About this episode

Taryn Richardson discusses the limitations of DIY triathlon nutrition and its impact on performance.

Still Googling “what to eat before training” at 9pm the night before your race? If you’re relying on free calculators, generic meal plans or advice from your training buddy to fuel your triathlon, this episode is your wake-up call. Because while DIY nutrition might get you started, it won’t get you to your full potential. In this episode, Advanced Sports Dietitian Taryn Richardson unpacks why the DIY approach has an expiry date and what it’s really costing you in performance, time and results. What you’ll learn in this episode: Why free online nutrition calculators are designed to sell products, not optimise your performance The problem with generic meal plans and why they fail busy triathletes How Googling and AI tools give you answers without context (and why that’s risky) The hidden dangers of taking nutrition advice from unqualified sources Why “doing what works for someone else” rarely works for you The real reason you feel stuck, fatigued or not improving despite training hard How DIY nutrition slows your progress and keeps you guessing Why understanding your nutrition (not just following a plan) changes everything What…

People in this episode

Host: Taryn Richardson

Topics covered

• triathlon nutrition
• performance optimization
• DIY nutrition
• meal planning
• nutrition advice
• training strategies

Keywords

• triathlon
• nutrition
• meal plans
• performance
• training
• fatigue
• advice

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