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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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The Evolution of a Senior County GAA Team
0So last year I wrote about my first year working with Westmeath Senior Footballers, see here: http://optimumnutrition4sport.co.uk/2015/07/01/nutrition-for-a-senior-county-gaa-team/ Roll on winter 2015 and training commences again with a big panel of around 40. Thankfully the manager wanted to keep me with the team and I knew that …
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Running for 17hrs on Almost Nothing
If there is something in nature you don’t understand, chances are it works in a far more sophisticated way than we thought. This sums up us homosapiens. Yet today, we think we know how everything works, we do the studies, we prove this that …
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Beyond the Current 1 – Review
Last weekend saw the launch of the first ever Beyond the Current camp. So what’s it all about, what did we do? Well the concept for this started about 12 months ago when I went to meet Svein Tuft at his home in Andorra. First …
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How to know when you are Fat Adapted
A question I get asked all the time. The “science only” response is to get you RER (Respiratory Exchange Ratio) or RQ (Respiratory Quotient) tested which can be done in any sports physiology lab. Pretty straightforward test and it measures the rate at which you …
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The Power of Subtraction
Via Negativa – 5 things to Subtract to increase your Health Today we are bombarded with foods, drinks, pills and powders to make us better. But what if the opposite was actually true ? What if taking away these things from your diet could …
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Beyond the Current
We’re both endurance athletes but more importantly human beings that want to be healthy and happy. We like to train, race, compete, do well, push the limits etc but in a way that’s holistic and in a way that means you can have a …
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Part II- The Secret Diaries of Svein Tuft – Pro Cyclist
Monday-Run with weight vest to creek, Get in creek for cold thermogenesis (CT) adaptation, climb in sun on the mountain, ski tour afternoon. Tuesday-free weights in sun, bike ride afternoon. Wednesday-Run with weight vest to creek+CT(cold thermogenesis) +Ski tour. Thursday-Rest active recovery, Yoga. Friday– CT …
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The Secret Diaries of Svein Tuft – Pro Cyclist
Svein is pro cyclist with Orica-GreenEdge. He is originally from British Columbia, Canada, but now lives up the hills of Andorra. He has a completely different background to most others in his sport, or any sport. ….. See here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/sports/othersports/08cycling.html?_r=0 Myself and Svein sort of bumped …
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Sports Drink Shenanigans
Out of all the sports supplements available on the market, Sports Drinks are one of the key sellers. Whether you are walking on the treadmill in the gym or playing a 5-a-side, you are led to believe that you must have a sports drink with …
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Guest Post – My Journey by Michael Black
Michael Black is a Sports Coach and Personal Trainer based in Letterkenny, Co Donegal. He runs his own gym and training facility called Optimal Fitness www.optimalfitness.ie . He competes at duathlon and long distance running. He is also development coach for Triathlon Ireland. This is …
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