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S6 E4: Maximising recovery in sport and exercise with Dr Marc Bubbs

The Food Medic

The Food Medic

Health & Fitness

4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Marc Bubbs is the Performance Nutrition Director for Canada Basketball and performance nutrition consultant for a portfolio of professional and Olympic athletes preparing for Tokyo 2021. Marc is the author of the highly-acclaimed and best-selling book PEAK – The New Science of Athletic Performance That Is Revolutionizing Sports which highlights the tactics and strategies of elite athletes and performance staff in professional sport. His upcoming new book PEAK40 – The New Science of Mid-Life Health for a Leaner, Stronger Body and Sharper Mind has just come out this May. Marc is also the host of the Performance Nutrition Podcast.This episode covers:- Marc’s background and current projects - Overtraining vs under recovery - The recovery pyramid - Recovery nutrition: The big 3, micronutrients, supplements - Alcohol and recovery- Exercise and immunity - Strategies to monitor recovery - biomarkers, HRV, wearables- Popular recovery strategies; Cryotherapy, Cold + hot therapy, percussive massage guns, CBD oil.- Sleep and performanceIf you loved this episode make sure to give it a review, rating (hopefully 5 stars) and share it with your friends and family. instagram/twitter/facebook: @thefoodmedicwww.thefoodmedic.co.ukThis podcast episode is sponsored by WHOOP. Right now, you can get your first month free when you checkout through join.whoop.com/thefoodmedic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Have you ever wondered what a sandwich sounds like?

0:03.0

Not much to it is there?

0:06.0

Unless of course it's a Walker's sandwich.

0:10.0

Mmm, that is good.

0:13.0

Now that's what Asani should sound like.

0:16.0

Go all crisp in with walkers.

0:18.0

Delicious.

0:20.0

Hey everyone and welcome back to another episode of the FoodMedic podcast.

0:26.2

I'm your host as always, Dr. Hazel Wallace, medical doctor, nutritionist, author and founder

0:31.6

of the Food Medic.

0:33.9

Now today I am super excited to be joined by Dr. Mark Bubbs, who is the Performance Nutrition Director for Canada Basketball and Performance Nutrition Consultant for a portfolio of professional and Olympic athletes preparing for Tokyo 2021.

0:49.7

How exciting. Mark is also the author of the highly acclaimed and bestselling book, Peek,

0:56.3

the new science of athletic performance that is revolutionising sports which highlights

1:02.0

the tactics and strategies of elite athletes and performance staff in professional sport.

1:08.8

His upcoming new book, Peak 40, the new signs of midlife health for a leaner,

1:14.3

stronger body and sharper mind has actually just come out this May. And Mark is also host of

1:20.5

the Performance Nutrition podcast. So what better guy to have on the podcast to talk all about maximising recovery in sport and exercise.

1:30.6

So this episode covers Mark's background and his current projects, but we also talk about

1:35.7

overtraining versus under recovery, the recovery pyramid, recovery nutrition, exercise and immunity,

1:47.9

and popular recovery strategies. So things like cryotherapy, cold and hot therapy, massage gun, CBD oil. And of course, we can't talk about recovery

1:55.0

and not talk about sleep again. So sit back, take notes and I hope you enjoyed this episode.

2:03.9

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