Episode #17 - Full Interview with Charles Stull MS RD

Charles Hu Stull joined Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Performance Institute as the Performance Nutrition Manager in 2018. Prior to working at the UFCPI, Charles Stull was the sports dietitian for the UCLA Athletics program. Over the past 5+ years as a sports dietitian Charles has worked with combat sports athletes (MMA, Muay Thai, Boxing) and athletes in professional organizations such as the NFL, LPGA, and USOPC. Charles was also a DI swimmer at American University and carries a seasoned Muay Thai career with over 15 years of competitive experience.

1:48 – Funny Story about how Charles found the American University where he did his undergrad in Biology
3:42 – How Charles got into UFCPI after getting out of college
6:40 – What RDs are taught vs. what happens in the “real world” of athletics; having a hard sciences background was critical in dealing with sports nutrition
9:30 – Charles was always the Troll in his RD program; his 100-gram protein shake!
11:10 – When you get to the Nutrition Division of the UFCPI – What was the vision, mission…
13:00 – Sports nutrition/supplement strategies for brain health
15:50 – Weight making – the ins and outs
28:10 – Hemodynamic data on fighters during the weight cut
33:16 – Explanation of cardiovascular drift
35:00 – The logistics of fight week for Charles Stull is crazy!
41:15 – What Charles learned from his time as an athlete until now; he learned EVERYTHING!
49:00 – Charles explains the evolution of MMA; Combat sports is an “arms race.”
55:55 – The collaboration between the UFCPI and Nova Southeastern University

The Sports Science Dudes represents the opinions of the hosts and guests and are not the official opinions of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN), the Society for NeuroSports, or Nova Southeastern University. The advice provided on this show should not be construed as medical advice and is purely an educational forum.
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Hosted by Jose Antonio PhD
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Co-host Anthony Ricci EdD
Anthony Ricci | College of Health Care Sciences | NSU (nova.edu)
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