Fuel Better, Ride Better – Nutrition Unlocked with Chris Lowe

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4.9 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

For the last three months, I’ve been working on my nutrition with Chris Lowe, to do what a lot of us want to do… lose fat and build muscle. But I was very clear that this couldn’t come at the expense of not having enough energy to work, train and live life in general.

Honestly, the biggest surprise hasn’t been the results, it’s been how easy it’s been and the other benefits that have come alongside the fat loss. In this episode, Chris will be sharing the methodology that we’ve been following, to enable sustainable fat loss whilst maintaining energy and building healthy habits.

Find out how to periodise your nutrition to deliver what you need, when you need it. Hear how Chris approaches dialling in calorie deficit and why following Chris’ approach means you get the weight loss done once and never need to do it again.

Whether you’re riding bikes, training seriously, or just trying to feel better day to day, this is one of the most practical conversations I’ve had about nutrition. No extremes, no fads, just habits that actually work long term. So sit back, hit play, and enjoy this episode with Chris Lowe.

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This episode is sponsored by Wahoo Fitness. Over the last few years, the Wahoo KICKR has become in invaluable part of my training. They’ve recently launched the Wahoo KICKR CORE 2 to provide an incredible trainer with pro level features at entry level pricing. Check it out over at wahoofitness.com.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	What a lot of individuals do is basically crash diet or reduce the calorie intake far too much.
0:05.6	And with this, there's a host of compromises associated.
0:09.0	So this is things like performance deterioration, both mental and physical performance, your energy,
0:14.2	your fatigue, your food focus, your stress, your sleep, libido.
0:17.9	A lot of people right now in January, they're going to hit the ground running,
0:21.1	they're probably going to overly restrict, go too aggressive. What they're doing doesn't complement
0:25.0	their life. And essentially, they're going to fail in February.
0:31.2	Hey everyone, I'm Chris Hall and this is the downtime podcast, the podcast for the true fans of
0:36.1	gravity mountain biking, taking you deeper
0:38.0	into the sport than anywhere else. This episode is sponsored by Wahoo Fitness, but more about them
0:43.2	later on. We've got heaps of great episodes coming up for you, so make sure you don't miss
0:48.2	them by following the show. Just hit that button in your podcast app now or head to
0:52.1	downtimepodcast.com for slash follow.
0:54.8	If you want a bit more downtime, then you can follow us on
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0:59.2	Downtown Podcast. And if that's still not enough, then you can get
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1:04.5	downtimepodcast.com for slash newsletter.
1:07.6	As always, I really appreciate your support.
1:09.9	Be that sharing these episodes with
1:11.3	your friends or online, leaving the podcast to review somewhere like Apple Podcasts, or if you
1:15.8	really want to help out, then a small regular donation over at patreon.com for slash downtime
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