Jordan Sullivan: Fueling for Sports Performance & Body Composition

1. Dr. Andy Galpin

   The science and practice of enhancing human performance for sport, play, and life. Welcome to Perform.

2. Dr. Andy Galpin

   I'm Dr. Andy Galpin. I'm a professor and scientist and the executive director of the Human Performance Center at Parker University. Today, I'm talking to Jordy Sullivan. Jordy is a dietician who has worked with many of the best athletes in the world in a variety of sports. He's also a practitioner, having participated and competed in many jujitsu, ultramarathon, and other endurance events. Jordy's clients, as I mentioned, are some of the best of the best. You're talking about many UFC world champions, other individuals like Ned Brockman, who recently ran 1,000 miles in 12 days. So Jordy's knowledge of the practical aspects of fueling for performance are really unparalleled. In this conversation, we talked a lot about the details, how much water, how many grams of carbohydrates, what type of carbohydrates, and as many other details as I could possibly fit in to exactly how do I fuel performance or just getting enough fuel to exercise for people not competing in sports.

3. Dr. Andy Galpin

   Jordy did a fantastic job in this conversation outlining how this does change in different scenarios with different goals and populations and people. So while Jordy has spent most of his career with these elite high-profile athletes, he's also been coaching non-athletes for well over a decade, and that comes through really clearly in the conversation. So please enjoy this conversation with my friend Jordy Sullivan. Jordy Sullivan, welcome to the show, man.

4. Jordan Sullivan

   Andy, thanks for having me.

5. Dr. Andy Galpin

   I've followed your work for a long time. It's in my opinion that no one even is close to rivaling you in your area, so really appreciate you being here. We're going to cover a lot of areas we'll globally call sports performance fueling, but I actually want to start with two things really quickly, and I want to see if you even know what they are. So this is a little bit of a challenge to you. So let me read this one actually that I have written down for you. Okay. Number one, yogurt with berries and honey. Number two meal, Chipotle chicken with rice and avocado. Number three, tiramisu dates with oatmeal. Number four, lobster roll. Number five, a sports drink. Number six, lamb rice bowl. Number seven, a banana with honey. All that in one day. Do you know what I'm talking about?

6. Jordan Sullivan

   I have a good feeling what you're talking about, yeah.

7. Dr. Andy Galpin

   Tell us what that actually is.

8. Jordan Sullivan

   Yeah. So last weekend, I participated in my first HYROX competition. And if you don't know, HYROX is kind of the new age CrossFit. So it's a mix of strength sports and then endurance sport. So the setup is you run eight kilometers as fast as you can, and then you jump in and out of these stations. So yeah, me and my team went down to Melbourne and did that, and that was the fueling plan going into it. So it was really good.

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