To kickstart Season 2 of the podcast I am delighted to have been joined by Andrew Usher who is a sports scientist & boxing performance coach working with some of Scotlands finest professional boxers. Myself & Andrew connected on linked in & regularly speak about all things high performance & the different sports science protocols we use in our practice with fighters. It's fair to say that the level Andrew operates on is above any other I have heard or come across. 

In the episode we talk about the high performance blueprint Andrew uses with his boxers which includes; movement screenings, body composition analysis, metabolic testing, strength markers, oxygen saturation & hand speed/punch output testing. Andrew also touches on the importance of not just collecting data, but using it to inform decisions which will impact a fighter's performance in the ring. We get stuck into areas such as; cooling & breathing between rounds, do the bright lights on fight night increase sweat rate, caffeine protocols, recovery strategies & periodising energy demands to match training.

We also touch on WHY FIGHTERS DON'T NEED A MEAL PLAN & why there are more useful ways people like me & Andrew can spend our time which will result in us helping fighters 10 x as much as if we sat behind a computer writing a meal plan for 4 hours.

This is a great episode for any boxer who is serious about reaching the elite level & wants to be the best they can be. Grab a pen & paper, take some notes & try to understand Andrew's accent.