Catalyst Dietitian - David Bryant

15/07/2025

“Stay in the game.
Trust the process.
You never know what might happen.”

Wowee it’s been an up & down few months of injuries & niggles.
So good to be back racing thanks to an amazing team, support network and my family back home.

Thrived being in the thick of the action from the gun thanks to a swim finally coming together in Magog 🇨🇦.
Round 2 this weekend in Montreal for the Para World Series race on the track 🏎️.
🙏🏻 Inside WAIS , Elotik Pro Triathlon , AusTriathlon , Brooks Running , Stormflower Vineyard 🍾

19/05/2025

🚢 “A ship is safe in the harbour but that’s not what a ship is for”. 🇯🇵

⚔️ 7th place at Yokahama Para World Series race.
Have had a bumpy month of sickness & injury, but always learnings to be had from toeing the start line on the world stage representing 🇦🇺.

The race showed glimpses of things to come for the season ahead all things considered & oh so grateful my team got me to the start line & to have my family there for the journey across the week 🍣

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👨‍⚕️ thanks for your expertise 🙏🏻 🦴

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01/05/2025

Great to present to the team Perth Triathlon Club💚 All the best at Busselton Festival of Triathlon this weekend!

Perth Triathlon Club was able to engage fellow triathlete & accredited practising dietician David Bryant to deliver a nutrition seminar to its members courtesy of a Triathlon WA Fuel to Go & Play grant. It was a fantastic opportunity for members to learn some simple but effective messages surrounding fuelling for the ‘work’ required.

Athletes were then able to utilise this knowledge at a recent brick session as they focussed on ensuring they were well hydrated for the demands of their training. The grant has allowed the club to provide athletes with electrolytes to satisfy their thirst pre, during & post training. This hydration water cooler may also be heading for an upgrade!

 

30/04/2025

Post 🚴‍♂️ Pre 🏊 reflection, washed down with True Protein POST Workout Blend 💚
✅ 28g Protein 💪🏻
✅ 34g Carbohydrates 🏃 Low lactose 🐄
✅ 2.5g Creatine 🏋🏻‍♂️
🧘🏼‍♂️ HASTA batch tested 🙏🏻
💦 Simply add water when on the go 💨

31/03/2025

“Been awhile since you won a race Dadda” 5y.o Audrey. 👧🏼

🥇 Oceania Championships win in a couple of years yesterday, albeit a Duathlon due to water quality.

Some days you just have a crack and see what happens, and that was the case yesterday.

Implementing a new bike 🚲 position 🚴 on the motorway, getting offthebike in first and attacking the 2 big hills on the run, never looking back 🏃.

💨 Pretty cool feeling launching back into town on the downhill stretch letting every ounce of the Hyperion Elite PB carbons allowing me to hold 3:07 pace for nearly the last km to take the win by 9 secs 😮‍💨

🥂 The Race Nutrition Report ….
Weather Report … 30degrees, 98% humidity 🥵 greeted us, resulting in a bigger than usual focus on hydration and pre cooling 🧊 with a 0940am race start ☀️

7am, 3 Hot Cross buns without butter…couldn’t justify buying a block of butter 🧈

Entire jug of cold brew French press ☕️
8am, Chobani Strawberry Yoghurt 🥣
830am, 500ml Frozen Powerade, munch on it for the next hour 🆒

Warmup, minimal to keep core temp down 🥶 .
920am, 55g Fry’s Turkish Delight 🍫
Run 2.5km.
Bike 20km, 400ml Powerade.
Run 5km, throw that hose at me 💦 .

Post Race, 900ml flavoured choc milk 🥛... & maybe a Milton Mango 🍺 🥭 ###x

Bring on Yokahama Paratriathlon World Series in May with 😊

11/03/2025

🏎️ Race week here we come! Looking forward to the first World Series Race of the year Friday in Devonport. Training and recovery has been great over Summer, so let’s see where we are at on the world stage 🏊 🚴‍♂️ 🏃 , , 🥛 🩵

24/02/2025

🏊🏻‍♂️ 🚴🏃🏋🏻‍♂️ With training demands at 20-25hrs/week at present, the Brooks Running Glycerin Max 👟 provides max comfort for plush landings, yet a nice responsiveness in the toe-offs during my much needed recovery runs. Great start to the week down at City Beach 🏝️ 🧘

19/02/2025

🏋🏻‍♂️As a Sports Dietitian & Paralympian, I know how important fueling ⛽️ is for everyday performance, & that’s why I choose Woolworths to fuel my children’s day whether at school or doing physical activity 🏄🏼‍♀️
✅ Some of my favourite back to school Woolies products include:
🥣 No added sugar yoghurt pouches, cheese 🧀 slices & flavoured milks 🥛 🦴
🌯Wholegrain rice crackers & wraps 🥨
🍎 Kids size apples, cucumbers & carrots 🥒 🥕 &
🥥 Mighty bites cocoa crunch balls 🍫
Australian Paralympic Team 🇦🇺

18/01/2025

This time last week at the 🇦🇺 National Para 🚲 champs.
🍼 Debuted 2x 320 drinks at 91g of carbohydrate/hr💧, resulting in 68km in an 1:45@325w 💣 🥇 📷

10/01/2025

Boom! John Carter!!! 🦢 💛🖤

09/12/2024

💛🖤 6th Place overall at the WA Sprint Triathlon Championships 🦢

🥂 The Stormflower Vineyard Race Nutrition Report in the new custom race suit 🤵🏼

😱 Plenty of drama across the morning such as:
-Forgetting pre race Turkish Delight & having to jog back to the car pre race.
-Garmin not turning on for the bike, having to ride n**e!
-Knocking over my ice cold iced latte post race.
Lucky as I’m a triathlete, we are a resilient bunch. 😝

🏡 Day before, cooked 12kg of lamb on the spit 🔥 for the annual street party (but grazed on lower fibre carbohdyrates all day). 🥖

🌅 5am race day, 200g packet of Golden Crumpets pikelets. 😋

🌞 6am, cold brew ☕️ #3 on the drive to race. 🚙

☀️ 7am, Cadbury Dairy Milk Fry’s Turkish Delight 55g. 🍫

🚴‍♂️ Bike, 3 sips of sports drink. Lost the fastest ride of the day by 19seconds to & , so I lost that bet & coffee’s are on me. 😏

🧘🏼‍♂️Post Race, Brownes Chill 30g Protein choccy milk 🥛 , iced coffee (the 2nd one I didn’t spill,), 2x Power Cookies & Sushi 🍣 on the drive home 😊

🙏🏻 Wishing & his family a speedy recovery who would have no doubt been at the pointy end yesterday 🤗

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04/12/2024

🏎️ Just a casual Tuesdy morning rolling through the streets of Perth@6am in full race kit for ATTA 17km Kings Park TT 😜
Totally worth it😅

😮‍💨 1min pb, 41 km/hr ave, >350w np 💣 Sub 25 club 🥹

Was it the new custom fit suit 🤵🏼?
The new road surface 🚙?
The aero socks 🧦?
The Churchill Cycles bike 🚲?
The Inside WAIS aero bike fit 🚀?
The 100g of carbs beforehand ⛽️ ?
The 3 cold brews prior ☕️ ?
The choccy bar 10mins before the start 🍫?

I guess we’ll never know 😂
So lucky to have this Early Bird Series in the heart of Perth & on a Tuesdy 🙏🏻
(Didn’t stop for coffee on the way home in the suit fyi 😉)