes to both run under 30 minutes
0:34.5	for 10K and ride under 18 minutes for 10 miles.
0:38.0	He's also a chef with 25 years of experience in Michelin-starred kitchens.
0:42.8	And today he runs performance chef, where he works with athletes from amateur level
0:46.3	up to the highest possible level in sports of triathlon, cycling and other endurance sports.
0:51.4	And we will discuss nutrition and food for triathletes and endurance athletes at a very practical level today with a practitioner who really knows what he's talking about,
0:58.7	both regarding food and nutrition and endurance sports. It is a long interview, as you can see.
1:04.2	That's always a good sign, I think, that it was a great conversation with lots of interesting
1:08.0	topics and questions to tackle. And, well, Alan definitely
1:11.7	can talk. There's no getting around that. A quick piece of housekeeping before we thank our
1:16.8	sponsors and then head right into the interview. And this housekeeping item is a really important
1:21.2	one. So please listen. I am currently running a listener survey about that triathlon show.
1:26.9	And I would really like every
1:28.4	single piece of feedback that i can get because i'm really serious about improving the podcast not
1:32.9	just with small tweaks and small incremental improvements but i'm ready to do significant changes
1:38.4	based on what you the listener wants so you can find the link to the survey in the episode
1:43.7	description or in the navigation
1:45.7	bar on scientificraathlon.com or just go directly to scientifictraathlon.com for slash survey.
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