Episode 155 - The nutrition changes that are helping Troy Bauerle see massive success, fast!

The nutrition changes that are helping Troy Bauerle see massive success, fast!

As a sports dietician, I’m always thrilled to witness the remarkable transformations of athletes who discover the true potential of tailored nutrition.

Today, I'm excited to share the incredible journey of Troy Bauerle, a triathlete from Echuca, Victoria, who improved his performance (practically) overnight by overhauling his nutrition.

He’s fresh off a fantastic race performance at the Long Course Worlds in Townsville. Despite a major injury that prevented proper run training, Troy still completed the course in under six and a half hours. He’s an absolute weapon!

Troy admits he was clueless about nutrition when he first started. He had no idea about the importance of carbohydrates or proteins or how essential it was to plan his meals around his training. Like many athletes, he thought sheer willpower and effort were enough for peak performance. However, this couldn’t have been further from the truth.

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Episode 155: The nutrition changes that are helping Troy Bauerle see massive success, fast!

Welcome to the Triathlon Nutrition Academy podcast. The show designed to serve you up evidence-based sports nutrition advice from the experts. Hi, I'm your host Taryn, Accredited Practicing Dietitian, Advanced Sports Dietitian and founder of Dietitian Approved. Listen as I break down the latest evidence to give you practical, easy-to-digest strategies to train hard, recover faster and perform at your best. You have so much potential, and I want to help you unlock that with the power of nutrition. Let's get into it.

[00:00:00] Taryn: Joining me today on the podcast is Troy Boiler, all the way from Echuca, Victoria, who's just had a smashing race performance at Long Course Worlds in Townsville. This guy is a total weapon. He did Long Course Worlds in sub six and a half hours.

[00:00:39] Taryn: Oh my God. Welcome Troy.

[00:00:41] Troy: Thanks, Tez. Thanks for the introduction.

[00:00:44] Taryn: Uh, we just got to set the scene, mate, because, you've only just joined us in the Triathlon Nutrition Academy program, and I know you a little bit, but not heaps yet. And I was blown away. I was like, man, this guy is a weapon. He's so quick in the water and the bike, because you did that race, you know, off the back of major injury and you didn't do any running and you can still pull a sub six and a half hours out of your ass.

[00:01:06] Taryn: Like that's the type of athlete we're dealing with here, people.

[00:01:08] Troy: Yeah, I was pretty happy with it.

[00:01:11] Taryn: Imagine what you could have done if you had a solid block of running behind you.

[00:01:15] Troy: Yeah, I suppose, with the result, thought about it later and thought, you know, I was very happy with the result. Then I was disappointed because I'm like, oh, what could I have done if I actually, could have really had a crack at the run. So, yeah, never satisfied.

[00:01:28] Taryn: No, you can't think like that though. I think it was great to just toe that start line, right? Tick.

[00:01:33] Troy: that was always going to happen. It was just at what capabilities. Yeah, obviously I had a stress fracture that I got 10 weeks beforehand. So two weeks before Cairns and then managed to do Cairns. But yeah, I had to have six weeks off after. And yes, I got three weeks of running in before Townsville.

[00:01:52] Troy: So yeah, fit.

[00:01:54] Taryn: No time like the present.

[00:01:56] Troy: No, that's it.

[00:01:57] Taryn: So you have only just joined us in the Triathlon Nutrition Academy program back in July, so only a couple of months. You're still in phase one, you're about six weeks into the program. And what I love about Troy is that in just a few short weeks he is like going from strength to strength.

[00:02:15] Taryn: So before we dive into all of that, how did you get into triathlon in the first place?

[00:02:21] Troy: I was always team sports, so I never had any interest in, triathlon running, running or riding. I used to swim as a kid so I always had that behind me. I actually did my back about six years ago, seven years ago. So I just started back swimming again.

[00:02:38] Troy: which was cool, and I joined a swim group. And all of them were triathletes, so they like kept egging me on. come on, come on. Do a triathlon. I'm like, no way. I don't even own a bike. 

[00:02:49] Taryn: are so good at that, they're like, we do this cult so you should join the cult too.

[00:02:54] Troy: Yeah, and they just guilted me. So pretty much um, Yep, okay, I'm going to do an Ironman. so, next day I'm in, buying a bike that I had no idea what it was. I didn't know the difference between a triathlon bike and a road bike.

[00:03:09] Troy: So, got the last one in store because it was the COVID era. So, yeah, that all sold out. Got the last trainer. that was it. The rest is history. 

[00:03:19] Taryn: The rest is history. 

[00:03:21] Troy: So that was, not quite four years ago.

[00:03:22] Taryn: And did you do that Ironman?

[00:03:25] Troy: No, I haven't done 9 Man yet. So the first thing I did, I booked in Geelong 70. 3. That was going to be my first triathlon. But it got postponed, so I ended up doing a sprint triathlon beforehand, a local one. And then, yeah, did Geelong.

[00:03:41] Taryn: And what's the game plan? There's a game plan for you to go to Kona one day. What do you want to 

[00:03:45] Taryn: achieve with Spin Bike Run?

[00:03:47] Troy: I don't have the passion for Kona that everyone does, and I think it's because I'm new. I've got mates that have been doing it for years and years, it just, Kona is all they want to do. but it hasn't grabbed me. I mean, I used to watch it as a kid on TV and go, these blokes are mad. But I haven't got that real desire to do Kona.

[00:04:04] Troy: I will do a Ironman at some stage. But I, I wanted to get my 70. 3 down pat before I started doing that. And I think because running is my weakest leg the thought of doing a marathon after the swimming bike for me is just too much to think about.

[00:04:21] Taryn: Yeah, same. Same. Who came up with this crazy sport?

[00:04:25] Troy: most people get to go, start off with their worst leg, bike is okay, and then finish with their strength. Whereas mine is, strength is in the swim. Bike's okay, and then run, it's no good. So got it around the wrong order. 

[00:04:41] Taryn: Yeah, you're the same as me. Strong front end. There are aqua bikes if you'd like to do that instead. We only have to swim and bike. That could be,

[00:04:50] Taryn: your 

[00:04:50] Troy: was thinking that, I was thinking that for Townsville, you know, obviously with my injury, and then I went it doesn't feel right. No offense to the people that did aqua bike, but it's just 

[00:05:00] Taryn: It's, 

[00:05:00] Troy: deal.

[00:05:02] Taryn: It's the people you're hanging out with. I have a feeling that they've, tripped you into thinking that you have to do all three legs, but you don't, you could just do aqua bike. Erin, one of our athletes loves aqua bike cause she's the same. She's a really strong swim biker and she just dominates that scene.

[00:05:15] Taryn: So maybe you can play around with both.

[00:05:17] Troy: One day. When I actually physically can't run.

[00:05:21] Taryn: Yeah. So you did your back because you're a plumber by trade and you, you know, switched careers, you found triathlon in COVID times as so many people did. what made you want to work then on your nutrition? You're only a few years into your triathlon journey. Most people don't bang on my door until they're many, many years into the sport.

[00:05:38] Taryn: What made you want to work on your nutrition relatively early in your career?

[00:05:43] Troy: I, accidentally. listened to a podcast that you were on. started listening to more of your podcasts. And then went. I need this. I didn't realise that I needed this. I've never been told about this. I knew nothing about this.

[00:05:58] Troy: No one's ever mentioned it. I've got to do this. And literally know nothing about nutrition. Nothing. I knew what carbs were, but I didn't know what they meant. I didn't know what protein was. I, I mean, they should teach you stuff in school.

[00:06:12] Troy: It's, that important now that I've realised, what it's all about.

[00:06:15] Taryn: It really is because everybody eats and we have to put something in our pie hole. But you're right, we're not taught it at school. And I've done six years of university level study to be able to help people with nutrition, but there are plenty loud voices on the internet trying to give people nutrition advice without qualified degrees.

[00:06:32] Taryn: that's what I love about you too, is that. There are lots of triathletes out there, just like you, Troy, that have no idea where carbohydrates come from and where protein comes from and are still out there doing full distance racing or training. And there are so many things that you could do better and do differently.

[00:06:50] Taryn: So I'm glad that you're here early and then you have no idea what you're doing because already you're seeing such huge improvement with just a little bit of information we've gone through so far. So what are some of the changes that you've made to your nutrition in the early days?

[00:07:04] Troy: Just being aware of when to eat. What to eat. I'm still grasping that without having to look at everything on the back of packaging and stuff, which I never used to do because I never knew what those numbers meant. 

[00:07:16] Taryn: Now you do! 

[00:07:17] Troy: yeah, well, I'm only new at it but Confidence is, is the big one. The confidence in knowing what you're doing, I was just guessing I had no idea. So. , that confidence is a big thing. like I train a lot of hours and it's almost like now I realize, geez, a lot of those hours are probably wasted with what I was doing after, the training sessions.

[00:07:37] Taryn: And that's okay, you're here now.

[00:07:40] Troy: You know, that's it.

[00:07:42] Taryn: And we are only just getting started, so don't feel overwhelmed with all the things, because we just chip away at it one week at a time.

[00:07:49] Troy: And that's the beauty of it too, is that me not knowing anything at all. It hasn't been too overwhelming, like you explain things to us in layman's terms that, even I can understand, so, if I can, if I can, anyone can.

[00:08:05] Taryn: you gotta give yourself some credit.

[00:08:06] Troy: No, I honestly, no idea.

[00:08:09] Taryn: So we've gone through things like recovery nutrition, pre training nutrition, what you're doing on the bike, what you're doing on the run and kind of setting up your day to day meal plan over the last month or so. Has anything that we've talked about so far been like crazy difficult to achieve or crazy difficult to action?

[00:08:28] Troy: for me the hardest thing is just organization. I'm pretty time poor with training commitments and, and stuff, so I've just got to make sure that I'm prepared organized is, is the big thing for me, and been the hardest thing, that only gets easier as it becomes a bit more second nature, with the meal preparation and that sort of thing.

[00:08:48] Taryn: how many hours do you think you're spending a week now on getting nutrition organized for yourself that you weren't doing before?

[00:08:56] Troy: maybe half an hour to an hour a day maybe not even that. More so, I'm thinking about things in advance. So, if I know I've got a big training session on, the following day, I make sure that I pack everything that I need that day for lunch, instead just grabbing something and hoping for the best.

[00:09:18] Troy: it's got a purpose now, what I actually take. And eat now. Everything has a purpose and it's good.

[00:09:25] Taryn: So it's kind of less overwhelming to have a plan, to know that you've got this plan and all you have to do is just get it organized and the rest will take care of itself.

[00:09:34] Troy: And that's that, like I was saying with that confidence thing, Like if you know it's right, it's easy to do. Whereas before where you wing it, it's like, Uh, I don't know if this is the right thing, oh, but I'll give it a go anyway. Hopefully it works, we'll see. But at least now I know that it works, so I can actually, do it.

[00:09:53] Troy: If I know it works, I'll, I'll actually do it. Not if, I'll just wing it.

[00:09:58] Taryn: And you have had, like, really rapid results. Most people in the first couple of weeks are like, Oh my God, Taryn, I didn't realize I could feel this good. But what sort of things did you notice, even in the first two weeks, that started to happen for you when you started to pay more attention to your nutrition?

[00:10:14] Troy: Well obviously, like I said with the training that I do, I'm, yeah, always tired. So the biggest thing was my energy availability. And I noticed significantly in the first two weeks that I go to bed and I'm, Just wide awake. you don't notice little changes, but they're there.

[00:10:33] Troy: I actually noticed this because it was such a big change, which is, that was pretty crazy.

[00:10:39] Taryn: You tell me that we just lying in bed, staring at the ceiling going, Oh my God, 

[00:10:44] Troy: Pretty 

[00:10:44] Taryn: on? Um, 

[00:10:45] Troy: pretty much.

[00:10:47] Taryn: Usually you pass out as soon as your head hits a pillow.

[00:10:50] Troy: But then it's all like a snowball effect. I'm less tired so I'm training better so you're getting more out of your training. Everything just snowballs so it's, put one good thing into place and everything just carries on from that.

[00:11:03] Taryn: Yeah, and like I said, rapid results. Like this was in the first two weeks. What are you doing with that extra time or energy in the evenings?

[00:11:11] Troy: Nothing, I was still going to bed.

[00:11:12] Taryn: No? Ha ha

[00:11:13] Taryn: ha ha ha! Ah, funny. And are you finding that when you wake up in the morning, do you feel any different or do you still feel the same?

[00:11:22] Troy: No, no, I feel, feel good. Yeah, I don't notice too much difference in the morning, because I'm, I'm a morning person anyway. But, yeah, of a spring in me step. So,

[00:11:32] Taryn: And you have a very physical job as well. You are a plumber by trade, so you are, doing physical work all day, and then you fit your training in in the evenings after a long day of work as well. So it's a lot of energy expenditure in a day.

[00:11:45] Taryn: I have no idea how you survived that before. Well, I do. It's why you ended up with a stress fracture, unfortunately. But to have the energy to do that physical work and then smack out some quality training at the end of the day is so valuable.

[00:11:59] Troy: I just thought it was normal that cooked like absolutely stuffed when I 

[00:12:04] Taryn: very Australian term. Should we translate that?

[00:12:07] Troy: Sorry. done like a dog's dinner is another one. Yeah, I just, 

[00:12:13] Taryn: end of the day.

[00:12:14] Troy: yeah, I thought, well, yeah, you train a lot, of course you're going to be tired. that's the reason for it, but no, that doesn't have to be the case. Especially to, like, weekend training where it's really long. I know it's cliche and you've said it in, a million times in your podcast that getting home after, you know, a five, six hour ride, and just laying on the couch all day.

[00:12:34] Troy: and I thought, yeah, that's normal. Feeling nauseous, feeling sick lightheaded. That's normal for a big training day, but, no. I've come to learn that that's not the case.

[00:12:48] Taryn: And is your wife happy now that you're not wasting your whole weekends away on the

[00:12:51] Taryn: couch and you're actually functional?

[00:12:54] Troy: a hundred percent.

[00:12:57] Taryn: Not risking divorce anymore. Thanks 

[00:12:58] Taryn: to triathlon. 

[00:13:00] Troy: Yeah, it can be brutal.

[00:13:02] Taryn: Yeah, funny. One of the things that we did before you smacked out that epic time at Long Course Worlds is a little bit of help with your carbohydrate loading plan. Now, carbohydrate loading isn't something we cover until we get to phase two, but because you have access to me every week and power hours, we did that early.

[00:13:22] Taryn: did that go for you?

[00:13:23] Troy: that was my difference. I had no idea what I was doing with that, once again. I honestly thought I was doing the right thing but I didn't know.

[00:13:32] Troy: Yeah, it was just a hope, but after the advice that yo gave me a couple of weeks before in a training session and after that training session, or during the training session I went, oh wow this is, this is amazing, am, I've never felt so good. and I was at the end of it. a hard training run too, like I should have been really tired.

[00:13:52] Troy: And no, I felt amazing and yeah, with my race in Townsville I'd really noticed that where I should have been dying in the arse, I suppose, and where I always got to the run and felt terrible, like glazed eyes and Just get this done.

[00:14:08] Troy: It was completely the opposite. It almost felt like I had a kick and I'm thinking I'm gonna die here soon, and then you're like, no, it's not happening yet. So I put that down to Definitely the carbo loading beforehand because Townsville as well as my longest race. That's, that's the longest I've ever done.

[00:14:26] Troy: I've never done longer than 70. 3, so I was expecting to die in that run and it never came. So yeah, I was able to enjoy it. It was, it was good. was a good experience to enjoy.

[00:14:38] Taryn: It's crazy what you get used to isn't it? You think that it's just normal to have this deep hole at the end of a race that is expected and it's normal or to feel so tired and so fatigued all the time to then go hang on a minute that's actually not normal that's not 

[00:14:54] Troy: Yeah. 

[00:14:55] Taryn: to be like.

[00:14:56] Troy: You can't continue doing that as well. Like, it would have got to a stage where I might have done, 20 70. 3s and gone, you I'm done, like, this, this hurts too much so I think this, yeah, might have prolonged it for a bit more,

[00:15:10] Taryn: Sorry, meanwhile.

[00:15:12] Troy: yeah,

[00:15:14] Taryn: So where did you get your car bloating advice from before and what was so wrong with about it?

[00:15:18] Troy: Friends I didn't even see anything on the internet about it, so I, I can't even say I looked there, but I just thought eating healthy and doing all these things that are going to be good for my body and whatever was going to be the, the way to go, like, as you'd think it would, but yeah, I was completely wrong.

[00:15:40] Taryn: It's okay. We got you sorted from here on in.

[00:15:43] Troy: Yeah, I can't wait to actually learn it properly. In, like you said, we haven't even crossed that path yet. But yeah, I can't wait to actually do it properly and really dive into it and dial it in.

[00:15:56] Taryn: Yeah, well, you did do it properly, but I just fed you that what you needed to do, whereas I'm going to, in our program, I'm going to teach you like why it's important and then how to do it. no matter where you are and what stage you're in and what type of food you're eating and where the race is and what country it is and all those sorts of things.

[00:16:11] Taryn: We just did it basically for Townsville Worlds based on what I thought you needed and thankfully we nailed it first go because

[00:16:20] Troy: it worked.

[00:16:21] Taryn: it worked and it worked like, you know, rocket fuel

[00:16:24] Taryn: which, yeah. really feel bad for whatever you were doing before. Because for that to have such a huge impact, you must have done, oh, not a lot of nutrition pre race.

[00:16:37] Troy: No, after what you gave me. for this and that training run that I had, I'm like, oh man, I've been doing this so badly. I don't know how I actually enjoyed any events that I did. Like I had a couple where, yeah, I finished off really well and strong and thought, oh yeah, this is good, but I had a lot that I didn't.

[00:16:55] Taryn: That's why it's so good getting some nutrition support early on in the journey, because you can listen to noisy friends and, you know, chuck stuff on the internet, but it's really hard to get actually good advice for you and your situation. And most people don't invest in their nutrition education until way Further down the track. So I think the most value comes from doing it right in the beginning because you can set your training program up and then as soon as you've got that sorted you want to layer in all of your nutrition principles right then and there. I always talk about the supercharged zone where we've got all our training and we've got all of our nutrition principles and where they intersect like a little Venn diagram.

[00:17:36] Taryn: That bad boy there in the middle is where the magic happens. We've got so many beautiful adaptations that our training program is designed for to get you fitter, faster in whatever way you need to. But I don't understand why athletes don't go, okay, now how am I going to support that maximally with what I put into my engine?

[00:17:54] Taryn: Because we treat it like. Just a beat up, piece of garbage and expect it to still perform like this high performance machine that your training program is and our mindset probably is. But you can't just put the cheap economy crap in and hope for it to perform at a high performing level.

[00:18:11] Troy: No, I completely agree. And Like I was saying before about your longevity in the sport. I'm the type that if you're not crawling over the line where you haven't had a crack, so,

[00:18:21] Troy: I make sure that I completely empty the tank and I'm, I'm there, like, you know, a lot of people do it for fun, but.

[00:18:28] Troy: I'm not wide like that I'm very, very competitive so. It doesn't have a very long shelf life, I don't think, if you're not doing things right on the nutrition front, because, like I said, those races, they hurt if you're absolutely empty in the tank and you, yeah, just get to a stage where you go, I'm done, I can't do this anymore.

[00:18:51] Troy: I

[00:18:52] Taryn: not coming to do Sunny Coast 70. 3 this year because I would have my competition cut out for me in the swim with you for sure, hands down, but you'd just swim over the top of me, I think, to get ahead 

[00:19:04] Troy: have done that, and I feel so bad about having to do that it's a worse feeling.

[00:19:09] Taryn: I'm sure you can hear in Troy's voice, he's very calm, he's very relaxed, he's pretty subdued, but I reckon he's an absolute beast out on the racecourse, like, do not get in his way.

[00:19:19] Troy: Yeah, it's, I do have white line fever. I think that comes back from my team sport days. Yeah, just very competitive. It's just the way I am with anything. It could be absolutely anything.

[00:19:34] Taryn: Oh, well, it's exciting to see that, you know, evolve over time because when you can get your nutrition right, who knows where you're going to get to and what you're going to achieve if you've done a sub six and a half hour long course worlds on no run training. 

[00:19:49] Troy: Well, that's the thing too about this. don't want to leave any stone unturned. Like, I'd be disappointed if I found out about this, down the track when I go, oh man, I could have gone faster earlier. So yeah, I want to get the most out of everything. So, yeah, makes sense.

[00:20:08] Taryn: It does make sense. It does make sense to me, and it does make sense to you now, but there are plenty of people out there that it still doesn't make sense for. So do you have any advice, maybe, for those people that are thinking, Nah, I'll just keep doing it myself. I don't need this yet, or I'll do it later.

[00:20:23] Taryn: Anything that you would say to those people? Laughs

[00:20:27] Troy: just do it, like, just do it. But Like I was saying before, if you don't want to leave any stone unturned, You know, if you want to get the best out of yourself if you're like me and want to keep improving keep getting better, Well, surely you've got to give it a crack.

[00:20:41] Troy: What have I been going, six weeks or something? And I can notice a difference. And I actually, I can't wait to do a race that I've done before recently. Just to see the comparison. But I know already just with the way that I feel.

[00:20:56] Troy: with Racing that there's definitely improvement there and I've only just touched the surface, so, you want to go into races and you're training with no regrets, well you need to get this nutrition stuff right because I didn't know how important it was, but it's up there.

[00:21:11] Taryn: And I'm pleased to say that you do know now where carbohydrate comes from. You know how to get protein. You know how to build your plate for what training day you've got ahead.

[00:21:19] Troy: , and some myths have been debunked as well, like things that I thought were fact, aren't necessarily fact just because it's on the internet doesn't make it true. 

[00:21:28] Troy: Um.

[00:21:28] Taryn: Sort of things are you talking about?

[00:21:30] Troy: this stuff, like what I was eating beforehand with like my meat based stuff a lot of myths around that, that, made sense to me by watching, programs totally, made you think that these things were bad, but yeah, yeah, learning that sort of stuff from someone that actually knows what they're talking about is good.

[00:21:50] Taryn: All food is bad for you if you're in some corner of the internet somewhere. 

[00:21:54] Taryn: Milk's bad. Meat's bad. Peanut butter's bad. Oats are bad. Everything's bad. Well, I'm so excited to watch you grow and evolve over this program. We will have to get you back when you're at the end of it and you've done your first full on man. What is on the cards for Troy Boiler? What are, what are the plans over the next 12 to 24 months event wise?

[00:22:16] Troy: Well, I hadn't booked in anything after Townsville because I thought yeah, I'm going to be cooked. Sorry, use that word again.

[00:22:24] Taryn: It's all right.

[00:22:25] Troy: but yeah. As soon as I got back, so on Thursday, I've gone, 

[00:22:28] Taryn: 70. 

[00:22:29] Troy: just booked in Western Sydney, which is in three weeks. Because, because I felt so good, and because of the confidence I had with how everything went, I went, I'm really confident to have a, smash out another good race.

[00:22:43] Troy: So, that's next on the agenda. And then we'll see what happens from there. Oh, then after that we'll focus on trying to go to Wollongong next year for the Olympic distance Worlds. that's the next focus after. I'll do Western Sydney just for a bit of a, yeah, hit out and go from there.

[00:22:59] Taryn: so how long do you think it'll be before you sign up for that first full distance event and give that a good

[00:23:06] Troy: Well, I was having a chat with my coach the other week and, yeah, talking about, what the plans are. We're sort of thinking something big for my 50th. So I think that'll be the year. Love to do Cairns, Ironman for my 50th maybe. 

[00:23:23] Taryn: So you 

[00:23:23] Troy: but my, 

[00:23:23] Taryn: the next age group up?

[00:23:25] Troy: yes. Yeah. Be the fresh one in the next age group up.

[00:23:29] Taryn: Yep. Ha

[00:23:30] Troy: that that matters in our age group. It's just so competitive all the way through to 60. Like it's crazy.

[00:23:37] Taryn: It's only getting worse over time as well as more and more people fall in love with the sport and athletes just get better and better.

[00:23:44] Troy: That's thing that grabbed me the most when I first started was like, I was thinking, oh yeah, I'm in an older age group. They'll be, pretty slow. But man, and then they don't get any slower as the age groups go up. It's, it's crazy. Some of these guys are freaks. 

[00:24:01] Taryn: They've just, got a long history of endurance training and a big diesel engine base that 

[00:24:05] Troy: Yeah. 

[00:24:06] Taryn: for the last 30 years.

[00:24:08] Taryn: You're behind the eight ball on that. Yep.

[00:24:11] Troy: I'll get there.

[00:24:12] Taryn: But you'll have nutrition on your side, which would be good.

[00:24:14] Troy: Yeah, can't wait.

[00:24:16] Taryn: Oh, thank you so much for joining me, Troy. Troy did not want to do this at all.

[00:24:21] Taryn: He's done a great job. He's probably been weeing in his pants all day in preparation, but thank you so much for sharing your story. I really wanted to get your story out there because it is so interesting, but I know there is a lot of people in the same boat as you that have no idea about nutrition, are really good quality athletes, and just, you just need to combine the two things together and magic happens.

[00:24:43] Troy: That's it, exactly.

[00:24:45] Taryn: Thank you, Legend. I'll see you at Power Hour soon. Thanks, Taz.

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