I help endurance athletes w/ nutrition | @SportsDietAust Fellow | Teaching/research @MonashNutrition | Private Practitioner | Host @FuelEndurance podcast.
Melbourne
Joined April 2011
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Alan McCubbin retweeted
Interested in whether high-amylose maize starch (HAMS) can be used in an athletic context to improve exercise hydration? Read this paper by McCubbin and colleagues (2026) which features in our March issue.
🔗doi.org/10.1123/ijsnem.2025-…
Alan McCubbin retweeted
NEW WEBINAR ALERT!
Join the webinar with Dr. Alan McCubbin on Sodium in Sport. You’ll walk away with a clearer understanding and a no-nonsense decision tree to guide when to use sodium, how to dose it, and when not to bother.
Secure your early bird spot now for £15: mysportscienceacademy.com/co…
Alan McCubbin retweeted
Great news! This paper on the use of prebiotic supplementation for gut disturbances during exercise in the heat from our @MonashNutrExer team has been shortlisted for the @IJSNEMJournal publication of the year award 👏
Vote using the link below now! 🗳️
tinyurl.com/y2kbm36f
Alan McCubbin retweeted
🏃♂️💧New in #PerformanceNutrition: Alan McCubbin (@nextlvlnut) reviews sodium intake strategies for athletes before, during & after exercise. Key takeaway? It’s not just about sodium loss—it’s also about fluid balance.
🔗Read the article here:
doi.org/p8ws
1/3 Excited to see this published in the journal Performance Nutrition. For all the great research done, there's been a lack of clear, quantifiable guidelines for sodium intake before/during/after exercise, leaving a void for product marketing to fill. performancenutrition.biomedc…
2/3 The paper is written specifically with practitioners in mind. It critically examines the common rationales given by athletes/coaches/practitioners/companies for sodium intake, and where possible provides implementable guidelines & scenarios for use. Open access = no paywall.
3/3 Big thanks @gareth_wallis & the editorial team at Performance Nutrition for inviting me to put this together, and of course colleagues, students & collaborators @MonashNutrExer & beyond who've contributed to work in the sodium space over the past 9 yrs performancenutrition.biomedc…
Alan McCubbin retweeted
Incredibly happy to see this review from @Petermc8's PhD published in Comprehensive Physiology...with an online heat acclimation predictor!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
canberra.edu.au/research/cen…
Alan McCubbin retweeted
🚨 Calling all Western States Endurance Runners! 🚨
We’re recruiting for a research study on nutrition, core temperature, and GI distress during WSER! 🏃♂️🔥 If you're racing WSER 2025 and want to contribute to science, get in touch!
📩 Scan for details & please share!
Alan McCubbin retweeted
Two papers.
On the left, a non-randomized, non-crossover study showing that a one-off sauna exposure significantly decreased arterial stiffness, with implications on cardiovascular health.
On the right, a randomized, crossover (more robust) study, showing no benefits on arterial stiffness or blood flow. Note the colossal difference in Altmetric score and media attention.
The media favors sensational but flawed studies over rigorous ones, distorting public understanding. #science #media
Alan McCubbin retweeted
Thank you very much @nextlvlnut for inviting me to the podcast. A very well recognised and necessary project led by one of the best in the business.
So happy and grateful to be a little part of it, even if my English is not ideal (I tried it...) :) :)
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Alan McCubbin retweeted
Great to have @MckayAlannah on the pod last wk sharing the best way to take iron supp's.
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcas…
She's currently recruiting female runners/triathletes in Melbourne for the first ever head-to-head study in athletes of the 2 main iron supp types on the market 👇
Alan McCubbin retweeted
Introducing T-12, a 6-part podcast series following an athlete's nutrition prep for @UTAAUS in May. Each ep we cover different aspects of race-day nutrition: from accom & race foods, gut training & hydration, taper & the day before the race.
🎧Ep 1: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcas…
Alan McCubbin retweeted
Calling all Australian triathletes! 🏊♂️🚴♀️🏃♂️
Interested in how your training compares to other triathletes? Join Deakin’s study on triathlete training load! Have 12+ months of triathlon training?
🔹 Share your insights & TrainingPeaks data.
👉 Details: deakin.au/3Oef4sF
ALT Calling all Australian triathletes! Interested in how your training compares to other triathletes? Join Deakin University’s study on triathlete training load! Do you have 12+ months of triathlon training experience? Share your insights & TrainingPeaks data. Details: https://deakin.au/3Oef4sF
A bit late to promote my own publication due to summer holidays, but great to get our meta-analytical review of pre-exercise hyperhydration and endurance performance published in @APNMjournal. doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2023-03…
So pre-ex. hyperhydration may improve flat cycling TT perf. in non-elite males, & for everyone else it's hard to say. Future studies should address this & provide more realistic (lower) fluid intake in placebo trials, pref. blinded using NG tubes like during-ex hydration studies.
Big shoutout to my co-author @irwin_cg from Griffith University who did the heavy lifting with the meta-analysis & meta-regression.