Dr. Bubbs reflects on Season 1 of the Performance Nutrition Podcast with clips of 18 expert guests sharing their incredible insights on a variety of hot topics from popular episodes this past year. Thank you to all the amazing expert guests who came on the show this year to share their knowledge on health, training, nutrition, recovery, and mindset!
Dr. Bubbs sits down with renowned nutrition expert Dr. Susan Kleiner to talk weight loss in women and female athletes. Dr. Kleiner dives into the best ways to assess and measure progress - fitting into an old pair of jeans versus a DEXA scan – depending on your goals, the dangers of prolonged or extreme caloric restriction on female hormones, the impact of hormone balance on energy expenditure in women, the key role of carbohydrates during exercise, gut bacteria and weight gain, HIIT training for women and so much more. Great tips and actionable advice from Dr. Kleiner.
Co-founder and fellow of the International Society of Sports Nutrition and a fellow of the American College of Nutrition. Dr. Susan Kleiner is the owner of High Performance Nutrition, Director of Science and Communication of Vitargo Global Sciences, faculty at University of Northern Iowa and currently serves as the High Performance Nutrition Consultant to Seattle Storm (WNBA) and the Seattle Reign FC (WNSL). She also consults with many other professional teams including Seattle Seahawks and Mariners, the Cleveland Browns and Cavaliers, the Miami Heat, Olympians and many more elite athletes. Dr. Kleiner has authored eight books, including the bestseller POWER EATING®, The Good Mood Diet, and The POWERFOOD Nutrition Plan. She is one of the foremost nutrition authorities in the world.
Dr. Bubbs sits down with one of the greatest female athletes in Canadian history, 2x Olympic gold medalist and World Rugby Hall of Famer Heather Moyse. In this episode Heather discusses achieving your true potential by owning your story, overcoming obstacles, shaking off disbelievers, and shifting your perspective so you can believe, plan and pursue your dreams. Heather says “it’s not about the guarantees, it’s about the possibilities!” and shares actionable tips in this episode to help you achieve your potential.
A 3-time Olympian and 2-time Olympic gold medalist, Heather Moyse has been described as Canada’s best ever all-round female athlete, making Canadian history on home soil at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics winning Canada’s first-ever gold medal. Heather has also represented Canada in international competition in track cycling and on the National Senior Women’s Rugby team in 22 international rugby games and the 2013 Rugby Sevens World Cup in Moscow, Russia. Heather was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame – the only Canadian female and only second Canadian to receive that honour, joining the likes of Johnny Wilkinson and Nelson Mandela
Dr. Bubbs interviews The Wall Street Journal's deputy editor and former sports columnist Sam Walker about his new book The Captain Class: The Hidden Force That Creates the World's Greatest Teams. Sam talks about how the world's greatest teams had one glaringly obvious similarity: the unique characteristics of their captains. He dives into the 7 common traits these men and women share, and how this propelled them to elite performance. Sam also busts a few myths around the impact of coaches and locker room speeches on performance at the highest level. The traits Sam describes have tremendous cross-over to leadership and team success in all realms: sports, health, business and life!
Sam Walker is The Wall Street Journal's deputy editor for enterprise and investigative reporting projects. A former sports columnist, Walker founded the Journal's prizewinning daily sports pages in 2009 and oversaw the paper’s global coverage of sports news and major events across all print editions and digital platforms. He is the author of Fantasyland, a bestselling account of his attempt to win America's top fantasy-baseball expert competition (of which he is a two-time champion). Sam attended the University of Michigan and lives in New York with his wife and two children.
Follow Sam on Twitter @samwalkers and find out more at bysamwalker.com.
