Dr Alan McCubbin is an Accredited Sports Dietitian and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Nutrition, Dietetics & Food at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. His primary research focus is on the sodium needs of athletes, and has recently published a comprehensive review on the topic.
Alan is also a practitioner with 20 years’ experience working with a wide variety of recreational and elite athletes. He has previously consulted to Triathlon Australia’s High-Performance Program in preparation for the Tokyo and Paris Olympics and Paralympics, as well as multiple UCI Continental
cycling teams in Australia. Alan is the course coordinator for Sports Dietitians Australia’s Sports Dietetics Course, and in 2021 was awarded Fellowship of the organisation for his services to the profession in research and education. Alan is the co-founder and host of the Fueling Endurance
Podcast, and the accompanying online tools and resources for sports nutrition practitioners working with endurance and ultra endurance athletes.