In this week’s solo episode of the pod, we delve into the role of nutrition to maximise mental performance. As athlete’s, you pay large attention to the physical characteristics of your sport, but often neglect the mental aspect and its ability to take your game to the next level. And more specifically, how eating the right foods can maximise mental performance so you can continually express your skillset in order to reach your highest potential. Therefore, we explore how mental...

In this week’s solo episode of the pod, I walk you through the five high priority steps you need to consider when building the optimal nutrition programme that is specific to you! I share my thought processes and rationale on how I build an athletes nutrition plan so they’re structured and consistent, which provides the platform for them to achieve world class results and reach their highest potential. p.s. whilst you're here… If you're an athlete who wants the high performance eating...

This week, I had the absolute pleasure in chatting with Matt Jones of West Ham United, Scotland National Team and Chelsea Women’s. We discuss how a footballer can build their diet from the ground up to best support physical and mental performance for training and matches, and how to accelerate recovery during congested fixtures. We also highlight where players commonly struggle with their performance focussed eating habits - which ultimately holds them back from being able to fully express...

This week, I had the absolute pleasure in chatting with Dr Dan Martin on how athletes can develop robust eating behaviours and habits to maximise their performance and athletic development. Ultimately, If you’re an athlete with high training demands and poor eating habits who struggles with CONSISTENCY – i.e. you’re either ‘on it’ or ‘off it’ when it comes to your nutrition… We discuss how you can change your daily actions and behaviours for long term high performance eating to reach your...

This week, we explore the best way(s) for an athlete to quantify training loads so they can better fuel their sessions and ultimately, improve performance and adaptation. If you’ve ever wondered how to programme your nutrition so you’re eating in accordance with your training demand, i.e. high, medium and low days… I walk you through the tried and tested approach and methods used with elite athletes from all sporting disciplines to ensure they perform with daily excellence. I also delve...

In this week’s episode of the pod, we delve into the importance and impact of the ‘forgotten nutrient’ on both physical and mental performance. We all know and love carbohydrates, but fluid always gets overlooked. It’s just something we kinda do without paying any real attention or care… Therefore, I cover exactly how much fluid you need per day, how much fluid you need during exercise, and how much you need post exercise to ensure that physical and mental performance is on another...

In this week’s solo episode of the pod, I share with you my journey in building ‘Chris Lowe Nutrition’, my pathway into Elite Sport….plus some of the stupid shit I’ve done to get in shape and why this acts as a driving force to educate and empower the best athletes in the world. Although this episode may mostly benefit coaches and practitioners, I feel there are many lessons I can share through my experiences and challenges that are relevant for everyone in all aspects of sport and...

In this week’s solo episode of the pod, I share with you the best ‘dieting’ approach athletes should use to drop body fat without compromising their performance. I also detail the differences and commonalities that athletes share with non-athletes regarding their eating and explain why athletes need to add a greater number of layers into their programme to protect performance and KPI’s whilst shedding body fat. So, if you’re an athlete who’s performance, energy, food focus and enjoyment of...

This week, I had the absolute pleasure in chatting with my good friend kirkmiller_ on how athletes can get in shape and stay in great shape year round. In order to achieve excellence on a daily basis, you need to be ultra-consistent with your eating and lifestyle habits. Ultimately, you can’t maximise your true and highest potential with poor standards. Kirk breaks down exactly what you need to hear to get in shape and stay in shape for the rest of your sporting career. You’ll learn from...

In this week’s solo episode of the pod, I give you an in depth overview of my own nutrition habits and strategies to maximise performance, body composition and life. I’m a huge believer that coaches should practice what they preach so they can gain a higher level of insight into the world of the athletes they coach. The details matter – and most of the time you can’t find the answer in an academic journal or text book, you need to get stuck in and experience them for yourself. I won’t...

This week, I had the absolute pleasure of chatting to the master of Kettlebell Sports @fionnbharrtoolan – A 3 x world champion, 4 x European champion, 6 x Irish champion, a world class KB Sports coach, gym owner, and an absolute legend of a bloke. Fionnbharr has dedicated the past decade in becoming a master of his sport – My aim was to explore how Fionn approaches his eating, training and lifestyle so he can perform with excellence every day and maximise his true and highest...

This week, I had the absolute pleasure of chatting to my good friend @spudjitsu about excelling in both sport and life. Ben and I worked together back in 2019, and since then he’s gone from strength to strength: Ben competes on the international stage in BJJ, runs a successful S&C/Nutrition coaching consultancy called @unorthodox_performance, is a BJJ coach…and in the process of completing his PhD. So needless to say, this man is an absolute operator! We discussed everything from...

S3 Ep5: Rob Britton – How Pro Cyclists Eat This week, I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with pro cyclist Rob Britton. Rob’s been racing bikes professionally for over 10 years and it was fascinating to hear how he’s upgraded and adapted his nutrition strategies throughout his career. There’s an incredible amount of value and lessons to be taken away from this conversation with Rob. From the ‘starvation culture’ of pro cycling back in the day with the aim of being as light as...

S3 Ep4: Aaron Drinan – Fuelling Professional Football This week, we’re joined by pro footballer Aaron Drinan. Aaron and I do a deep dive into his nutrition and detail exactly what and how much he eats on a daily basis to ensure he performs at his best. There are some incredibly impactful messages within this conversation as Aaron shares exactly how his nutrition has allowed him to have consistently high energy levels and performances, despite having very congested fixtures for 9 months of...

This week, we’re joined by Track cyclist and cyclocross athlete Mark Gower. Over the past year working with Mark, I’ve been incredibly impressed with how he’s able to race week in-week out for Precise Performance/One Resourcing race team, train nearly full time, whilst building a career in aviation and having family commitments. We all have the same amount of time in a week, but Mark has the ability to extract as much value from each hour to ensure he progresses with each goal. Therefore, I...

JJ is a long term hero client of mine - his standards, implementation and mindset to play football at the highest level is incredible. JJ is building his career along the professional football pathway, and shares specifically what he eats on a daily basis to give him an advantage over his opposition. p.s. whilst you're here… If you're an athlete who wants the high performance eating habits, the personalised nutrition programming, the support, the accountability and all the education...

Grab a pen and paper as we have Wasps Rugby player Josh Bassett on the show. Bass details his step by step approach to ensure he consistently performs at his very best for training and games. You’ll also gain an incredible insight on how pro rugby players operate on a daily basis to continually improve and reach their full and highest potential. Needless to say we’re kicking off season 3 with some absolute gold! p.s. whilst you're here… If you're an athlete who wants the high performance...

In this week's solo episode of the pod, I walk you through my step by step process on how to overcome a fat loss plateau. Whether you've completely stalled or want to accelerate your progress. I cover the reason and rationale as to why progress is slower than expected and how to pivot your own nutrition programme to shred body fat without compromising your performance. p.s. whilst you're here... 1) If you're an athlete who wants to step into the elite and take their performance to the...

This week, I’m joined by Performance Coach Jack Clarke to discuss how a footballer can maximise their physical development to play at the highest of levels. Jack’s experience as both a performance coach and footballer gives him a unique insight in how to best prepare himself and his athletes so they can perform to their true potential. I absolutely loved this episode of the pod with Jack – his knowledge, clarity and conviction in his message is incredible which’ll undoubtedly bring a huge...

You periodise your training. You periodise your nutrition. But do you periodise your life? In this week’s episode of the pod, I highlight the importance of managing your overall work load across training, work, family…and life to ensure you can always remain in top gear and operate at the highest level. With the correct energy management and life periodisation, you’ll avoid burnout and improve your longevity in the game. We need to acknowledge and appreciate that everything is linked...

This week, I'm joined by Daire Feeley who's the number 1 ranked cyclist in Ireland and one of my 'hero clients' who I've had the pleasure of coaching over the past few months. Daire has an absolutely incredible approach to his own athletic development which has been build upon his experience competing at the highest level. Daire is super honest and open about the lessons and challenges he's made with his own cycling career and there's undoubtedly a huge amount of value and insight you...

Over the past few years, I've been incredibly fortunate to work with 100's of athletes from a variety of different sports who compete at different levels. Whether you compete at an amateur, sub-elite or elite level, the issues I see with your nutrition crop up time and time again. In this weeks episode of the pod, I break down and troubleshoot the 5 biggest mistakes an athlete makes with their nutrition that holds them back from reaching their true and highest potential in their sport. If...

This week, I delve into the topic of how athletes can use refeeds and diet breaks to improve the overall efficiency of a fat loss phase. Higher calorie refeeds are a common practice in many athletes trying to maximise fat loss and take their transformation to the next level. Anecdotally, 90% of athletes use this ‘tool’ incorrectly which can jeopardise their long term results. This week, I give you the Lowedown on how I use diet breaks and refeeds with the athletes inside the 'Athlete...

In today's solo episode of the pod, I discuss how you can successfully navigate both a fat loss and muscle building phase 'In-season' without compromising your performance on the weekend. More times than not, athletes trying to progress their body composition In-season often impair their ability to perform maximally during competitions....and ultimately, they succeed in neither goal, leaving them feeling frustrated knowing that they are continuously spinning their wheels and going...