
The PINN Podcast
The PINN Podcast aims to explore the relationship between nutrition service, behaviour change and psychological aspects and tools to consider when working with athletes. One of the issues we face, as Performance Nutritionists, is when we are becoming academically 'qualified' we receive little to no exposure to a number of aspects that are integral to our role. These include: What a 'good' conversation looks like? How to structure a nutrition 'needs analysis'? How to spot 'red flags' for referrals? How do we set up clinical referrals?... Unlike Psychology, very few nutrition students get the opportunity to have their consultations reviewed with structured feedback. This, and many more elements, we discuss throughout the series.The podcast aims to be a development tool for Performance Nutritionists. We interview experienced, as well as newly qualified applied nutritionists, lecturers and practitioners in sport & exercise psychology, lifestyle practitioners and athletes to uncover barriers & challenges to supporting elite athletes in individual & team sports.
Episodes
16 episodes
S.2 / Ep.1 - The Applied Sport and Exercise Practitioner; Andy Borrie, Charlotte Chandler and Paula Watson
Welcome to Series 2 of The PINN Podcast! Excited to get the second series underway with a conversation with 3 experienced practitioners and editors of The Applied Sport and Exercise Practitioner that was released earlier this summer in ...
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S.1 / Ep.14 Applied reflections working in professional team sport
In this episode I am joined by Anne-Marie Mulholland, currently supporting both the men and women 7s programme with the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU). Anne-Marie and I discussed her career progress and development since graduating from the ...
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Episode 14
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S.1 / Ep.13 Sam McHaffie - Views on Nutrition within the female football pathway; Lion cubs to Lionesses
In this episode I am joined by current PhD student Sam McHaffie who is conducting research sponsored by The FA at Liverpool John Moores University investigating the quantification of energy expenditure within 16 - 19 year old Internationa...
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Episode 13
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S.1 / Ep.12 Dr Meghan Bentley, PhD - Behavioural analysis, M.I & development of the practitioner
Meghan’s PhD research used behavioural science to understand the dietary behaviours of elite athletes to advance the professional practice of sports and exercise nutritionists. This was a great conversation for me personally, and professionally...
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Episode 12
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1:09:44

S.1 / Ep.11 Gemma McGuinness - Values, conversations and insights in applied performance nutrition
Gemma is a Performance Nutritionist who runs her own consultancy – the nutrition gem, who shares great and relevant content on Instagram, so please give her a follow there for great insights and pragmatic nutrition advice! Further to her own co...
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Episode 11
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S.1 / Ep.10 Rachel Muse - Catering for the athlete at home
In this episode I am joined by Private Chef extraordinaire , Rachel Muse. Rachel owns her own luxury catering company - Talk, Eat, Laugh and sister company Discreet & Delicious - www.talkeatlaugh...
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S.1 / Ep.9 Sarah Jenner, PhD - Part time to full time delivery; pros and cons
Sarah Jenner, PhD is currently the Head of Nutrition at Bath Rugby, and is an Advanced Sports Dietician through Sports Dieticians Australia (SDA). Sarah has delivered performance nutrition through a great mix of applied practice as well as rese...
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Episode 9
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1:06:59

S.1 / Ep.8 Dr Paula Watson - Psychological underpinning of behaviour change
Paula is a HCPC registered sport and exercise practitioner psychologist who is passionate about supporting people’s relationship with physical activity. Paula has spent 18 years working at LJMU in both applied practice as well as le...
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Episode 8
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1:06:52

S.1 / Ep.7 Daniel Davey - The developing nutritionist, the things I wish I'd known!
Daniel Davey - founder of Davey Nutrition and author of 2 performance nutrition recipe books; Eat Up Raise your Game & Eat Up The Next Level - both provide great fundamental recipes aligned to performance that have been drawn from over 10 y...
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Episode 7
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S.1 / Ep.6 James Moran - The road to elite cycling performance nutrition
In this discussion I was joined by Performance Dietician, James Moran. James has over a decade of experience in clinical dietetics within the NHS before undertaking an MSc at LJMU in Sport Nutrition where he has been practicing at the highest l...
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Episode 6
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1:13:17

S.1 / Ep.5 Renee McGregor Sports Dietician - Clinical aspects in High Performance
Renee is a Sport Dietician with over 20 years experience. We discuss some of Renees reflections of working as a Dietician and the challenges of this in applied practice. Renee spoke around her views and the differences between Sports Dietician,...
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Episode 5
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S.1 / Ep.4 David Dunne - Implementation Science within the applied environment
It was fantastic to hold a conversation with David Dunne and hear his passion around the subject of Performance Nutrition. We discussed some of his own observations from working in applied high performance environments for over a decade, and wh...
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Episode 4
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1:09:05

S.1 / Ep.3 Sharon Madigan PhD, MSc, RD - The Power of Reflection within Applied Practice
In this episode I'm joined by the wonderful Sharon Madigan, Scientific Lead for Paris 2024 for Team Ireland. Sharon has a huge amount of experience, having practiced nutrition with Olympic and Paralympic athletes for 20+ years. Sharon ...
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Episode 3
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S.1 / Ep.2 Joe Matthews - Combat vs Team Sport Environments
Joe Matthews is an applied Performance Nutritionist who has supported combat athletes, as well as team sport athletes in both male and female environments working in professional women's football as well as Premiership Academy Rugby Union setti...
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Episode 2
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S.1 / Ep.1 Anthony Paradis - The beginners guide to Performance Nutrition
In this episode I had a fantastic conversation with Anthony Paradis, Director of Olympic Nutrition at University South Carolina. We discussed some of the comparisons between private practice and being in a full time role, as well as explored so...
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