Dr. Gemma Sampson hosts former Canadian cyclist Svein Tuft for an insightful conversation. They discuss Svein's journey from professional cycling to setting up gravel touring camps, his upcoming book, and the lessons he's gathered on training, nutrition, and lifestyle balance. Svein shares his approach to coaching, the importance of listening to one's body, and how modern nutrition has revolution
Read MoreIf you could snap your fingers and change something about your nutrition within the next 24h, what would it be? What's your Amazon overnight order? How awesome would it be if we could press send and within two days (or next day even) our desired goals arrived? When it comes to our health and nutrition, often we seem to expect lasting changes and transformation in our bodies to arrive overnight like Amazon brings our deliveries. If only!
Read MoreHow many foods right now are on your 'not allowed to eat' list? Maybe it's cookies, chocolate, icecream. chips, cheese..... It might even be hot cross buns! Whatever the food that you've got on your 'forbidden list - I want to challenge you to think about what happens when you restrict those foods and I want to challenge you to a new approach where you give yourself permission.. stay with me!
Read MoreWhat does success look like to you?
Read MoreRather than using nutrition tracking as punishment to guilt trip or shame you into action (which rarely works in the long time by the way), I like to use nutrition tracking intentionally as a tool to help you rewrite the way you eat on and off the bike.
The first step if you want improve your nutrition is get clear on what you are eating, when and why. Which is why I encourage all my clients when we first start working together or if they join my team and use my cycling nutrition framework is to do some nutrition tracking.
By getting clear on your baseline, it will raise your awareness of when and why you’re eating certain foods and help figure out the best place to make changes that suit you, your lifestyle and your training plan
Which is why nutrition tracking is there as a tool, not a rule.
Read MoreWhat life lessons have you learned this year? Can you see ways in which you have grown and developed and changed?
I have recently been reading over some journals and diaries that I have kept over the past 10 years or so and it has been so encouraging to me to see the ways in which I have changed, grown and also seen visions and dreams of my life come into fruition.
Read MoreHow long does it take to learn a lesson and stop repeating the same mistake time and time again? I know what to do, but for some reason or another I'm not doing it. How do we change and make progress? I believe the key is in self reflection, taking intentional time to review and reflect on what we are doing, why and make a plan to change. This is a practice that I teach my clients to use when reviewing their nutrition habits to kickstart lasting nutrition changes.
Read MoreAre you scared to stop training in case you gain weight? I went riding with a cyclist recently who told me that during their off season they kept training anyway (despite being told to take a break) because they didn’t want to gain weight. Fear of food, fear of stopping training and fear of gaining weight has been the common theme in conversations I've had on and off the bike these last few weeks.
Read MoreHave you said to yourself that you know what to do when it comes to nutrition, but you just aren't doing it? Let's unpack why that might be, what's stopping you and how to start doing the things you already want to do and aren't doing.
Read MoreHave you ever thought about how many food rules and thoughts influence your nutrition, what you do and don't eat?
For example, were you told as a kid that you couldn't leave the table until you had finished eating? Today I am going to be sharing one tool that can help you to HALT and pause next time you find yourself eating on autopilot, avoiding food when. you are hungry or eating emotionally.
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