Patrick is the author of “The Athlete's Gut - The Inside Science of digesting nutrition and stomach distress”, a must read and resource for all practitioners, athletes and coaches working in the field of endurance sports.

In this episode Patrick shares around gut anatomy and physiology, he touches on the remarkable trainability of our gut and discusses in detail common gut issues, the signs or symptoms, what goes wrong and why, and the influence that our psychology has on the athlete's gut function.

Patrick also shares around hydration, fuelling, energy availability, hydrogel technology, FODMAPs and salt & sodium loading.

Show Sponsor:

For over 40 years, Polar has been a global leader in fitness and GPS sports watches, and heart rate monitors. Their heart rate tracking technology is world-famous for being the most reliable and accurate in the industry.

Over decades, they’ve spent every day in search of undeniable truths about the human body; obsessed by what it is trying to tell us, poring over the data, sweating over the science.

They believe the most important thing you can do … is listen to your heart. What Polar does helps to improve the health, fitness and quality of millions of lives around the world – and that is what drives them. But what is driving you?

If you are interested in the next step for your fitness and health tracking do take a moment to check out our friends at Polar.com.

If you are looking for the latest in running watches they have the all new Pacer range, for multisport it’s the Vantage V2 or if you are getting off the beaten track and need a premium outdoor GPS watch look no further than the stunning and tough Grit X Pro watches. If you need to get the most out of your training and racing, take a beat to grab the gold standard in heart rate monitors - the Polar H10, or for an even more flexible heart rate monitor the Verity Sense which also tracks your heart rate for swimming.

Their range starts at $129, but what’s most important is that whatever you are doing, do it with heart.

to Shop at POLAR

Commercial Partner

SAYSKY was established in Copenhagen in 2013, with a mission to create high performance running wear with an urban and casual attitude.

We’re athletes at heart and in life. Our style is Scandinavian, metropolitan, minimalistic, and we have a penchant for urban colours.

The team have generously offered up 15% off running apparel simply by using the code TPPS15. CLICK HERE to shop at SAYSKY

Livestream Event "ON DEMAND"

The recent Livestream was a great success and we are excited to now offer those that missed the Livestream event access to the sessions via a post event purchasable recording.

Click HERE>> to purchase the post event recording.

Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon

If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes.

Jump over to The Physical Performance Show - https://physicalperformanceshow.com/ for more details.

Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter

The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1)

Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.