Episode 267 - Three Off-Season Nutrition Mistakes That Wreck Your Next Season

Off-season nutrition is where your next triathlon season gets won or lost, so which of these 3 mistakes are you making right now?

After two decades of working with triathletes, I can tell you that the athletes who struggle most in race season usually got it wrong months earlier, in the off-season. I walk you through the 3 off-season nutrition mistakes I see over and over, why they happen and what they cost you in your next build, plus the athlete who put on at least 10kg every off-season and the former MMA fighter who lost 8kg without losing muscle or bike power. If you’re in the Northern Hemisphere, your off-season starts now. If you’re racing through an Australian summer, bank this one for when your season wraps up.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• Why a 2-week break after your A race turns into a 3-month blowout, and what it costs you in your next build
• How the blowout and the crash diet feed each other, and why elite athletes don’t get stuck in that cycle
• Why the hours you spend in an energy deficit during the day matter as much as your daily total
• What dieting hard in the off-season does to the muscle you’re trying to build in the gym
• Why doing nothing feels like the safe option, and why it carries last season’s problems straight into the next one
• How long a new habit takes to stick, and why that makes the off-season the time to start

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It’s for you if you’re a triathlete and you feel like you’ve got your training under control and you’re ready to layer in your nutrition. It's your warmup on the path to becoming a SUPERCHARGED triathlete – woohoo!

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Episode Transcription

Episode 267: Three Off-Season Nutrition Mistakes That Wreck Your Next Season

Welcome to the Triathlon Nutrition Academy podcast. The show designed to serve you up evidence-based sports nutrition advice from the experts. Hi, I'm your host Taryn, Accredited Practicing Dietitian, Advanced Sports Dietitian and founder of Dietitian Approved. Listen as I break down the latest evidence to give you practical, easy-to-digest strategies to train hard, recover faster and perform at your best. You have so much potential, and I want to help you unlock that with the power of nutrition. Let's get into it.

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Thanks for joining me for this episode of the Triathlon Nutrition Academy podcast. I would love to hear from you. If you have any questions or want to share with me what you've learned, email me at [email protected]. You can also spread the word by leaving me a review and taking a screenshot of you listening to the show. Don't forget to tag me on social media, @dietitian.approved, so I can give you a shout out, too. If you want to learn more about what we do, head to dietitianapproved.com. And if you want to learn more about the Triathlon Nutrition Academy program, head to dietitianapproved.com/academy. Thanks for joining me and I look forward to helping you smashed in the fourth leg - nutrition!