We sit down with Dr. Dan Plews, who is a scientist, researcher, athlete, and coach, to hear some of his perspectives on carbohydrate fueling recommendations for endurance athletes. We also discuss benefits of fat oxidation and hear some of his surprising triathlon nutrition and racing details. 

We also discuss:

Dan’s athletic and academic background along with an overview of his triathlon racing timeline
His nutrition evolution from youth to current times 
His thoughts on nutritional ketosis
Are carbs really a superfuel? 
The use of CGM
How he approaches fueling with some of his high performing professional athletes
The S-fuels products he uses for triathlon training


Links:

ResearchGate link to Dr. Plews’ research
S-fuels
GSSI paper, “Carbohydrate Supplementation during Exercise”
Dr. Jeff Rothschild’s paper published in Sports Med investigating factors that affect substrate oxidation during exercise
EndureIQ


More about our guest:
Dan Plews is an Applied Sports Scientist, Researcher and coach. As a Sports Scientist (specialising in the area of Physiology) Dan has worked closely with athletes who have won more than 25 world and Olympic titles in the sports of rowing, kayak and triathlon. As a researcher, Dan completed his PhD in the area of applied heart rate variability (HRV). This work focused on implementing and validating methods regarding the application of HRV to track training adaptation in elite athletes. Since then, Dan has gone onto having more than 50 peer-reviewed publications in the area of applied sports science and exercise physiology. Dan was the Head of Physical Performance at Emirates Team New Zealand during the 2021 America’s Cup winning campaign, and also leads Performance Physiology for Women’s Canoe Racing New Zealand. He also is the Founder of his own Company Endure IQ, and a Co-founder at TRIQ. Dan is seriously passionate about endurance sport, particularly Ironman triathlon, where he has coached 3 athletes under the 8-hour barrier. He lives and breathes it and is a competitive Ironman athlete himself. In 2018 he broke the amateur course record at the Ironman Word Championships in Hawaii, Kona in a time of 8 hour and 24 minuets. Winning the overall amateur division by more than 10 minutes and placing 22nd overall. Dan thrives on continuous learning and being on the cutting edge of applied sports science. He often throws himself into the depths of new science, measurements and self-quantification to find out first-hand the effects that they have on training adaptation.


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