#108 David Dunne – Performance nutritionist and CEO and co-founder of Hexis Performance

Sleep Eat Perform Repeat

Today we spoke with David Dunne – Performance nutritionist and CEO and co-founder of Hexis Performance David has a stunning CV in relation to performance nutrition. He has worked with the European Tour, ORRECO, British Canoeing, Bradford Bulls, Ryder Cup Team Europe, Harlequins rugby and the Italian Rugby Federation. He has a PhD in Nutrition, Behaviour Change and Technology. David is the co-founder of Hexis Performance, a predictive, personalised and periodised app for nutrition, which is backed by cutting edge science based on the premise of carb coding to meet demands of recovery and training schedules. Both Ciaran and I are fans of it! In this episode David talks about why he left London recently but also what took him there in the first place. David was always fascinated about performance and he saw the massive value in nutrition, a controllable - that's where the story begins. He shares where he fits and adds value in high performance settings and sheds light on specificity of roles in those environments. David talks about sleep and night-time routines - what to do in relation to lifestyle and habits...and also - beetroot juice. For David, high performance is "helping a person realise what they are capable of". Thanks for joining us David! This episode has been supported by Curio - use code SEPR30 to get 30% off unlimited listening to the best journalism, narrated on www.curio.io https://curio.io/subscribe?coupon=SEPR30 Code: SEPR30