Eating For Gaining Muscle Mass
Your ability to gain muscle mass is influenced by many factors. It comes down to genetics (thanks mum and dad), age, training programme and history,...
Tag : nutrition
Insights: Getting To Sleep For Athletes
Leading sleep scientist Dr Richard Swinbourne shares insights around falling asleep. For athletes training at home and during competition travel, a good night’s sleep is...
The Science Of Sleep For Athletes
Leading sleep scientist Dr Richard Swinbourne explains the importance of sleep to the performance of an athlete. In this short film Dr Richard Swinbourne details...
Singapore Sport Institute Walkthrough
Sleep scientist and head of sport nutrition at the Singapore Sport Institute, Dr Richard Swinbourne takes Fuel My Potential dietitian, Dr Kirsty Fairbairn, through the...
What Is Energy?
Energy is fundamental to live, train and perform. Energy is the currency of life. Understanding what energy is helps us to better listen to our...
Why Is Gut Health Important For Immunity?
Your immune system is your own little in-built defence force. It’s an amazingly detailed system of responses, coordinated throughout our body, to protect us from...
Supplements: The Risks
Taking supplements can bring a lot of risk to an athlete, not just to performance, but to health and, in some instances, to their sporting...
Supplements For Athletes
In this film Fuel My Potential sports dietitian Rebecca Jackson offers athletes an insight into the three main groups of supplements: sports foods, dietary supplements...
An Introduction To Supplements
The rise of supplement companies and their associated slick marketing targeting sports increasingly causes athletes to question whether they should be dabbling in supplement use...
Introducing Rebecca Jackson
With a philosophy firmly anchored in a food first approach, Rebecca Jackson, is one of the leading high-performance sports dietitians working in New Zealand. Having...