KEY TAKEAWAYS
I have been wanting to get Dr James Morton on the podcast for a long time. As Head of Nutrition at Team Lidl-Trek, he is one of the people who actually shaped how professional cycling thinks about food and fuelling. The concept of fuel for the work required has filtered down from the WorldTour to club riders, but a lot of it has been lost in translation. This conversation sets the record straight.
"The concept was never about restriction. It was about precision. You give the body what it needs, when it needs it, and you do not give it what it does not need." — Dr James Morton
"If you cannot hold the power numbers in an interval session because you are glycogen depleted, you have missed the point of the session entirely." — Dr James Morton
"Amateurs hear 'train low' and think 'eat less.' That is a completely different thing." — Dr James Morton
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