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Dear Performance Nutrition Leaders,
This week: Dr James Morehen on knowing vs operating, the latest news, and a carbohydrate gummy bar from 226ERS.
💡 EXPERT OPINION
Most performance nutritionists know what to do. Far fewer are taught how to make it work inside elite sport.
In From Knowing to Operating, Dr James Morehen focuses on the gap between what academic training gives practitioners and what elite performance environments actually demand.
His Morehen Method breaks that transition into five stages: read the room, earn the right, cut to what matters, build your game, operate.
Before prescribing, understand the environment. Before trying to change behaviour, earn trust. And before showing everything you know, work out what actually matters for the athlete or team in front of you.
It is an important distinction for practitioners early in their careers. Technical knowledge can tell you the optimal carbohydrate target, recovery protocol or supplement strategy. But applying it means navigating athletes, coaches, schedules, preferences, culture and pressure.
The best answer on paper is not automatically the best intervention.
Morehen’s point is that being technically correct is only the starting point. The real skill is translating that knowledge into something people can actually use, in the environment you are working in.
That is the shift from knowing nutrition to operating as a performance nutritionist.
The full session, From Knowing to Operating: What Nobody Teaches You About Working in Elite Sport, was delivered as part of the Performance Nutrition Network.
📈NEWS
15 tickets remaining for the upcoming BlackBox nutrition conference
Sandro Porelo has joined Cardiff City as First Team Performance Nutritionist
Francesco Danza has joined Lion City Sailors FC as Performance Nutritionist
Jordan Fagbola has joined the Derbyshire Institute of Sport as Senior Sport Nutritionist
Corrine Toyn has announced her role as Fractional Head of Healthcare Marketing at The Turmeric Co
Amy Goodson MS, RD, CSSD, LD has become Co-Founder and Chief Nutrition Officer at Wictory
Christina Chu MS, RD, CSSD has delivered nutrition sessions for Bard College athletes and coaches — covering game-day fuelling, dining-hall plates, meal preparation and REDs
Tudor Pro Cycling is hiring a Performance Nutritionist — the permanent role starts in November, involves around 100 travel days a year and closes on 25 September
Crystal Palace is recruiting a Lead Academy Performance Nutritionist across its U9–U21 pathway
Miami Marlins is hiring a Nutrition Director — overseeing nutrition standards, staff, budgets and suppliers across the major-league club and its minor-league environments
Oxford United is recruiting a Head Performance Chef — the remit includes menus, kitchen staff, suppliers, budgets and player cooking education
Oxford United is also recruiting a Performance Chef — supporting daily food delivery and deputising for the head chef
Auburn has opened the Pat Dye Training Table — a 2,400-square-foot kitchen and dining room seating 115–140 people beside its football practice facility
Bodylab has launched an Impossible Protein Bar with Creatine — Stack3d reports 16g protein, 3g creatine and 210 calories per 57g bar
Nashville SC is recruiting a Performance Nutritionist — the role covers player consultations, education, menus and training-ground nutrition delivery
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💡PERFORMANCE TECH
46g of carbohydrate. One 60g gummy bar.
226ERS’ High Fructose Gummy Bar, launched on 10 September, puts a 10:8 glucose-to-fructose blend into a chewable format. The company says it developed and tested the product with Movistar Team.
The four flavours have different jobs. Lime and banana each provide 100mg sodium. Salted caramel raises that to 250mg. Cherry combines 100mg sodium with 100mg caffeine.
Two bars provide 92g carbohydrate. Two lime bars also supply 200mg sodium; two salted caramel bars supply 500mg. The carbohydrate stays the same while the rest of the intake changes.
226ERS positions the bar alongside gels and drinks for endurance sessions and races, with a different texture and a compact portion. Each wrapper contains a single bar rather than a bag of individually dosed chews.
A bar costs €3. The listed 24-pack is €72.
