Laurent is a clinical sports nutritionist and exercise physiologist, with an international practice, based at The Third Space and Santa Fe (USA). Laurent specialises in weight management and body transformation programs, as well as in working with recreational and professional athletes – such as elite triathletes, professional boxers, professional football players, bodybuilders, fitness models, and those involved in regular fitness programs and activities.
Using specialized laboratory tests and functional assessments, Laurent is able to accurately identify nutritional and metabolic issues that can be addressed through highly customised diet, supplement and lifestyle solutions (such as exercise) to promote optimal performance & body composition as well as to support dysfunctions and problems (such as weight problems, inflammation, energy level problems, digestive problems, bone density issues, metabolic disorders, injury recovery etc).
Additional services include ultrasound body composition assessments (i.e. body fat and muscle % & thickness), functional musculoskeletal assessments (to determine corrective exercise solutions), and metabolic testing (VO2 oxygen uptake tests, indirect calorimetry, anaerobic threshold assessments, lactate testing, periodised cardiovascular exercise program design etc).
Laurent has been an expert host and concept creator for various television projects, including the original, and now much emulated, reality weight loss TV show (Fat Academy, Discovery Health Channel, 2002). He is a regular contributor to various UK and US magazines – and is an adjunct professor at Huntington College of Health Sciences, Tennessee, USA.
Past and current clients include some of the most well known names in the film, television, and sporting industries in the US and UK.
www.LaurentBannock.com