Fitter Radio Episode 531 - Carbohydrate Revolution. Dr Tim Podlogar. Dr Sam Impey.

Nov 20, 2023

Topics discussed in this podcast include injury rehab, carbohydrate revolution in athletes' diets, low carb training, managing stress fractures, maintaining running fitness during injury, race entry giveaways, the impact of wind on swim in triathlons, prognosis and return to play for athletes with calf injuries, metabolic adaptations in fitness, the importance of fuel intake in cycling performance, the role of nutritionists and expert coaching in triathlon journey, and new technology for coaches and nutritionists.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Beer Foot Bowling and Injury Rehab

01:45 • 4min

Race Preview, Sponsor Mention, and Injury Update

05:59 • 2min

Impact of Wind on Swim and Importance of Independent Racing

08:21 • 6min

Prognosis and Return to Play for AFL Players with Calf Injuries

14:14 • 17min

Fitness and Metabolic Adaptations

31:44 • 4min

The Impact of Fuel Intake on Performance in Cycling

35:44 • 18min

Enhance Your Triathlon Journey with Expert Coaching

53:43 • 3min

New Technology for Coaches and Nutritionists

56:14 • 18min

Shay McLeod of Symmetry Physio won the free race entry to IRONMAN 70.3 Melbourne. He was unable to finish the race due to a calf injury but shares his expertise as a Physiotherapist on how he plans to rehabilitate his calf before his next race in December, IRONMAN Western Australia.

We have a free race entry giveaway to the Tarawera Ultra.

We review the recent Outdoor Magazine article highlighting the revolution of carbohydrates, the now greatly increased ability to digest larger amounts of carbs plus their importance in an athlete’s diet. We also discuss the trend for low carb or fasted training and where it might still have its place in a training program.

We share excerpts from our interview with Bora-Hansgrohe World Tour cycling team Nutritionist Dr Tim Podlogar, out tomorrow.

Dr Sam Impey of Hexis tells us about their new coach’s desktop initiative ‘Coach Hub’.

(0:04:13) – Tim and Kate Baldwin have recorded a segment about managing injuries. The first one is around stress fractures.

(0:06:24) – Infinit Nutrition 10% discount for all listeners with the code FITTER10

(0:06:32) - ULTRO Earbuds 15% discount for all our listeners with the code ULTRO15

(0:06:49) – Shay McLeod won the free race entry to IRONMAN 70.3 Melbourne. We find out how it all went and how to rehab calf injuries.

(0:27:35) – Maintaining running fitness in the face of an injury – ‘rucking’.

(0:32:20) – Free race entry competition for the Tarawera Ultra.

(0:35:30) – How the carbohydrate revolution is speeding up pro cycling.

(0:39:03) – Introduction to Tim Podlogar.

(0:40:19) – Excerpts from the interview with Tim Podlogar – out tomorrow

(0:55:56) – Dr Sam Impey of Hexis talks about the new Coaches Desktop initiative ‘Coach Hub’.

(1:09:25) – Racing and tri news.

LINKS:

Infinit Nutrition 10% discount using the code FITTER10 at https://www.infinitnutrition.com.au/ Note: For the code to work you need to have created an account and be logged in.

ULTRO Earbuds 15% discount using the code ULTRO15 at https://www.ultroaudio.com/

IRONMAN 70.3 Melbourne at https://www.ironman.com/im703-melbourne

Shay McLeod at https://symmetry.physio/staff/hoppers-crossing/

Tarawera Ultra at https://www.taraweraultra.co.nz/

Outside Online article at https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-training/a-massive-change-how-a-carbohydrate-revolution-is-speeding-up-pro-cycling/

Tim Podlogar at https://tpodlogar.com/

Research articles at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tim-Podlogar

Dr Sam Impey on Twitter at https://twitter.com/SamImpey_

Hexis at https://www.hexis.live/