Catalyst Dietitian - David Bryant

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Catalyst Dietitian - David Bryant

Advanced Sports Dietitian :)
PARATRIATHLETE on track for TOKYO2021 SERVICES AVAILABLE:

WEIGHT LOSS
Practical and achievable meal plans. Healthy recipes.

COVID19: ONLINE Nutrition Plans & Support Available
Providing practical nutrition plans and dietary advice that is individually tailored to your lifestyle and training demands. CORPORATE HEALTH AND NUTRITION
Health and nutrition review of Employees and work environment. SEMINARS FOR SPORTING CLUBS AND INTEREST GROUPS
Enlightening presentations specific to each sport

SPORTS NUTRITION
Race specific

nutrition plans and advice

CHILDHOOD NUTRITION
Applying the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating Guidelines

SKIN-FOLD AND BODY COMPOSITION ASSESSMENT
Regular assessments conducted to track progress

CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT
Dietary advice and assistance in managing a particular disease through adequate nutrition

12/05/2026

👨🏼‍🍳 The Importance of Arvo Tea 🍽️ Do your arvo teas reflect the training load and intensity you are (or aren’t doing) each arvo? 🚀

09/05/2026

🏃 Sports Nutrition Simplified 👩🏻‍🍳 Still the most powerful slide in Sports Nutrition 🍽️

07/05/2026

🍫 Big training rides and weeks don’t have to be expensive 🏦 Bank the kms this weekend 🚴‍♂️ 💵

05/05/2026

🥖 Carbohydrate Periodisation 📊

🔐 They Key to Optimising Performance and Recovery 💪🏻(and Long Term Body Composition Goals) 🍗

🏊 You don’t need a fancy App 📱, you just need foresight & to be proactive not reactive with your DAILY fueling strategies 🚴

04/05/2026

🏃 Margaret River Ultra Marathon 80km
Race Week/Day Nutrition Tips 🧗🏼‍♀️

🥖 A carb load requires an exercise taper (6-10g/CHO/kg).

A carb load isn’t a normal day of eating but neither is running 80km on the trails. 🍚

🧠 The best nutrition plan can’t negate the worst race plan.

Km/pace means nothing out on the sand/rocks/trails. Pace appropriately with other metrics eg RPE or Hrate 🐢 .

🐎 Keep race day brekky fibre low, you ain’t a horse.
Open the bowels a coupla times.

Stick to your nutrition plan that you’ve been implementing on long runs. 📔

😇Have a plan such as a 2hr template that you can repeat for hours on end, entailing gels, fluid and a simple carb rich snack etc.

Aim for the template to result in approx 60-100g of carb/hour.

This template ensures that you don’t over or under fuel during tricky periods.

🏠 Utilize aid stations to top up, but don’t be solely reliant on fuelling here. (That’s what your 1-2hr template is for).

Lean towards savoury snacks at aid stations to prevent flavour fatigue eg noodles, potato, crackers, breads. 🥔

👄 Listerine strips are a handy way to freshen up the mouth. 🦷

🍌 Wholefoods are great but also risky, try to keep it simple more often than not. You’re out there to run, not have a picnic. 🧺

🦥Give your support crew fun snacks to perk you up (and be less grumpy). 🤣

🌟 Get your fuelling right and you’ll not only have more energy but be better technically on the trails and at decision making. ⭐️

💧 I see more people come unstuck through too much fluid (rather than not enough).

Broadly speaking 250-500ml of fluid per hour is a good goal, don’t guzzle. 🚿

💕 Enjoy the race not just the finish line, the Cape to Cape is stunning!

Remember when it starts to hurt, it’s a choice not a sacrifice (and a real privilege to do what we do).

The best nutrition plan cant negate the worst race plan.

No actually cares… whether you go fast or slow (so race without that pressure and you’ll prob go faster anyway) ✌️

✅ LAST MINUTE race nutrition review consultations available this week enquire within 💻 Reshare for a friend 🙏🏻

28/04/2026

👨🏼‍🍳 Busso 100 Race Week/Day Nutrition Tips
….Applying evidence but moreso wisdom 😉

🥖 A carb load requires an exercise taper.

✌️ A carb load isn’t a normal day of eating but neither is 2/80/18km.

📈 The best nutrition plan cant negate the worst race plan.

💪🏻 Stick to your nutrition plan not the group training ride alpha males plan.

☕️ There’s no need to abstain from caffeine this week.

🛌 Sleep, the week of the race is far more important than the night before (knowing that you’ll now prob have a good sleep pre race).

🐎 Keep race day brekky fibre low, you ain’t a horse.

🚽 Open the bowels a coupla times.

🏊‍♀️ Do a bloody swim warmup (never heard someone say “I should’ve done a run warmup”).

💦 I see more people come unstuck through too much fluid (rather than not enough).

🧂 It’s going to be 300w on the bike you prob don’t need >100g/carb/hr.

💥 Don’t look at POWER… look at heart rate, cadence and speed as well.

🍫 Drip feed with YOUR fuels of choice across the entire bike/run.

🏃 Even pacing from the first km on the run (I’ll bet you won’t neg split).

😊 Enjoy the race not just the finish line.

😃 Remember when it starts to hurt, it’s a choice not a sacrifice (and a real privilege to do what we do).

🍽️ The best nutrition plan cant negate the worst race plan.

🥹No actually cares… whether you go fast or slow (so race without that pressure and you’ll prob go faster anyway)

05/04/2026

Good Friday 20km. 43.9km ave. Not bad, not great (in a big week because I’m a triathlete of course).

5am, 2x Hot Cross Buns 🥯 2x Cold brews ☕️

20km warmup 🚲

Sippy sip of 🥤 & Fry’s Turkish Delight 55g Bar 🍫

No time for anything in the 27:20 TT 🌬️

5km jog 🏃

Drive home 🚙 sipping on a 30g Protein Iced Coffee 🥛

Oceania Paratriathlon Champs in less than 2 weeks 🏊🏻‍♂️ 🚴 🏃

working his magic with the camera 📸

16/03/2026

That makes it 7/7 Podiums at Paratriathlon World Series 🥉

Season Opener runs on the board after a hot summer at with & a few cameos with & 🏕️ ✅

Always special to race here where it all began back in 2018 & to finish it off celebrating our 10th Wedding 💒 Anniversary.

The 🥂 POST race nutrition report 👨🏼‍🍳 😉

Tassie fresh produce foraging highlights 👩‍🌾 :

Oysters straight off the rocks 🦪
Berries 🫐
Roadside Sourdough 🥖
Centuries old Cascade Brewery Beer 🍺
Parrotfish & Wobbygongs 🎣
Cheese 🧀
Spuds 🥔
Sparkling 🥂
Scallops 🐚
Silverbeet 🥬
Apples 🍎
Pigeon Hole Croissants 🥐
Salamanca Markets 👩‍🌾

all whilst dodging a cupla Pademelons 🦘

08/02/2026

Slightly more not less fuel…. Recovery nutrition summed up during peak training weeks pre/during/post training 🏊 🚴‍♂️ 🏃 🏋🏻‍♂️⛽️

Sundy long run, 24km with slightly more cushioning as well, in the Glycerin Max to take the load off the legs 🦵 👟

Slightly more fuel too, sure you could fast for an easy long run, but it’ll compromise recovery.
More fuel is a game changer for the recovery benefits just as much as the performance benefits 💪🏻

Pre run, toasted cheese 🧀 sanga 🥪 , 3 x cold brews ☕️ ( carbs & caffeine 🚀)

During run, 3x gels, 90g 💦

Post run, Protein shake with milk 🥛, iced latte 🧊, bday 🎂, 30g protein milk 🐄, 2x chicken wraps 🫔

= being more useful around the 🏡 for the rest of the day. If you’re on the couch 🛋️ all arvo, you’re under fueling 🫠

Add the layers to your training weeks fueling and equipment wise!

17/01/2026

Rice cakes aren’t pre, or post ride fuel🫣

Low fibre cereal (coco pops or rice bubbles) are actually really easy to digest, hydrating and fortified 🥣

Just a banana won’t get you very far on a long ride.
Speaking of which, a half eaten one in the back pocket should be banned 🍌

One rule, never come home HANGRY, slightly more not less ✌️

Water for super easy aerobic rides 💦

Your mid week shorter rides still need fuel if they have intensity 😱

Concentrated sports drink & choccy bars ie Fry’s Turkish Delight, is any easy & cheap way to bump your carbohydrate intake up per hour during hard or long rides 🍫

Want to improve your recovery? Fuel more on the bike not just off it 💪🏻

Coffee before the ride not just after to boost performance ☕️

You are probably cramping due to the exercise intensity & carbohydrate inadequacy (prob not electrolytes) 😅

A low alcohol beer will assist with rehydration 🍺

Where can I get a one piece skin suit & aero socks to fit in with the local bunch rides? 😉 🤵🏼

📸 during last weeks 🇦🇺 TT Champs 🫶🏻

09/01/2026

Para TT Nationals on my doorstep through Perry Lakes 🚴‍♂️

The 🥂 Race Nutrition Report 👨🏼‍🍳

Loved this race last year, flying through Perry Lakes and Up Oceanic dve where I do all my training, whilst having the luxury of rolling out from straight to the start line 🏎️

5am, 20min shakeout jog 🏃…. because triathlon 😆

6am, 2cups coco pops 🥣 with protein shake poured over. 2 x slices of ciabatta 🍞 with 2 poached eggs 🍳 Washed down with a coupla cold brews ☕️

830am, 3mini hot cross buns 🥯

930am, iced long black ☕️

10am, longest 20mins of my life 😮‍💨 warming up on the trainer, what year is it? 🫠

10:20am, slushie 🧊 with 60g of carbohydrates to bring the core body temp down 🥶

10:40am, Fry’s Turkish Delight 55g bar 🍫 , 40g hit of carbs pre battle 🫡

10:57am, lift off 🚀

🤓 Race Stats, 29km, 41.5km/hr av, 318w ave, 334w normalized, 90rpm cadence 💣

Bee sting 🐝 in the nether region on lap 2, but lucky I’m resilient 💪🏻

A touch off power and time wise than last year, but a real good stepping stone into the season ahead.

Super special to have the team car 🚙 lead by Cycling Coach Matt Howlett on race radio 📻 directing my lines and keeping me honest, as well as my long time coach on board too.

So cool to see the WAIS village of athletes and support staff out on course 🏕️

Oh so special to see the local Floreat community & my family and friends cheering me on throughout the loop 🔁

Absolutely love how I can showcase and normalize elite parasport to my kids and now their friends, who thought it was pretty cool, “Go Daddy David, Go Daddy David” (sound on 🥹)

West is Best 🦢 💛🤍🖤

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