Sports Nutrition

Our speciliased sport nutrition consultant is Gavin Allinson from Oxford Weight Loss and Sports Nutrition.

About Gavin

GavinGavin Allinson is a certified Sports Nutritionist and weight loss expert based in Oxford. He works with us here at OMAA in Cowley helping our clients lose weight, tone up and develop a great physique. He is also a nutrition consultant for our fighting team to make sure they are always up to the challenge.

Gavin has been mentored in Sports Nutrition by Matt Lovell (England Rugby, UK Athletics and Spurs Sports Nutritionist since 2007) and now works very closely with Matt on a number of projects. He uses Matt’s processes to help clients rapidly achieve their goals.  You can be assured that whatever your situation you will receive the best nutritional advice available in the UK.

 

Gavin works with clients helping them:

• achieve their desired weight
• changing their body shape
• developing personalized weight loss strategies
• building lean muscle mass and
• developing performance strategies.

The process

1.) Assess and tweak your current diet

We’ll look in depth at the types of food that you are eating, the times of day that you are eating them and when you eat them in relation to your daily activity.

Invariably most clients:

• Don’t eat enough protein
• Don’t eat enough vegetables
• Eat poor quality fats
• Eat too much energy dense foods like pasta, rice and bread and sometimes
• Eat too much fruit (yes too much fruit can hinder your performance)

Making small adjustments in these areas can significantly improve how your body looks without you having to feel that you are denying yourself food or are on a ‘diet’.

2.) Take measurements

We measure your current starting point so we can understand the changes you will be making and to help you set goals. We use skinfold calipers to take these measurements.

3.) Questionnaire

We use a sophisticated questionnaire that highlights areas of  nutritional insufficiency  we can improve those areas with your diet and in some cases supplementation protocols.

Gavin qualified as a Sports Nutritionist with the International Society of Sports Nutrition (CISSN) having completed his first Degree in Applied Biology at Bath University.  He is also an accredited Body Composition testing analyst with ISAK.

Information for fighters

When a fighters diet is ‘cleaned up’ we then start looking at specific performance enhancing strategies and supplementation, some areas that we have expertise in.

• Fight day nutrition what to eat on the day of your fight
• Cutting weight for your fight
• Boosting Endurance
• Reducing Lactic acid so you can fight harder for longer
• Weight Loss Strategies – extra fat just slows you down
• Building Lean Muscle mass
• Recover faster from training and bumps and bruises
• Boosting your immune system so you stay fit and healthy
• Improving focus

The areas listed above can be improved by a well planned nutritional strategy.