Who is he?
Loughlin Gannon is a Personal Trainer, an International Amateur Bodybuilder and a sponsored NXT athlete and he was born and bred in Co. Wexford!
Where can you find him?
Most days, Loughlin can be seen training in Wexford Leisure Club at Whites of Wexford.
How can you contact him?
For diet and training advice connect with him on Facebook here.
Don't forget to like Wexford Healthy Eats on Facebook to keep up to date with upcoming interviews with more Wexford people!
Loughlin Gannon is a Personal Trainer, an International Amateur Bodybuilder and a sponsored NXT athlete and he was born and bred in Co. Wexford!
Where can you find him?
Most days, Loughlin can be seen training in Wexford Leisure Club at Whites of Wexford.
How can you contact him?
For diet and training advice connect with him on Facebook here.
Don't forget to like Wexford Healthy Eats on Facebook to keep up to date with upcoming interviews with more Wexford people!
CREDIT: Video from NABBA
THE INTERVIEW 29th october, 2013
Describe your lifestyle:
Describe your diet in a few words
Healthy, complete and with no major or minor food group eliminated (A true balance)
Describe your training
I rotate my training routines every 4-6 weeks, 8 weeks max. It consists of heavy strength training.
How do you relax?
Movies, personal research and most importantly, training. The ultimate stress relief.
How well do you sleep & how for long?
Sleep quality is good for the most part. I always shoot for 7 minimum with a few added hours during periods of intensified training.
Describe your diet in a few words
Healthy, complete and with no major or minor food group eliminated (A true balance)
Describe your training
I rotate my training routines every 4-6 weeks, 8 weeks max. It consists of heavy strength training.
How do you relax?
Movies, personal research and most importantly, training. The ultimate stress relief.
How well do you sleep & how for long?
Sleep quality is good for the most part. I always shoot for 7 minimum with a few added hours during periods of intensified training.
CREDIT: Video from Irish Muscle
Does your diet fit into one of our stereotypes?
If so, which one? If not, what would you brand it as?
While I am a bodybuilder, I don’t box myself into any one particular type of diet. On any given week, my macro nutrient ratio could change significantly depending on how my body is responding.
My preference when it comes to picking a “diet” would be single ingredient, solid and varied food sources, without arbitrarily eliminating any one particular type of food in the onset (unless it’s warranted). After that, it becomes EXTREMELY individual and must be addressed person by person. However, once someone is eating clean and consistently and not drinking their meals, that alone will take them quite a way.
If so, which one? If not, what would you brand it as?
While I am a bodybuilder, I don’t box myself into any one particular type of diet. On any given week, my macro nutrient ratio could change significantly depending on how my body is responding.
My preference when it comes to picking a “diet” would be single ingredient, solid and varied food sources, without arbitrarily eliminating any one particular type of food in the onset (unless it’s warranted). After that, it becomes EXTREMELY individual and must be addressed person by person. However, once someone is eating clean and consistently and not drinking their meals, that alone will take them quite a way.
"My preference when it comes to picking a 'diet' would be single ingredient, solid and varied food sources, without arbitrarily eliminating any one particular type of food in the onset (unless it’s warranted)."
Have you followed any “Diets”or “Detox” in the past?
If so, which one? Elaborate
Detoxes are very specific in application and are grossly over used. They’ve become a get out of jail free card for a lot of dieters who binge and then think they can make it right by fasting, drinking carrot juice, sacrificing a goat under a full moon etc. The reality is binging on crap and then following it up with starving your body of essential nutrients for a period is a double whammy negative for your metabolism as well as your immune system. And above all else, it’s downright lazy.
I’ve had many clients, and moreso female due to a more delicate endocrine balance, come in a total mess from binging and fasting/detox combos. And it’s not automatically fixable either. Bottom line. Be specific with your type of detox and for most, 1-2 times a year is more than enough. Our bodies are extremely efficient detoxifiers when fed proper nutrition……..but that’s a crazy notion isn’t it?......
If so, which one? Elaborate
Detoxes are very specific in application and are grossly over used. They’ve become a get out of jail free card for a lot of dieters who binge and then think they can make it right by fasting, drinking carrot juice, sacrificing a goat under a full moon etc. The reality is binging on crap and then following it up with starving your body of essential nutrients for a period is a double whammy negative for your metabolism as well as your immune system. And above all else, it’s downright lazy.
I’ve had many clients, and moreso female due to a more delicate endocrine balance, come in a total mess from binging and fasting/detox combos. And it’s not automatically fixable either. Bottom line. Be specific with your type of detox and for most, 1-2 times a year is more than enough. Our bodies are extremely efficient detoxifiers when fed proper nutrition……..but that’s a crazy notion isn’t it?......
Where do you buy your food in Wexford?
I generally purchase wherever is convenient for general foodstuffs but for meats and certain veg, ill stick to local butchers and farm shops etc. Generally, I shop most days of the week and go by what I need day to day.
Without dropping loads of names, Doyles Butchers is special for its wide choice of game meats, Kates Farm Shop for a wide selection of essential oils and overall choice and Meylers for fish. There are many other good spots too but these are my preference and I’m very much a creature of habit.
I generally purchase wherever is convenient for general foodstuffs but for meats and certain veg, ill stick to local butchers and farm shops etc. Generally, I shop most days of the week and go by what I need day to day.
Without dropping loads of names, Doyles Butchers is special for its wide choice of game meats, Kates Farm Shop for a wide selection of essential oils and overall choice and Meylers for fish. There are many other good spots too but these are my preference and I’m very much a creature of habit.
Do you grow any of your own vegetables, fruit or herbs?
I do not
I do not
Do you look for any particular standards when selecting food?
I’m exceptionally picky about meat quality more than anything else. I’d turn vegetarian if all that was available was low quality, processed or crap fed meat.
Thankfully, we live in a country where grass feeding is very prevalent and that is absolutely the make or break factor in choosing and level of consumption.
I could go further here as I’m not interested in opening a can of worms. But i can assure you no one ever improved their health or better improved body composition by removing HIGH quality meat from their diet. I’m not saying do or don’t but merely think.
There’s a reason people eat 20 plus eggs a week, red meat every day and still have far better blood lipid reads than those who consume neither. Free your food mind so to speak.
I’m exceptionally picky about meat quality more than anything else. I’d turn vegetarian if all that was available was low quality, processed or crap fed meat.
Thankfully, we live in a country where grass feeding is very prevalent and that is absolutely the make or break factor in choosing and level of consumption.
I could go further here as I’m not interested in opening a can of worms. But i can assure you no one ever improved their health or better improved body composition by removing HIGH quality meat from their diet. I’m not saying do or don’t but merely think.
There’s a reason people eat 20 plus eggs a week, red meat every day and still have far better blood lipid reads than those who consume neither. Free your food mind so to speak.
Talk about what you eat in a typical day?
Again, very variable but I choose a zero carb breakfast in favour of meat, eggs, nuts, oils (and salad) in any given combo. Appetite regulation, insulin management and energy balance are massively up-regulated in this fashion. The classic carb breakfast for energy all morning has the reverse effect for most. In fact, the majority of my carbs come after 6pm now as im using the CBL (Carb BackLoading) protocol.
The rest of the day is made of greens, varied oils, nuts, some fruit and a few other basic foods. Simple and nutritious with no added crap.
Again, very variable but I choose a zero carb breakfast in favour of meat, eggs, nuts, oils (and salad) in any given combo. Appetite regulation, insulin management and energy balance are massively up-regulated in this fashion. The classic carb breakfast for energy all morning has the reverse effect for most. In fact, the majority of my carbs come after 6pm now as im using the CBL (Carb BackLoading) protocol.
The rest of the day is made of greens, varied oils, nuts, some fruit and a few other basic foods. Simple and nutritious with no added crap.
The food in your meals (Quick answers):
How often do you eat the following?
Red meat: 7 days a week
Poultry: 7 days a week
Fish: 4-7 days a week
Cereal: 1 day a week when carb loading (usually use it as my cheat meal)
Veg and Greens: 7 days a week
Potatoes, bread, sandwiches: Never (intolerant)
Coffee: 5 days a week pre workout
Smoothies/juices: Never (possible application for veg juice but zero for fruit based)
Protein Supplement: 7 days a week
How often do you eat the following?
Red meat: 7 days a week
Poultry: 7 days a week
Fish: 4-7 days a week
Cereal: 1 day a week when carb loading (usually use it as my cheat meal)
Veg and Greens: 7 days a week
Potatoes, bread, sandwiches: Never (intolerant)
Coffee: 5 days a week pre workout
Smoothies/juices: Never (possible application for veg juice but zero for fruit based)
Protein Supplement: 7 days a week
What is your favourite recipe?
Nope
Nope
Do you use supplements?
Too many to list but my essentials are:
a) High quality Fish Oil,
b) Zinc and Mag
c) Vit D3
d) And for most, a high quality multi-vitamin.
That covers the most basic levels. Of course, no two people are the same, so things like birth control, under-active thyroid, menopause etc etc etc often require more on top. I would also rate a concentrated green like wheat grass as essential if someone is very poor on green intake from day to day. Just to be clear, that’s a supplemental shake alongside a solid meal; most definitely not a meal in itself……..A mixed fruit smoothie does not constitute a proper meal either for a plethora of reasons but I digress.
Too many to list but my essentials are:
a) High quality Fish Oil,
b) Zinc and Mag
c) Vit D3
d) And for most, a high quality multi-vitamin.
That covers the most basic levels. Of course, no two people are the same, so things like birth control, under-active thyroid, menopause etc etc etc often require more on top. I would also rate a concentrated green like wheat grass as essential if someone is very poor on green intake from day to day. Just to be clear, that’s a supplemental shake alongside a solid meal; most definitely not a meal in itself……..A mixed fruit smoothie does not constitute a proper meal either for a plethora of reasons but I digress.
Any more advice for Wexford Healthy Eaters?
I’m all for live and let live and everyone making their own decisions but the reality is nutritional decisions are far too often made on hearsay, ignorance, laziness or are heavily biased due to moral issues and conflicts. The truth is often heavily masked behind a wall of commercialised sensationalism, crafty sales pitches and downright bullshit.
To be fair, this makes it very hard for people to discern what's what and unscrupulous sales pitches trick so many into diet plans that offer no sustainability whatsoever.
However, if someone is truly ready to embrace a new dietary/lifestyle change, the onus is on them to at least ask some questions and use some common sense. Does this form of dieting make sense, is it actually beneficial for my body as a whole, is it sustainable and most importantly, am I committed long term or is it just another quick fix to lose a few pounds as fast as possible?
The only thing more important than the dietary approach itself is the mindset going into it.
Once you eat the way nature intended, everything else falls into place eventually
I’m all for live and let live and everyone making their own decisions but the reality is nutritional decisions are far too often made on hearsay, ignorance, laziness or are heavily biased due to moral issues and conflicts. The truth is often heavily masked behind a wall of commercialised sensationalism, crafty sales pitches and downright bullshit.
To be fair, this makes it very hard for people to discern what's what and unscrupulous sales pitches trick so many into diet plans that offer no sustainability whatsoever.
However, if someone is truly ready to embrace a new dietary/lifestyle change, the onus is on them to at least ask some questions and use some common sense. Does this form of dieting make sense, is it actually beneficial for my body as a whole, is it sustainable and most importantly, am I committed long term or is it just another quick fix to lose a few pounds as fast as possible?
The only thing more important than the dietary approach itself is the mindset going into it.
Once you eat the way nature intended, everything else falls into place eventually
"Once you eat the way nature intended, everything else falls into place eventually."
