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Building our Formulation Team
The journey to PILLAR Performance started alongside my professional rugby career. I was amazed by the way Omega 3 fish oil and curcumin allowed me to carve out more years...
Performance nutrition for women with Pip Taylor
Nutrition for women – what do we really know? Most studies are done on men but what impact do hormone fluctuations have on nutrition needs for optimal fuelling and recovery....
Strength for Endurance with Pip Taylor
In many endurance sports there’s a focus on being light, and lean – with the thought this equates to speed and better performance – and there’s an element of truth...
Better manage your energy levels
Two of the most common questions I get from a whole range of athletes are: “Why am I always so tired and so ravenous on rest day?” “How do I...
Fuelling needs: Men v Women
Most recommendations given around fuelling and performance don’t differentiate between men and women, or even across different age groups or life stages. This is because when it comes to performance...
Are you under-fuelled? Signs you’re intake isn’t matching your output
If you’re an athlete of any level, training hard, you need to properly fuel whatever goals you’re chasing. It seems obvious and yet often due to a lack of time,...
Nutrition Q&A with Pip Taylor
How can blood tests help nutrition and performance plans?Blood tests are a good way of confirming optimal body function and also screening for potential nutrient deficiencies. A sports dietitian will...
Why ‘bookend’ your day to support peak performance?
For athletes, maximising training is all about…well, maximising training. This means showing up ready to go at the sessions that count and then recovering like a boss to show up...
Fish Oil: Your questions answered
No doubt you’ve heard of fish oil or omega-3 and some of the benefits around health. But, what about performance benefits as an athlete? Will fish oil help me with...
Blood tests: Understanding your nutritional requirements
To be completely honest, life as a dietitian involves a bit of guesswork, some trial and error and plenty of ‘let’s give it a try and see how it goes’. ...
Sickness: An athlete’s greatest frustration
Every athlete and coach makes plans. Calendar planning, training block planning, travel planning, race planning – the list goes on. But, one of the biggest threats to those plans? Sickness....
Magnesium deficiency: What you need to know
Magnesium is one of those minerals that’s spoken about in athletic circles in relation to muscle relaxation, recovery and good sleep. While these benefits hold true – likely a result of magnesium’s...
EPA and Inflammation
Inflammation is a normal defence mechanism that protects our body from infection and injury. It involves the destruction of invading pathogens, as well as tissue repair processes to help restore...
Post-race meals: Indulging a well-earned appetite
There are so many things to look forward to post race, especially if it’s an IRONMAN. Months of hard training, early starts, early nights, plenty of missed events; not to...
NEM®: Egg shell membrane and your joints
MOTION ARMOUR. The breakthrough formulation of natural, patented ingredients to protect your joints developed by PILLAR Performance. MOTION ARMOUR is a first-to-market combination of patented ingredients NEM®, 5-LOXIN® along with...
Magnesium and your recovery
Magnesium is an essential mineral playing vital roles in many processes and functions for health as well as performance. Muscle contraction and relaxation, energy production, nerve function, cardiac activity, blood...
Are you meeting your micros?
As a young athlete I always ate well. I came from a health conscious, athletic family with a doctor mum. Meals were home cooked, lunchboxes wholesome, food felt enjoyable, fun...
EPAs v DHAs – What’s the difference and how do they work?
We’ve all heard the advice to make sure we’re regularly eating servings of good quality fatty fish, but why? What’s all the fuss about omega 3s?
The art of the taper
Taper week. It’s a love hate thing. The purpose of a taper is to allow the body to rest up a little, absorb the work that has already been done...
Certified products with Informed Sport
Athletes competing at the highest level are bound by strict anti-doping rules that prevent the use of a range of substances either for health, safety or performance reasons. An unintentional...
