The Performance Nutrition Podcast

Season 3, Episode 12. Dr. Corey Peacock, expert physiologist and strength coach dives into his work with elite MMA fighters, such as recently crowned UFC champion Kamaru Usman.    LINKS DR. LAUREN'S & CIPRYAN'S WORK: Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrCPeacock   EPISODE SPONSOR: Progressive Vitamins Use promo code BUBBS to save 10% at checkout https://www.progressivenutritional.com   Listen to the PER...

Season 3, Episode 11, Dr. Bubbs interviews Steve Hall, competitive bodybuilder and powerlifter, as well as the founder of Revive Stronger.   LINKS STEVE'S WORK: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/revivestronger/?hl=en   EPISODE SPONSOR: Progressive Vitamins Use promo code BUBBS to save 10% at checkout https://www.progressivenutritional.com   Listen to the PERFORMANCE NUTRITION PODCAST (PNP): You...

Season 3, Episode 10, Dr. Bubbs interviews expert Dr. Greg Wells PhD, renowned sport scientist, author, broadcaster and speaker. In this episode, Dr. Wells talks about the biggest lessons learned – through success or failure – during his time in elite sport, the importance of fundamentals and consistency in achieving excellence.    LINKS DR. WELLS' WORK: Twitter: https://twitter.com/drgregwells  ...

In Season 3, Episode 9 Dr. Bubbs REWINDS the tapes and takes a deep-dive into sleep with 6 world-leading experts who’ve appeared on the podcast: - Dr. Amy Bender PhD - Dr. Dan Pardi PhD - Dr. Cheri Mah MD - Dr. Ian Dunican PhD - Dr. Michele Lastella PhD - Dr. Norah Simpson PhD    EPISODE SPONSOR: Progressive Vitamins Use promo code BUBBS to save 10% at checkout https://www.progressivenutritional.c...

In Season 3, Epsiode 8 Dr. Bubbs interviews Dr. Theocharis Ispoglou PhD to discuss the importance of muscle mass in healthy ageing and how age-related sarcopenia can compromise healthspan and longevity. In this episode, Dr. Ispoglou defines sarcopenia, discusses the most common causes and how this can impact your life expectancy.    LINKS DR. ISPOGLOU'S WORK: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Theo_Ispo...

In Season 3, Episode 7 Dr. Bubbs interviews Dr. Andrew Flatt PhD to discuss applications of heart rate variability (HRV) monitoring in team sport athletes.    LINKS DR. FLATT'S WORK: Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrew_flatt   EPISODE SPONSOR: Progressive Vitamins Use promo code BUBBS to save 10% at checkout https://www.progressivenutritional.com   Listen to the PERFORMANCE NUTRITION PODCAST (PNP)...

In Season 3, Episode 6 Dr. Bubbs interviews Dr. Rocco Monto MD, award-winning orthopedic surgeon, team physician for US Soccer, and author of 'The Fountain: A Doctor's Prescription to Make 60 the New 30'.   LINKS DR. MONTO'S WORK: Twitter: https://twitter.com/RoccoMontoMD   EPISODE SPONSOR: Progressive Vitamins Use promo code BUBBS to save 10% at checkout https://www.progressivenutritional.com   L...

Season 3, Episode 5. Dr. Bubbs interviews renowned sport scientist Dr. Fergus Connolly PhD to discuss the 59 Lessons he’s learned throughout his illustrious career in elite and pro sports.    LINKS DR. FERGUSON'S WORK: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Fergus_Connolly   EPISODE SPONSOR: Progressive Vitamins Use promo code BUBBS to save 10% at checkout https://www.progressivenutritional.com   Listen to...

Season 3, Episode 4. Dr. Bubbs interviews Dr. Dan Cleather PhD to discuss all things strength and conditioning.   LINKS DR. CLEATHER'S WORK: Twitter: https://twitter.com/dr_jump_uk   EPISODE SPONSOR: Progressive Vitamins Use promo code BUBBS to save 10% at checkout https://www.progressivenutritional.com   Listen to the PERFORMANCE NUTRITION PODCAST (PNP): YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/U...

Season 3, Episode 3, Dr. Bubbs sits down with renowned basketball coach Roy Rana, the first coach to guide Canada Basketball to a gold medal at the U19 basketball World Championship in Egypt in 2017.    LINKS COACH ROY'S WORK: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Roy_Rana   EPISODE SPONSOR: Progressive Vitamins Use promo code BUBBS to save 10% at checkout https://www.progressivenutritional.com   Listen to...

Season 3, Episode 2, Dr. Bubbs sits down with Dr. Lachlan Mitchell PhD from Australia to discuss whether competitive bodybuilders are using evidence-based nutrition strategies to manipulate their physiques.    In Season 6, Episode 3, Marc interviews Dr. Paul Laursen, PhD, endurance coach, a sport scientist, and Dr. Lukas Cipryan, PhD, exercise physiologist and associate professor at Ostrava Univer...

Season 3 Episode 1, Dr. Bubbs interviews Dr. Daniel Owens, PhD, to discuss vitamin D, performance and which supplements can impact exercise-induced muscle damage with expert Dr. Daniel Owens PhD.    LINKS TO DANIELS'S WORK: Twitter: https://twitter.com/dan_owie   PERFORMANCE NUTRITION PODCAST (PNP): YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-jYKOZ4ZzlAJfVexEp0NtQ iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/gb/pod...

In Season 2 Episode #46, Dr. Bubbs reflects on Season 2 of the Performance Nutrition Podcast with highlights from Season 2 clips of 15 expert guests sharing their incredible insights on a variety of hot topics from popular episodes this past year: athlete health, fuelling training, recovery, and the brain. Thank you to all the amazing expert guests who came on the show this year to share their kno...

Season 2 Episode #45, Dr. Susan Kleiner, PhD returns to share her latest insights on performance nutrition and fueling athletes. In this episode, Susan talks about the importance of understanding “why” before designing nutrition plans, the nuances of fueling workouts, the difference between managing fats and burning fats, as well as strategies to improve body composition while also preparing for c...

Season 2 Episode #44, Dr. Bubbs sits down with expert Jozo Grgic PhD, to talk about the effects of caffeine intake on resistance training. Jozo outlines the mechanisms of how caffeine may impact strength and power-based training, lower-body versus upper-body movements, as well as its effects on pain and hormone response to training. He also discusses the caffeine dose ranges, coffee versus caffein...

Season 2 Episode #43, Dr. Bubbs sits down with nutrition expert Dr. Doug Kalman, PhD to talk about the physical demands of mixed-martial arts, boxing and other combat sports, the pre-camp testing Doug likes to use to assess his athletes, how far out from competition is ideal to start cutting weight, the reality of making weight on short notice, the dangers of old-school weight-making strategies du...

Season 2 Episode #42, Dr. Bubbs sits down with expert NFL Strength and Conditioning Coach Jorge Carvajal to talk about why his training philosophy starts with “people first”, how to build trust with athletes and the importance of failure in the learning process. He also talks about how strength and conditioning coaches are effectively load managers, the lessons he learned working in NCAA college f...

Season 2 Episode #41, Dr. Bubbs interviews expert physiologist Dr. David Pyne, PhD to talk exercise immunology and keeping athletes cold and flu free. In this episode, Dr. Pyne reviews the fundamentals of immunology and how the immune system is regulated by exercise and nutrition. He’ll discuss how training volume, intensity and load impact immunity, and more importantly, why keeping athletes cold...

Season 2 Episode #40, Dr. Bubbs interviews diabetes expert Dr. Nicola, PhD, RD to talk all things diabetes (type-2) and nutrition. Nicola defines pre-diabetes and diabetes (type-2), outlines the current nutrition guidelines for the prevention of diabetes (T2D) and why we’re struggling with epidemic levels of diabetes worldwide. She also highlights how weight loss is the biggest driver of diabetes...

Season 2 Episode #39, Dr. Bubbs interviews Dr. Chris Bellon, PhD, who shares the four things you need to know about getting people fast, how sled towing and hill sprints help to accomplish 4 fundamentals, and how procedural memory development fits into the story. Chris talks about progressing from general to specific training, the role of stride length and rate, and outlines exercises to train spe...

Season 2 Episode #38, Dr. Bubbs interviews Dr. Norah Simpson, PhD from Stanford University School of Medicine to talk all things sleep. In this episode, Norah discusses why so many people and athletes still struggle with poor sleep quality and quantity despite all the emphasis on sleep in the last 5 years, as well as her recent paper, “Optimizing sleep to maximize performance: implications and rec...

Season 2 Episode #37, Dr. Bubbs interviews expert Dr. Javier Gonzalez, PhD to talk all things breakfast. Is it really the most important meal of the day? Does eating breakfast improve ability to lose weight and how does that compare to fasting? How does exercise in a fasted-state, or after breakfast, impact this whole story? Javier will share his research in this area.    FOLLOW DR BUBBS: Instagra...

Season 2 Episode #36, Dr. Bubbs sits down with renowned strength coach Mike Robertson of Robertson Training Systems to chat about his model of Position/Pattern/Load/Express for increasing athleticism and performance, as well as how to build physical qualities when movement quality is poor. Mike also shares his thoughts on conditioning programs, the importance of lateral acceleration, in-season tra...

Season 2 Episode #35, Dr. Bubbs talks heart health, cardiovascular screening and the “athlete heart” with clinical physiologist Tony Manci MS. In this episode, Tony will discuss hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and sudden cardiac death in athletes, the difference between “athlete’s heart” and heart disease, and outlines an NBA pre-season cardiovascular screen. Tony also discusses the impact of a...

Season 2 Episode #34, Dr. Bubbs interviews renowned sport scientist and coach Professor Paul Laursen, PhD to discuss the science and application of HIIT training. In this episode, Prof Laursen outlines his new collaborative project HIIT Science and dives into key principles for programming HIIT training for individuals and team sport athletes. He kicks things off by addressing the importance of un...