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With FitPro LIVE<\/strong> fast approaching, we\u2019re making sure you\u2019re up to speed on all the innovative sessions taking place at LIVE in July and, most importantly, what you will gain from attending. FitPro presenters Sam Feltham<\/strong>\u00a0and Brian St. Pierre\u00a0<\/strong>discuss \u2018Is nutrient timing dead?\u2019 and share their excitement about our forthcoming event.<\/p>\n

Brian St. Pierre<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Brian St. Pierre is director of performance nutrition at Precision Nutrition, working with sports teams including the San Antonio Spurs and Cleveland Browns. Author of several nutrition books, he\u2019s a registered dietitian, certified sports nutritionist and strength and conditioning specialist. At FitPro LIVE, Brian will deliver a number of incredible sessions to strengthen your nutritional expertise and keep your critical thinking ticking over. This week, we\u2019re picking out \u2018nutrient timing\u2019, which sounds impressive but what we wanted to know is does when you eat actually really matter? Does it matter for your health? Body composition? Performance? Brian takes a closer look at the evidence \u2026 You can join the conversation at LIVE but, for now, tune in to Sam Feltham\u2019s YouTube interview with the Precision Nutrition expert, which took place on the Smash The Fat founder\u2019s YouTube channel on 16 April at 15:00 …<\/p>\n

Sam Feltham:<\/strong> I have followed Precision Nutrition ever since I came into the fitness industry and for anyone out there who doesn\u2019t know what Precision Nutrition is \u2013 I would say that they\u2019re probably the biggest educator on nutrition out there within the fitness industry.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brian St. Pierre:<\/strong> That sounds about right!<\/p>\n

SF:<\/strong> Brian, how would you describe \u2018nutrient timing\u2019?<\/p>\n

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\nBP:<\/strong> In the simplest terms, I would say that it\u2019s the specific consumption of specific nutrients at specific times. For the most part, people are talking about protein and carbs before, during, after and around your workout. But this could be extrapolated to how often you eat; do you eat the majority of your carbs and calories at breakfast or at night, do you do intermittent fasting and skip breakfast? Because timing is all a part of that. The nutrient timing window in Martin Berkhan\u2019s version of vitamin fasting lean gains \u2013 they just shrink your eating window and so that\u2019s essentially a function of your timing nutrients, not neccessarily around your workouts, but around the entire structure of your day. Therefore, really, it\u2019s based on when you\u2019re eating, but mostly people are talking about workout nutrition.<\/p>\n

SF:<\/strong> So, for you, is nutrient timing completely dead and it doesn\u2019t matter, or has it always been there and it always will be there? Watch the video below from minute 7:28 to see Brian give his full answer.<\/em><\/p>\n

BP:<\/strong> Absolutely, of course it\u2019s not dead. It\u2019s a concept within the fitness industry which got taken too far. It\u2019s simply one tool in your tool box of nutrition. It should not be the entire foundation of most people\u2019s approach. Depending on your needs and goals, nutrient timing can be incredibly important. We could go as far as sipping water during an athletic event; this is technically nutrient timing. Water is a nutrient. It\u2019s all relevant.<\/p>\n

We know that total intake drastically outweighs timing in terms of your progress marker, so you could have the best nutrient timing in the world, where you have protein and carbohydrates before training and maybe some slower or even faster ones immediately after training, but if you don\u2019t consume enough total calories, you\u2019re not going to gain the muscle. So far in a way, total intake is more important but, as you get to the more extreme ends of progress, people who want to get to single digit body fat or the extreme ends of muscle gain, then nutrient timing becomes more and more important \u2013 it\u2019s on more of a continuum than a black and white yes or no question.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

SF:<\/strong> So, in terms of sports performance and bearing in mind elite athletes, is nutrient timing more important in relation to sports people do you think?<\/p>\n

Watch the video below from minute 9:41 to find out how nutrient timing differs for the elite sports person \u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With FitPro LIVE at the forefront of our minds, find out what is getting Brian St. Pierre so excited pre-LIVE by watching the clip from minute 19:07 …<\/strong><\/p>\n