How To Fuel For The English Channel with Tara Diversi

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Fuelling for a marathon swim has never been made so simple. Joining me in this weeks podcast is Tara Diversi, a swimmer who has invaluable experience when it comes to long-distance swimming. She has previously swum the English Channel and the Rottnest Channel to name a few. Tara works closely with a handful of swimmers each year to help them in the lead up to their marathon swims, she works with them to find a feeding and fueling approach that works for them.

In this episode we discuss:

03:09 – Tara Diversi’s background.
05:01- Things to consider when deciding on the feeding plan.
07:39 – How freestyle stroke affects food digestion.
09:29 – Fat versus muscle.
10:54 – Keeping your core temperature up.
16:43 – Trial and error.
19:32 – The concept of multiple transportable carbohydrates.
22:28 – Training your gut.
28:32 – Putting on more fat without self-harming.

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Amazing swimming and fitness podcast

Love, love, love listening to Brenton and his guests. Always learning something new to add to my swim sets with drills or training sets. Also very motivational guests with great tips to add to your fitness routine. I love the stories of the longer distant swims and what’s involved. I’m always smiling after listening to these podcasts!! Thank you so much !!!!

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Brenton and Mitch were great to work with at the clinic, Good to get video analysis to work on straight away, practice some new drills and go home knowing what you need to work on.

Alex McFadyen

Sydney