Hello and welcome to episode 151 of Sigma Nutrition Radio.

My name is Danny Lennon and you are listening to the podcast that

brings you evidence-based information around nutrition and performance. Just to let you guys know

that if you are interested in getting details of the upcoming Sigma weight cutting system

and also get free access to a very private webinar on the topic

of weight cutting for MMA and boxing. Then just head over to sigmautrition.com slash

weight cut. That's just all the one word. So sigma nutrition.com slash weight cut. And you'll be

able to get access to the first details around the weight cutting system that's coming up,

essentially a blueprint of how to create your own protocol for performance nutrition and weight

cutting, and then also the accompanying webinar, which will be private for people on that very special

VIP list that will be on that list there. And onto today's episode, I wanted to talk about the idea, particularly around combat sport athletes,

or really any athlete that's going to have a weight cut to make, has to weigh in at a certain time before they compete,

that's a weight class-based sport.

And the idea of being able to create essentially a nutrition timeline around how they

set up and prioritise their nutrition.

Because there's going to be very distinct different phases where the demands and the focus

of their performance nutrition is going to change based on when

their competition is coming up, when they have to weigh in, etc., etc.

So when we're talking about, for example, people ask about how many calories someone needs

or what foods they should include in their diet, we first need to understand before we

determine any of that, that there are different periods that

require a different approach to a nutrition. So we're going to talk about this in the context

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