Episodes

  • Plant vs Animal Protein – Which Builds More Muscle?

    Plant vs Animal Protein – Which Builds More Muscle?
    Jul 24 2025

    Are plant-based proteins really good enough for triathletes chasing strength gains and performance? Or do animal proteins still reign supreme?

    In this episode, I dive into a brand-new systematic review comparing plant and animal proteins on muscle mass, strength and performance outcomes – and break down exactly what it means for you as a triathlete. You’ll get a no-fluff summary of the science, plus practical takeaways whether you're a carnivore, vegetarian or full vegan.

    Discover which protein sources really matter, how to optimise your intake for recovery and strength, and why you can’t out-supplement a lack of lifting.

    LINKS:

    Kickstart Course: dietitianapproved.com/kickstart

    Join the Triathlon Nutrition Academy: dietitianapproved.com/academy

    Grab the free Triathlon Nutrition Checklist: dietitianapproved.com/checklist

    🏊‍♂️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Build your personalised triathlon fuelling plan inside the Triathlon Nutrition Academy.

    Download the FREE audio series The 5 Biggest Nutrition Mistakes Costing You Time on Race Day

    SUPPORT THE PODCAST HERE

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    14 mins
  • Three Triathlon Nutrition Myths Costing You Performance – Stop Doing Them!

    Three Triathlon Nutrition Myths Costing You Performance – Stop Doing Them!
    Jul 21 2025

    Still chasing race weight? Skipping food before training to burn more fat? Meticulously tracking every calorie?

    In this week’s episode, I’m calling out the three biggest nutrition myths that are still messing with triathletes in 2025. If you’ve been feeling flat, frustrated or just not seeing the performance gains you expect—this one's for you.

    Learn why these outdated beliefs are holding you back and what to do instead, including:

    • Why fuelling beats weight loss for real results
    • When fasted training helps (and when it hurts)
    • Why tracking calories isn’t the silver bullet

    LINKS:

    Kickstart Course: dietitianapproved.com/kickstart

    Join the Triathlon Nutrition Academy: dietitianapproved.com/academy

    Grab the free Triathlon Nutrition Checklist: dietitianapproved.com/checklist

    🏊‍♂️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Build your personalised triathlon fuelling plan inside the Triathlon Nutrition Academy.

    Download the FREE audio series The 5 Biggest Nutrition Mistakes Costing You Time on Race Day

    SUPPORT THE PODCAST HERE

    CONNECT WITH TARYN

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    The Triathlon Nutrition Academy® is a podcast by Dietitian Approved®. All rights reserved.

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    24 mins
  • How I’d Upgrade Your Nutrition If You Were My Athlete

    How I’d Upgrade Your Nutrition If You Were My Athlete
    Jul 10 2025

    Think you're doing everything right with your training and nutrition, but the results just aren't stacking up? You're not alone.

    In this episode, Taryn walks you through the four most powerful nutrition upgrades she'd make if you were her athlete. These are the exact strategies she uses inside the Triathlon Nutrition Academy to turn underperforming athletes into high-performing machines.

    Whether you're feeling flat, struggling to recover or just guessing your way through race day fuelling, this episode will help you identify what to fix and where to start.

    What you'll learn:

    • Why most triathletes are unknowingly underfuelled

    • The problem with generic race nutrition plans and how to build one that actually works

    • What effective recovery nutrition really looks like

    • How your day-to-day meals could be sabotaging your goals

    LINKS:

    Join the Triathlon Nutrition Academy: dietitianapproved.com/academy

    Grab the free Triathlon Nutrition Checklist: dietitianapproved.com/checklist

    🏊‍♂️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Build your personalised triathlon fuelling plan inside the Triathlon Nutrition Academy.

    Download the FREE audio series The 5 Biggest Nutrition Mistakes Costing You Time on Race Day

    SUPPORT THE PODCAST HERE

    CONNECT WITH TARYN

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    24 mins
  • Why Troy’s Training Didn’t Truly Work – Until He Fixed This

    Why Troy’s Training Didn’t Truly Work – Until He Fixed This
    Jul 3 2025

    Think you're training hard enough to deserve better results?

    Troy Bauerle sure was. But it wasn’t until he sorted out his nutrition that things really clicked—and the gains speak for themselves.

    In this episode, Troy returns to share what’s changed since completing the Triathlon Nutrition Academy program. From DIY gel confidence to podium finishes, he’s living proof of how dialling in your nutrition can supercharge your performance, boost recovery and keep you injury-free.

    If you’ve been flogging yourself in training but feel like you’re still not quite there on race day, this one’s for you.

    Here’s what we cover:

    • Troy’s recent back-to-back podiums (Geelong 70.3 & Wollongong Olympic)
    • The game-changer: 12 months of consistent, injury-free training
    • Why he now trains AND races with the same gels—and how he makes them
    • The power of proper carb loading and recovery nutrition
    • Confidence to negative split a run and go harder, not bonk
    • How 9 minutes disappeared from his Geelong race time (same course, same bike)
    • Balancing elite-level training with a physically demanding job
    • Looking ahead to Ironman at 50—and even Ultraman?

    LINKS:

    Want results like Troy? Register for the Triathlon Nutrition Academy: dietitianapproved.com/academy

    Grab your free Triathlon Nutrition Checklist: dietitianapproved.com/checklist

    🏊‍♂️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Build your personalised triathlon fuelling plan inside the Triathlon Nutrition Academy.

    Download the FREE audio series The 5 Biggest Nutrition Mistakes Costing You Time on Race Day

    SUPPORT THE PODCAST HERE

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    The Triathlon Nutrition Academy® is a podcast by Dietitian Approved®. All rights reserved.

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    23 mins
  • Not All Sports Drinks Are Equal: Pure Race Fuel vs Electrolyte Hydration

    Not All Sports Drinks Are Equal: Pure Race Fuel vs Electrolyte Hydration
    Jun 26 2025

    Not all sports drinks are created equal – and using the wrong one could wreck your race or your gut.

    In this episode, I compare two sports drinks from the same brand – Pure Sports Nutrition – and break down the real differences between their Race Fuel Drink Mix and Electrolyte Hydration Mix. While they both look like sports drinks on the surface, they serve completely different purposes once you look under the hood.

    You’ll learn what to look for in a sports drink, how to interpret the ingredients and nutrition panel, and what actually matters when deciding what belongs in your bottle on race day.

    Because the label doesn’t tell you the full story – and if you’re just picking products based on marketing or taste alone, you’re probably leaving performance on the table.

    In this episode, you’ll learn:

    • Why the Race Fuel might not actually work at 90g/hour despite the label

    • How to spot a poor glucose-to-fructose ratio and why that matters for gut tolerance

    • What osmolality is (and why it can make or break your gut on race day)

    • How the “hydration” product might be better suited for fuelling — if you tweak it

    • How to be your own nutrition detective and decode product labels like a pro

    • When and how to modify a product to suit your personal needs

    LINKS:

    🏊‍♂️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Build your personalised triathlon fuelling plan inside the Triathlon Nutrition Academy.

    Download the FREE audio series The 5 Biggest Nutrition Mistakes Costing You Time on Race Day

    SUPPORT THE PODCAST HERE

    CONNECT WITH TARYN

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    The Triathlon Nutrition Academy® is a podcast by Dietitian Approved®. All rights reserved.

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    22 mins
  • Smashing PBs & Chasing Kona Dreams with Samantha Zeps

    Smashing PBs & Chasing Kona Dreams with Samantha Zeps
    Jun 19 2025

    What does it take to go from consistent age-group triathlete to Ironman podium finisher and Kona qualifier? In this inspiring episode, Samantha Zeps shares how she’s levelled up her performance with smarter fuelling strategies, better recovery habits, and a fresh mindset around nutrition.

    From a 14-minute PB at Geelong 70.3 to winning her age group at Busselton Ironman, Sam opens up about the real changes that moved the needle — like ditching fasted training, nailing her carb loading, and fuelling properly to perform and parent. If you're dreaming of Kona or chasing your own next PB, this episode is packed with practical takeaways and serious motivation.

    LINKS:

    🏊‍♂️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Build your personalised triathlon fuelling plan inside the Triathlon Nutrition Academy.

    Download the FREE audio series The 5 Biggest Nutrition Mistakes Costing You Time on Race Day

    SUPPORT THE PODCAST HERE

    CONNECT WITH TARYN

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    The Triathlon Nutrition Academy® is a podcast by Dietitian Approved®. All rights reserved.

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    22 mins
  • The Real Cost of Poor Nutrition

    The Real Cost of Poor Nutrition
    Jun 12 2025

    You're logging hours in the pool, on the bike, and pounding the pavement. Your training plan is dialled in, your gear is sorted, yet something's still not clicking. If your nutrition is off, you might be flushing months of hard work down the drain without even realising it. Today, I want to expose the real – and often hidden – costs of poor nutrition that go far beyond a disappointing race result or mid-run gut disaster.

    We're talking about wasted time, money, and energy that quietly sabotages your performance, recovery, and progress. These hidden costs accumulate faster than you think, which is why getting your nutrition sorted is the smartest  performance investments you can make as a triathlete.

    I see so many triathletes fall into the trap of trying to figure out their nutrition on their own. Unfortunately, without proper planning and strategy, nutrition becomes an expensive mistake rather than a performance investment.

    But, when nutrition is optimised, everything improves. Training feels better, recovery accelerates and you stop wasting money on products and supplements that aren’t doing you any good anyway.

    This is why the Triathlon Nutrition Academy exists and the doors are opening soon – to prevent you from wasting years trying to piece together fragmented information. This isn't just nutrition education; it's an investment in faster racing, improved training returns, and long-term health. And if you think nutrition education is expensive, calculate the true cost of getting it wrong.


    LINKS:

    🏊‍♂️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Build your personalised triathlon fuelling plan inside the Triathlon Nutrition Academy.

    Download the FREE audio series The 5 Biggest Nutrition Mistakes Costing You Time on Race Day

    SUPPORT THE PODCAST HERE

    CONNECT WITH TARYN

    Website | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube

    The Triathlon Nutrition Academy® is a podcast by Dietitian Approved®. All rights reserved.

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    20 mins
  • Smashing Her First Ironman: Christina's Journey to the Finish Line

    Smashing Her First Ironman: Christina's Journey to the Finish Line
    Jun 5 2025
    Completing an Ironman isn’t for suckers. It's something that many triathletes dream about and today, I want to share the story of one of my Triathlon Nutrition Academy athletes, Christina, whose journey to the finish line of her first Ironman is truly inspirational. Christina isn't a professional athlete – she's a full-time interior designer and dedicated mother who held onto her Ironman dream since her post-college days in Tucson, Arizona. Fast forward 18 years, after juggling work, family, and fitness, Christina finally decided to take the plunge into this mammoth challenge and recently completed the Texas Ironman. While preparing for race day, Christina navigated the same challenges most of us face – demanding work schedules, family commitments and the constant juggle to fit training into an already packed life. What set her apart wasn't superhuman abilities, but rather strategic planning, a personal and professional support network and an unwavering commitment to her goal. Her approach to balancing training with normal life came down to three key elements: seeking professional support through joining the Triathlon Nutrition Academy and hiring a training coach, meticulous scheduling and clear communication with her support network. Early morning sessions became her training window, allowing her to complete workouts before family responsibilities took priority. This wasn't about finding more hours in the day – it was about maximising the hours she had. The Nutrition Game-Changer Before joining the Triathlon Nutrition Academy, like many endurance athletes, Christina assumed that training hard was enough. The reality check came quickly when she realised her post-workout exhaustion and desperate need for naps weren't normal recovery patterns. The breakthrough came through strategic carbohydrate and protein timing. By learning how to fuel properly before runs and optimising her recovery nutrition, Christina transformed her training quality and eliminated those energy crashes that had been derailing her afternoons. Navigating Race Day Challenges Ironman Texas was a hot and humid course, but everything Christina had learned in TNA helped her make it to the finish line with a smile on her face. Her nutrition strategy included proper carbohydrate loading in the days leading up to the race and acute sodium loading on race morning – protocols she'd practised extensively during training. When inevitable race-day issues arose – sunburn, cramping, and the mental challenges of such a long day – Christina's troubleshooting skills kicked in. Her focus on maintaining nutrition intake and electrolyte balance helped her navigate these obstacles rather than being derailed by them. Smashing Ironman Goals Crossing the finish line in just over 14 hours, Christina proved that with proper preparation and strategic nutrition, ambitious goals are achievable even when you have a busy lifestyle. Her success wasn't built on natural talent or unlimited training time – it was constructed through consistent execution of proven strategies. Most importantly, never underestimate the impact of proper nutrition on both training quality and race-day performance. The difference between struggling through sessions and executing them effectively often comes down to fuelling strategies that support your body's demands. LINKS: 🚴 Grab your copy of Fuel Your Adventure and fuel your long rides with real food that works 🏊‍♂️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Build your personalised triathlon fuelling plan inside the Triathlon Nutrition Academy. Download the FREE audio series The 5 Biggest Nutrition Mistakes Costing You Time on Race Day Check how well you’re doing when it comes to your nutrition with my 50 step checklist to Triathlon Nutrition Mastery WORK WITH TARYN HERE SUPPORT THE PODCAST HERE CONNECT WITH TARYN Website | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube The Triathlon Nutrition Academy® is a podcast by Dietitian Approved®. All rights reserved.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    25 mins