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- AboutMy name is Barry Murray and I started OptimumNutrition4Sport in 2008. I’m a qualified Sports Nutritionist having completed my MSc in Sports and Exercise Nutrtion at Loughborough University. My interest in sport and nutrition started many years ago. I kicked off my sporting career as a footballer and played for several top clubs in Dublin. It was preparing for football matches that initially sparked my curiousity about nutrition, what to eat and when to eat. I stopped playing football seriously when I became a student at UCD (University College Dublin) but still continued to keep myself fit and healthy. I started running and taking part in local 5 and 10K road races which heightened my awarness about nutrition even further. I studied biochemistry and chemistry at university and graduated with a BSc in 1999. My degree opened the door to the pharmaceutical world and I spent several years working as a Chemist. During that time, my sporting interests expanded and I tried everything from surfing to triathlons. It was after completing my first triathlon that I began to take training and nutrition seriously. I realized that nutrition makes a significant difference to how you train and to how you perform on the day. I decided…
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Bryan McCrystal Q&A
0Bryan McCrystal is one of Irelands leading amateur cyclists and triathletes and holds the Irish Ironman record of 8hrs 30mins (Ironman Arizona, 2015). He first came to me back in 2011. I didn’t know him at the time as he was just starting out …
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Eoin Lynch Blog 5: Pro Cycling on €5 a Day
Most students are skint, I was no different a few months ago in college (although some have enough to bash their livers with drink a couple of nights a week, that’s a different story). The luxury of a cycling coach wasn’t an option during college …
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Eoin Lynch Blog 4: Nutrition and Religion
So since I’m writing this a blog for a Nutritionist, maybe it is time to write about Nutrition! Everyone eats and enjoys food one way or another, whether that means takeaway pizzas, or quinoa, goats cheese and fruit from some island no one has …
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Eoin Lynch Blog 3: Starting my “training….”
While the season is in its final week for the pros, most amateurs have finished their season, taken a break and are back training with great intentions to hit the ground running in 2017. After 3 weeks off the bike the body is fresh, motivation …
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Pimp your Protein Shake
Let me start off my stating that “Protein Shakes” are not magical foods that suddenly turn you into muscle bound bodybuilders or beach babes. That’s all hype and marketing which supplement companies have been using to sell their products for the past 20yrs or so. …
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Q&A with pro cyclist Svein Tuft
Svein Tuft is a pro cyclist with Orica-BikeExchange. This year he competed at the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta Espana. The Vuelta saw him help support the talented young Coumbian , Estaban Chaves, to 3rd place overall GC. Svein was also part of the …
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Blog 2: The Eoin Lynch Diary – Cold Training !
Cold and avoiding it is something that occupies a lot of Irish small talk. It is ingrained in us to avoid it, protect ourselves from it and turn the heat up against it. So, what sane person would seek cold? When Barry told me …
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Blog 1: Eoin Lynch (A Beyond the Current Story)
“A Change is as good as a rest” so they say.. Now is the time of the year when most racing cyclists take both a mental and physical break from cycling to be “normal” for a few weeks.. My only encounter with running …
Read MoreA Beyond the Current coaching project – Eoin Lynch
Eoin Lynch is a 20yr old amatuer cyclist from Westmeath. He first came to my attention when applying for the first Beyond the Current camp last Apri http://optimumnutrition4sport.co.uk/2016/04/27/beyond-the-current-1-review/ . Immediately I could tell he was looking outside of the box. He didn’t know exactly …
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Not winning a 200km Ultra doing things you are told not to do
Winning provides happiness, losing provides Wisdom Its very easy, when you have done something well, to expect to keep on doing it. Last year, I lined up for a 200km ultramarathon around Kerry and won it comfortably. This year I lined up for the same …
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