Today’s guest is Charlotte Fisher, BSc, MSc, of Charlotte F. Nutrition
Charlotte is a health and performance nutritionist and one to one coach. She is a specialist in nutrition for endurance athletes and an ultramarathon runner herself.
Charlotte has worked for Mac-Nutrition and as a Nutritionist at Doncaster Rovers FC Academy. She obtained her MSc in Sport and Exercise Nutrition from Loughborough University in 2018.
Charlotte was a co-guest on the Cofit 19 talks with me and I am delighted to welcome her today.
In this episode we discuss;
- 0:00 - Charlotte’s background and her own personal experience of training for long-distance events.
- 9:00 minutes; the dangers of overtraining, injuries and the importance of rest.
- 12:30; the areas of nutrition that endurance athletes should focus on
- 19:40; various methods you can use to fuel during an event
- 24:50; how to measure your sweat loss for optimum hydration
- 30:00; your energy requirements for events and explain a bit about ‘METS’.
- 34:00; can you be an endurance athlete and still pursue weight loss?
- 37:25; more detail about ‘carb-loading’
