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That Triathlon Show

Endurance Sports Nutrition with Monique Ryan | EP#99

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Monique Ryan is a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN), author of the book "Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes", and has been a member of the Performance Enhancement Team for both USA Triathlon and  USA Cycling. She has a wealth of experience from working with both age-groupers and elites at the very top.    IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:   Common mistakes endurance athletes make with their nutrition (other than the things we already know about not eating enough veggies and too much processed food...) Is there a place for "labeled" or "named" diets in endurance sports nutrition Hydration - do we drink too much, too little, or just right? Supplements and deficiencies in endurance athletes Special considerations for females, masters athletes, vegetarians and vegans SHOWNOTES: www.thattriathlonshow.com     SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW for 15% off any products.     Triathlon Corner - The new online home of shopping the best triathlon products in the world to great prices. Ships worldwide, and you won't find better customer service anywhere. Brands include Garmin, Stages Power, Café du cycliste, Zipp, Mako, Zone3, Hoka One One to name a few.      LINKS AND RESOURCES:   Monique's website Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes, 3rd Ed.  Triathlon Nutrition: Calories, Carbs, Fats, and Proteins - part 1 | EP#94 Triathlon Nutrition: Calories, Carbs, Fats, and Proteins - part 2 | EP#95 Nutrition and Athletic Performance: Position statement 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 Twitter - my handle is @SciTriat.

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0:00.0

I'm tired of all the labels and paradigms that have to be, that are sort of implying that they have this magic answer for everything, whether it's for an athlete or just an ordinary person.

0:11.9

The Traflon.com.

0:37.3

I'm your host, Michael, and on today's episode, I interview Monique Ryan on the topic of

0:43.0

endurance, sports, nutrition.

0:45.3

We try to go into some things beyond the basics, because you already know that you

0:51.1

need to eat your veggies and don't eat too much processed food.

0:54.9

So that's not what this episode is about.

0:57.7

Instead, some of the things that we discuss are the common mistakes that endurance athletes make with their nutrition.

1:04.8

Again, beyond those basic things.

1:08.2

Labelled diets like paleo and so on, what's Monique's and the researches and

1:14.5

scientific evidences take on that. Hydration outside of training in your day-to-day life.

1:20.9

Supplements and deficiencies in endurance athletes. Special considerations for females,

1:26.8

master's athletes, vegetarians and vegans,

1:29.7

and quite a bit more, but yeah, let's just hear that in the interview.

1:35.0

A little bit about Monique Ryan.

1:37.2

She is a registered dietitian nutritionist RDN, the author of the book Sports Nutrition for

1:43.8

Endurance Athletes and three other books, but that one is the big one, produced by Velo Press, so yeah, it's a very, very credible one, and she has been a member of the performance enhancement team for both USA Triathlon and USA Cycling.

2:00.1

She has a wealth of experience from working with both age

2:03.2

groupers and elites at the very top of their sports and has 25 years of experience from

2:10.5

endurance sports nutrition, a lot of it again with those very top level athletes that really

2:16.2

demand the best, the cutting edge,

2:19.0

and she has managed to stay at the forefront of that cutting edge in sports nutrition practices

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