EAT AND TRAIN LIKE AN ELITE ATHLETE

INTERNATIONAL sports nutritionist Dr Dana Ryan recently visited Australia, headlining the 2019 Sports Wellness Tour by Herbalife Nutrition, which took her to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. With extensive experience in sports performance programs, Dr Ryan has worked with professional sports organisations like the LA Galaxy, Barcelona FC and even locally with our own Western Sydney Wanderers.

Inside Sport managed to score some valuable one-on-one interview time with Dr Ryan after she touched down in Sydney ahead of her tour. Dr Ryan’s main focus during her visit to these shores was sharing her learnings from working with elite sporting clubs, and explaining how these principles can be applied to everybody wanting to follow an active lifestyle. Dr Ryan is also well-versed in the top five things that active people should adhere to in order to get the most out of their workouts, and the top mistakes that gym-goers are making in terms of nutrition.

IN THE BEGINNING

I have been an athlete my whole life; I was a gymnast growing up, and I was on the rowing team in college. Then I got into coaching and sports psychology and I just kind of followed that path. A lot