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The Reach Your Peak Experience (A Sports Nutrition Podcast)
The Reach Your Peak Experience is a health and nutrition podcast focussed on a Sports Dietitians exploration of the world of nutrition, health, and performance. Aleksa is a Sports Dietitian and Nutritionist, who is passionate about helping athletes of all levels harness a flexible approach with their nutrition. Each week I bring you a new topic to help expand your knowledge and change your perspective - all in a light-hearted, no-nonsense, and easy-to-digest way. I will help you navigate the sports nutrition space by bringing you real, evidence-based advice & nutrition tips to help you reach your peak potential. Subscribe now to stay informed, competitive, and level up your nutrition & health.
Episodes
270 episodes
#270: The Resistance Connundrum - Untold Truth Around Food Restriction “Strategy”
When one wants to lose weight and achieve some fat loss results…The automatic response is some form of food and calorie restriction.Makes sense…calorie deficit is key, right.However, there is a difference between good and b...
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Episode 270
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8:09
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#269: The Truth About Progression - The Linearity Fallacy
Oh, you expect your progress to be linear?You want to improve every day in consistent fashion?Not so fast. You may want to sit down while I tell you this through this podcast episode. Today I explore the reality of progr...
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Episode 269
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9:03
#268: Does The Number of Meals Per Day Really Matter?
There’s talk about meal timing. There’s talk about meal composition. There’s talk about meal size.And there is also talk about meal frequency.Does it really matter how many number of meals you have per day?In this episode, ...
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Episode 268
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11:21
#267: The Ice Cube Analogy - Explaining The Truth Behind Fat Burning
Fat burning = Fat Loss, right?Wrong.Well not necessarily wrong but not quite the correlation you or others may think it is.Now while I do understand that fat burning is used a a phrase pretty interchangeably with fat loss ...
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Episode 267
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8:25
#266: 3 Ways To Minimise Muscle Loss in a Fat Loss Phase
If you are bulking or building muscle in any way, there is a good chance you will eventually switch to a fat loss/leaning out phase.One of the common concerns with this is the preconceived idea or worry around muscle losses - all those s...
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Episode 266
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9:19
#265: A Dietitians Curated List of Low Calorie Sauce Winners
“Let’s get saucy”. This is one way you can improve your meal prep and make things easier by creating variety without having to use a different recipe each week.Your sauce game can truly make or break your meals so having opti...
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Episode 265
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14:43
#264: The Hard Truth About Hard Goals - The Blunt Reality of Nutrition Goals
In order to succeed with your nutrition goals, there needs to be a proportionate effort to the level of results you are hoping for.This is where people get stuck.It is important to understand that while sometimes nutrition can be ...
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Episode 264
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8:05
#263: Common Nutrition Trends To Avoid At The Start Of The New Year!
With January comes a slew of returning (and new) nutrition trends and fads.Some are to be completely avoided. Others would require at least some more thought and consideration before you embark on doing them.Regardless, it is imp...
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Episode 263
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10:39
#262: New Year New Diet Trap
New year, new you? No.New year, new resolution? No.New year, new goal? Nope.New year, new diet? Yes. Or so it seems with the number of people switching and changing and jumping on the latest trendy diets every single new ye...
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Episode 262
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6:58
#261: Red Pill vs. Blue Pill (New Year Resolution Edition)
New year, new you?Of course, it’s what we all say right…But when the decision needs to be made on how you approach your nutrition this year…which will you choose?The quick fix results in January and February? Or the long-te...
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Episode 261
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5:21
#260: Protein Takeover? Not everything needs to be a high protein version of something….and here’s why.
High protein this, high protein that.It is no secret that protein has taken over and that food companies are now bombarding us with protein versions of what it seems like to be everything from ABC to XYZ.Is this a good thing thoug...
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Episode 260
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9:02
#259: Uncovering The Truth Around Post-Christmas/Holiday Season Weight Gain
After Christmas and New Years (the holiday season), you may find yourself a bit heavy. A bit softer. A bit more…less defined.So why is this? What happened?Well, most would believe they have had a setback in their fat loss goals. ...
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Episode 259
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8:52
#258: New Year's Resolution Conundrum - Flipping The Script
“New year, new me!” - You, probably, maybe.Every new year brings in a wave of aspirations in the form of new years resolutions. From nutrition and fitness to work, and everything in between.However, did you know that there is a go...
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Episode 258
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8:29
#257: The Hara Hachi Bun Me principle of 80% - How To Simply Your Nutrition and Level Up Your Fat Loss
There is a Japanese phrase that goes: Hara Hachi Bun Me.Using this simple teaching will help inject your nutrition game with a good dose of more mindfulness and intuitiveness when it comes to your eating. This is invaluable w...
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Episode 257
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6:39
#256: “Is this snack ok?” - Introducing the “Fill The Cup” Test and Analogy
“Is this snack ok to eat?” - Many a client over the years.The truth is that this does not have a blanket yes or no answer to it and is is highly variable due to the nuances and contextual considerations.Really is a “it depends” si...
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Episode 256
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6:58
#255: Stack Your Days - Using The Power Of Reps To Create Real Change and Results
Reps reps reps.Reps remove doubt. So that is why it is very important to focus on the daily fundamentals and creating consistency.Enter “Stacking Your Days”. A concept I got introduced to from a Chris Paul video.This is a v...
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Episode 255
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6:38
#254: The Protein Obsession…Is it justified? - A Dietitian’s Take On The High Protein Everything Reality
Not everything needs to be high protein this and high protein that…The reality is that we have entered a time when food companies are launching high protein versions of their foods and creating an influx of high protein “everything”....
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Episode 254
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8:12
#253: Are energy drinks actually worse for you than coffee?
Energy drinks vs. coffee.The 2 primary sources of caffeine in the lives of the vast majority.Both have their fans. Both have their skeptics. Both have their haters.So how much truth is there to the general fear around energ...
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Episode 253
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11:34
#252: 3 Food Tracking App Mistakes You Need To Avoid! - How To Improve Calorie Tracking
If you are someone who is tracking their calories, perhaps for fat loss, then there is a good chance you are leaving some results on the table by making 1 or more common food-tracking app mistakes.Whether you are using MFP or Cronometer ...
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Episode 252
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10:30
#251: Fasted Cardio = More Fat Burning = More Fat Loss?
There is a general belief that fasted cardio promotes more fat burning. People believe that more fat burning = more fat loss. Are these 2 beliefs true or untrue?Does fasted cardio burn more fat?Is fasted cardi...
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Episode 251
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10:38
#250: The 2 Triangles Framework - Understanding How Nutrition Strategy Prioritisation Works!
Understanding nutrition strategy is not just about knowing what to do to achieve xyz.It also requires you to have a grasp on how goal prioritisation and nutrition strategy are interlinked. Understanding how focusing on 1 means that you c...
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Episode 250
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11:29
#249: 4 Simple Changes To Improve Fat Loss Potential Today (That you know about but need reminding)
There are some nutrition basics. Fundamentals if you will. That anyone can do right now and make their life easier as far as nutrition goes and potentially even assist with fat loss efforts.They are action steps or simple strategies that...
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Episode 249
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7:36
#248: Nutrition In Rehab Time - The Importance of Maintaining Strategic Thinking
As an athlete (or gym goer), rehab is either something you have done or you will inevitably encounter in some form or fashion or degree in your life.Injuries happen - big and small, short and long, insignificant and lifechanging. No matt...
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Episode 248
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8:43
#247: Cheat Meals and Fat Loss Plan - Can They Coexist? (Impact Revealed)
“Is it ok if I still have a cheat meal? Will that affect my results?”This is a common question and one that I recently got asked by a new client again.Cheat meals seem to be forever connected to the nutrition space, a way for one ...
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Episode 247
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9:21
#246: Fat Burning Does NOT = Fat Loss (Exploring the #YeahScience)
There is a general belief that doing things that result in more fat burning is automatically the answer to fat loss woes and struggling weight loss goals.However, this is not an exact science. It does not necessarily mean it is true in a...
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Episode 246
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7:34