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Feeling like a smashed packet of custard creams? I got you. This is performance coaching from someon I'm Stevie, dentist, athlete, coach.

I help athletes not only fuel their performance, but understand what role their oral health plays in that too and how to strike that delicate balance between fuelling right, maintaining a good relationship with food and sport AND making sure they don't rot their teeth at the same time! The mouth is often the first place we see warning signs of disease or deterioration in general health and this is even more important for athletes. So here I am when you need my help!

28/07/2025

Popped your cherry yet?

Yes, you. I'm talking about tart cherry juice!

You've seen them all supping it at the end of the TDF stages, but what could the benefits for you be? And are there any times when taking it might be a hinderance rather than a help...?

Go fetch in this week's blog!
👉🏻https://www.thewonderclinic.co.uk/flavour-of-the-month-tart-cherry-juice/

21/07/2025

Are you buying into electrolyte hype...?

It's easy to be duped into thinking you should never be apart from a 4L bottle of salt and neon squash these days. But what's the REAL tea on electrolyte drinks and supplements...? This week, I've covered in my blog about all things electrolyte...

🤔 Who needs them
💧 When to drink them
⚠️ What happens when you don’t need them, but drink them anyway...

Spoiler alert - put your electrolyte down unless you're hot, sweating heavily or you're race prepping..

👉🏻 Tap the link in bio to read the full post.

Want to ditch the guesswork and get a proper plan? Book a FREE chat and see if coaching is right for you - click the link in my bio!

steviepotter@thewonderclinic.co.uk

14/07/2025

“I need to do a cry.”
“Okay.”
And some other exchanges of proud athlete to athlete words, from former coach to athlete words.

I threw in an entry at considerably late notice given the challenge required and the lack of any ability to run at the moment. But with 2025 being my self declared “year of the strong one”, with about 6 weeks notice, I strapped on my big girl pants, said “f**k it” and spent my last day at 34, seeing just what I could pull outta the bag when I really asked myself.

And there we have it. I’ve not run this far in about 6 years. I’ve not done a middle distance since my Ironman days. And here’s a race where I demonstrated to myself that after all the setbacks and the consequent lack of belief and faith in myself, that experience, determination and pure GRIT would get me through whatever I set my mind to. Sure, it ain’t pretty, but it could have been a whole lot worse.

And for the first time in my life, a race where I didn’t worry about times, positions or any of that numbers malarkey, I just felt carefree, privileged to be there and proud to just be “doing the thing”, safe in the knowledge that I’ve done so much of this, I know how to hurt and when to do it.

Thanks to for one of the best organised races I’ve ever been to in 15y of multisport - it was a genuine smile the whole way round the run!

Thanks to for getting a fun group together and suggesting the race to me, but also facilitating a good cry at the end.

And of course thanks to my best good friend for being the ultimate cheerleader and top “hospitality tent” host, down to buying me chocolate milk for my finish. All photography and videos are her work. As always.

Onwards and upwards to the next challenge!

07/07/2025

The creatine craze is here to stay!

Want to know more even though you're NOT a gym bro? Crack on and hit up my latest blog.

It's all here...
🔗https://www.thewonderclinic.co.uk/why-i-think-the-creatine-craze-is-here-to-stay/

And remember, if you want to get started with nutrition plans that complement training AND day to day life rather than feeling like you're fighting against the current, give me a shout.

📱steviepotter@thewonderclinic.co.uk

30/06/2025

Fuelling your training properly?

What about the other 23 hours of your day? 🤔

- Long days on your feet as an active worker?
- Non-stop movement chasing kids? (Hopefully your own... 👀)
- Or…sitting at a desk all day while snacking out of boredom..?

Your day-to-day life could be quietly draining - or overloading - your energy balance—and sabotaging your recovery, performance, and body composition goals.

Want to fix it?
👉 Learn how to match your nutrition to whole life, not just your training plan.

🔗 https://www.thewonderclinic.co.uk/is-your-sport-spoiling-your-fuel-perspective/

17/06/2025

🥈 BRITISH TRACK MASTERS 🥈

It took a while to go from picture 1 to picture 2, but with all the ups and downs of life and training when sent me that photo of me racing I was proper proud because I almost look like a trackie now!! 🤩 Better yet, I FEEL GOOD. Fitness is back, body is back, I am back!! And it’s taken a long time to say that.

The pictures say silver medal and aggressive competitor.

The reality felt like a medal for participation in a field of 3 and absolute chopper status falling off with a toe overlap at 0 miles per hour in the warm up area 🙃

BUT. I refuse to belittle my achievements. As my friends reminded me, I’ve worked really fu***ng hard to be here. And I’m only getting better.

So here’s to being the age grouper telling you about my medal for second because I’m really fu***ng proud. And if you don’t like it, come race me next time 😘

Look out for posts on some interesting dental and nutrition choices that I used in prep and racing for a totally new discipline! 👀

16/06/2025

??Supplements for Success??

We all know I'm here for the whole foods. Why? Because it is shown time and time again that while we isolate single ingredients and tout them as "superfoods", there are very few that work in isolation, that is, without "co-ingredients", the little helper molecules that get them to where they need to be, when they need to be there, in the format that's most useful to us.

But every now and then, a supplement comes along that becomes a non-negotiable for me because the evidence is so good.

Beetroot juice is one of those for me. While I've been an endurance athlete for most of my sporting career, I've never really had a place for nitrate supplementation, because the duration of my long races is such that I'd have needed to develop a continuous top up strategy as part of my feeding plan and I'll be honest, a beetroot gel on the bike just isn't going to work for me 🤢

But at my first ever track event (more on this soon...), finally! A definite time to put nitrates to work! 1 shot in the morning, every morning from a week before race day (I upped it to 2 a few days before) and then 1 shot at breakfast and 1 shot 2-3 hours before my race on the day. The evidence is that with a loading protocol like this, I should feel more "efficient" requiring less effort for the same results essentially (this is mainly due to increased oxygen delivery and utilisation in muscles).

This isn't a test and it's not a post telling you how amazing I found them, because I have no previous race form in this discipline to compare it to. But it is a post highlighting the RELEVANCE of supplements. There are lots of supplements claiming to do a lot of things out there - but they won't all be relevant to you!!

Here's what I recommend when it comes to choosing supplements:

1. Get your foundations right first - supplements should be ADDITIONS to a good diet, they're not designed to replace it and they won't magically eliminate the need for you to eat your veggies - sorry!

2. Think about what would be helpful both for training and racing - is it a short and fast event like a track sprint? Or is it a long drawn out affair like and Ironman? Different supplements will have different effects and some may not be worth it for your race.

3. Research your supplements properly - or ask someone who can find the answers for you! Some supplements are all guff. Some are all good! It's not always easy to work out which is which so get some help from your local nutrition coach, dietician or registered nutritionist!

24/04/2025

Look who popped in today to collect a heap of oral hygiene kits to support athletes from while they’re away racing this season! With the help of , we managed to supply 15 kits to the team, and I’ll be providing ongoing support to keep athletes happy and smiling all season long.

Each kit provides everything one athlete needs to take care of their smile while they’re busy racing:

1. Eco friendly dentist approved toothbrush with replaceable head, reducing the amount of plastic thrown away in replacing brushes and eliminating the need for dragging electric toothbrush chargers about for teams who are here there and everywhere. Each brush also comes with a hand hygiene cover to keep them clean and tidy in luggage too!

2. Refillable floss, again cutting down on the amount of plastic chucked away from your daily dental consumables.

3. Tooth Angel wild mint toothpaste with fluoride and hydroxyapatite, great for remineralising vulnerable teeth that face a lot of rigours in the pursuit of performance, from carbohydrate drinks and snacks!

4. Fluoride mouthwash, alcohol free, for a quick swill and rinse immediately after racing to avoid brushing away enamel that’s inevitably been softened after a hard day’s racing, but to keep teeth protected.

And we’ve wrapped it all up in a handy little kit bag to keep it all neat and tidy.

Good luck in your races this year!!

Remember if you’re an athlete, YOU NEED ADDITIONAL ADVICE AND HELP FROM YOUR DENTIST. Try and find someone with an interest in sports specific dentistry to help you stay on top of your oral health - because you’d be surprised what a massive impact this could be having on your performance…

19/03/2025

BRUNCHES, DUNCHES AND MINI-MEALS

Banana, sultanas, Readybrek. Beautiful little mini-meal right there for me to fuel a late night swim session. It's always a struggle because eating dinner before means I've got to have enough time to get home, cook dinner eat and digest it all before i start at 2030 - not realistic! But waiting until after the session isn't going to cut it either. So a little mini-meal focusing on easy carbs is where it's at for me, then a light dinner on my return.

What's the lesson here?

Athletes, your body doesn’t care if it’s breakfast time or dinner time, it cares about FUEL🔥 Sticking to conventional meal times might work for the 9-to-5 crowd, but when training and recovery take priority, your nutrition needs to follow suit.

Your muscles don’t watch the clock, other than telling you it's been too long since you last ate! They’re looking for glycogen replenishment, protein synthesis, and sustained energy to make sure you're fired up and prepped for the session ahead. Spacing meals evenly throughout the day helps:
✅ Optimize recovery by reducing muscle breakdown
✅ Maintain stable energy levels for training & daily life
✅ Prevent binge-eating later due to long gaps between meals

So while this may seem like breakfast lunch and dinner works just fine, if you're training multiple times a day, that ain't going to cut the mustard because sooner or later you're going to find those conventional time slots just don't work.

Instead consider...
Brunch: A protein + carb-rich late morning meal in addition to breakfast if you've been training in the morning.
Dunch: That mid-afternoon refuel if dinner is either too close or too far away given the evening training session
Mini-Meals: Protein + quality carbs (not just snacks) at any time of day when conventional meal times don't fit your training schedule!

Don’t wait for the "right" meal time, instead focus on what your fuel is doing for you.

08/03/2025

Track has been right up there in “funnest things to do” for the last couple of years. It’s been a fantastic opportunity to learn something new, make some new friends and actually help impart knowledge from my own fields of expertise too! It’s not uncommon to see me chatting nutrition and oral health and performance with athletes in track centre!

I’ve had to learn the hard way how to fuel time at the track as sessions are usually in the evening and close to my usual OAP bed time of 9pm - sometimes I stay up til MIDNIGHT getting home 😱

But I thought it might be helpful to give you some personal insight into how I fuel some of my own sessions at different times of day for different intensities, to give you some ideas if you’re struggling with similar sessions. Remember, this is not prescriptive, we’re all different and I really like cake and don’t care too much about my body composition other than making sure I’m quadzilla.

THE SESSION:
6-8pm, about 4 rounds on track of very steady riding practicing a new position on the bike. No intensity after a heavy massage session in the morning. Morning had also featured a short rehab run with the dog.

THE FUEL:
- Early lunch of leftover Tuscan beans (beans with veggies in a tomato sauce with halloumi chunks, thanks mum 🤌🏼) and fish fingers. Lunch at around 11 allows me to have a big meal with some proteins, fats and fibres and digest it all really well, topping up with session specific carbs later. I’ve found this helps me when I have bigger evening sessions planned or afternoon races with a nervous tummy!

- Bucket of cappuccino and blueberry muffin 1-2hrs pre track

- Turkey salad sandwich on wholegrain sourdough with chocolate milk on the drive home at about 8:30/9

There’s loads of things I could change here and you might not work the same way I do, but experimenting with meal times is one of the biggest changes you can make to ensure you’re getting nutrients in and you’re still able to train and race optimally.

How do you fuel your afternoon and evening sessions?

17/02/2025

As a nutrition coach AND a dentist, it's often easy to feel really conflicted in my work:

Here I am telling everyone carbs are the greatest thing since... well since they INVENTED bread let alone started slicing it.

And yet when I'm in surgery, I'm simultaneously waxing lyrical about the importance of using fluoride and reducing sugary snacks to prevent health problems!

The truth is, there is so much mixed messaging because healthcare professionals are taught what advice to give to the general population and more specialist practitioners also learn what to teach to sick people.

But that's totally different to YOU. Why? Because you're an OPTIMISING population. And often, it's not the traditional optimisation we see in the press about lifespan and health span, it's about optimising human performance, right now. And that needs a whole different set of rules...

So. How DO we fuel but still avoid rotting your gnashers? Here's just three top tips that aren't even "brush and floss" or "visit your dentist" (though, spoiler alert, those need to happen too...I just didn't want to make this a boring article you'd read before).

10/02/2025

**NEW BLOG POST**

Stop rolling your eyes when your dentist calls you out for not flossing. Why? Because it's just one more thing you can blame for not hitting your PBs just yet!

Read on to find out how your toothbrush could be the key to unlocking a little more performance out there...

👉🏻 https://buff.ly/418t5PH

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