In this workshop he will be covering the following areas:

Basics of Nutrition- Matt will cover the fundamentals of healthy eating and general nutrition leaving you with a solid understanding of how to put together your nutritional programme.

Boosting the Immune System- In this section Matt will go into depth on how to keep yourself illness free including key supplements, training practices, and food recommendations to achieve this goal.

Nutrition for Weight Controlled Sports- This section is particularly applicable to sports such as MMA, Judo, Weightlifting, and many more in which control of bodyweight is a key performance indicator. You will learn how to peak for competitions, nutritional considerations through intense training periods leading up to competitions and a step by step guide to drop bodyfat whilst maintaining strength and muscle mass.

Nutrition for Strength, Hypertrophy and Power Training- This section focusses on how to maximise strength, power and muscle mass gains through quality nutritional interventions. It’s well known that exercise alone is ismply not enough when it comes to building high levels of strength and muscle mass. It’s key that it is combined with a good nutritional programme.

Practical Cooking Demonstration- Matt will be demonstrating his elite cooking skills and showing us some of the meals he can create that are both highly nutritious and highly tasty!

You will also learn the key supplements you need for your own nutritional programme and those that would benefit your clients and athletes.

This workshop is suitable for S&C coaches, physios, personal trainers, athletes and trainees, interns and of course nutritionalists.

Matt will also be bringing copies of his new book of which you will receive a significant discount on the day.

About the presenter:

Matt began his interest in sports at an early age starting Karate at 12. These interests led to a life-time obsession with all things training, nutritional and health related.

After gaining his instructors qualification in Karate, he went onto coach fitness at his local amateur boxing club.

After completing a degree in Political Philosophy at Bristol, Matt couldn’t keep away from the health and fitness arena and qualified as a personal trainer; eventually running his own company in the City. This led to developing his other passion: nutrition. Matt undertook a further three years of study at the Institute of Optimum Nutrition.

He went on to spend time on Harley Street, specializing in elite sports, female hormonal health and body composition management.

The contacts he made through this work led to a spell, working as nutritionist with Millwall football club during which time they made the play-off for the Premiership and also qualified for the FA cup final.

In 2002 Matt started working with the England Rugby Team and was part of Clive Woodward’s team that lifted the World Cup in 2003. He continues in the same role working with the England team and was a member of the team who against all the odds reached the final of the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Matt’s past and present clients  as Sports Nutritionist include London Wasps, London Irish, Saracens and Leicester Rugby Clubs.

Matt currently runs his own elite performance based company. This is aimed at elite athletes and corporations and includes all levels of health related performance. He has written the popular Fat Loss Program Four Week Fat Loss and Regenerate a muscle building anabolic program. He has also recently released the excellent Palm Sized Plan, a nutritional solution that is beneficial to all, and writes a popular nutrition blog at Sports Nutrition VLog.