Episode #095: Anthony Paradis

Anthony Paradis is the Performance Dietitian for the US Army at Fort Jackson, SC. Paradis has spent time in multiple sectors of the sport nutrition space. Prior to taking his current role with the US Army’s H2F program in early 2023 he was the director of Olympic sports nutrition at the University of South Carolina from 2021-2023 and the director of sports nutrition at Tennessee Tech for 5 years from 2016-2021. Before entering the collegiate realm, he spent 8 years in the private space. He was a dietary technician at Lewisville Medical Center, a nutrition instructor in the school of human ecology at South Carolina, dietetic intern at Texas Woman’s University, and personal trainer. His time in the private sector culminated as the owner of “Food and Fitness LLC” where he built a six-figure and three-employee business from the ground up. Food & Fitness LLC, was Texas’s premier fitness training and nutrition studio where Paradis was both a private practice RD and personal trainer for over six years. 

In addition to his business’, registered dietician work, and personal training, Paradis is himself an athlete in multiple different ventures. He’s tried his hand in many different strength sports, endurance-based sports and more. He is both a Tennessee state and Texas state record holder powerlifter, has completed a solo 500-mile consecutive hike on the Colorado trail in 2015, and has competed on American Ninja Warrior in 2012, in addition to continuing to be an avid strength lifter.