Richie Sheeran Inspirational Guest - From Cancer Diagnosis To Gold, Silver and Bronze.

06/15/23 • 61 min

In this podcast, I chat with Richie Sheerin about his cancer diagnosis his battle through groundbreaking stem cell therapy getting back on the bike and setting his sights to compete and win at the transplant games in Australia 2023.
This is a jaw-dropping interview about one person's determination to not let cancer beat him and why the bike means so much to him.
I hope you enjoy it and I hope it inspires you to keep on keeping on.
All my best, Simon

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Healthy diets and habits that improve performance and longevity with Rebecca Guy

Rebecca Guy is an experienced nutritionist who works with swim teams, athletes, and the general public to assist them make the best dietary decisions for peak performance.
Along with providing her customers with the best evidence-based knowledge, she also works more closely with them to help them develop sustainable behaviours that will last a lifetime.
In this episode, we discuss what constitutes a healthy diet and what macronutrients we should pay particular attention to as we age. We dispel some myths and discuss evidence-based health supplements. We also cover perimenopausal and menopausal women's nutrition.
Rebecca was a fantastic guest on this Velop Performance Podcast. It's energising to hear someone discuss food and nutrition in a down-to-earth manner. We both agreed that eating doesn't have to be challenging, constricting, or trendy. Of course, there are some things that we all need to watch out for when it comes to our diets in order to improve our performance and longevity, especially as we get older.
If you wish to get in contact with Rebecca, the link to her website is below
https://www.rebeccaguynutrition.co.uk/
All my best, Simon

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Coaching masters cyclists to be the best on and off the bike

In this episode, I go solo and talk about my ethos of coaching, the most important aspects of training all masters cyclists should focus on, discuss nutrition and why its important that masters cyclists need to eat differently than the mainstream media suggest and have a rant about some of the dumbest things I've seen on the internet recently
Body composition changes associated with fasted versus non-fasted aerobic exercise
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4242477/
Under an hour training s not affected either way by fasted or a fed state. However, over an hour there are performance advantages of feeding pre-training.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29315892/

The current RDA for protein is 0.8g per kg per day. This is aimed at the general sedentary population and doesn’t take into consideration athletes or older populations exercising to the level we do.

My suggestion is that we should aim for total protein between 1.8g per kg of body weight and as much as 2g per kg of body weight for older athletes. And, as much as 2.2g per kg of body weight for cyclists over 55.

Practical recommendations.

3 meals a day between 0.4 and 0.5g per kg of body weight with a recovery shake post training that’s 0.3g per kg of body weight.

Plus a protein meal/bolus before bed of 0.5 - 0.6g per kg.