Nutrition, Fat Loss, and Performance With Chris Lowe

In this episode, we sit down with performance nutritionist Chris Lowe to talk about body composition, energy management, and how nutrition directly affects performance, recovery, and quality of life. Chris shares his practical approach to fat loss without sacrificing energy, explaining why sustainable habits matter more than aggressive dieting and why so many active people struggle when they restrict too hard. The conversation covers food audits, understanding calorie needs, and how to fuel properly around training days, rest days, and long rides. Chris breaks down how to adjust intake based on workload, why under fueling leads to poor performance and low energy, and how small, consistent changes create long term results. We also dig into the psychology behind nutrition coaching, habit formation, and why regular check ins and small wins are key to staying consistent. The episode finishes with a focus on transitioning out of a fat loss phase and into maintenance, showing how maintaining energy, performance, and health is often the biggest win. Whether you are training hard or simply want to feel better day to day, this conversation offers clear and realistic guidance. #MTBNutrition #PerformanceNutrition #MTBPodcast Podcast Stuff Listener Offers Downtime listeners can now get 10% off of Stashed Space Rails. Stashed is the ultimate way to sort your bike storage. Their clever design means you can get way more bikes into the same space and easily access whichever one you want to ride that day. If you have 2 or more bikes in your garage, they are definitely worth checking out. Just head to https://www.stashedproducts.com/downtime and use the code DOWNTIME at the checkout for 10% off your entire order. And Just so you know, we get 10% of the sale too, so it’s a win win. Patreon You can support the podcast to help it keep going and improving by heading over to   / downtimepodcast   Merch If you want to support the podcast, and represent, then my webstore is the place to head. All products are 100% organic, shipped without plastics, and made with a supply chain that's using renewable energy. So check it out now over at https://downtimepodcast.teemill.com/ Newsletter If you want a bit more Downtime in your life, then you can join my newsletter where I’ll provide you with a bit of behind the scenes info on the podcast, interesting bits and pieces from around the mountain bike world, some mini-reviews of products that I’ve been using and like, partner offers and more. You can do that over at https://www.downtimepodcast.com/newsl... Are you enjoying the podcast? If so, then don’t forget to follow it. Each episode will get delivered to your device as soon as it’s available and it's totally free. You'll find all the links you need at https://www.downtimepodcast.com/follo... You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google and most of the podcast apps out there. Our back catalogue of amazing episodes is available at https://www.downtimepodcast.com/episo... #mountainbike #downtimepodcast #mtbpodcast