Chris Everingham, APD, AN
Chris Everingham, APD, AN
Accredited Practising Dietitian
About Chris
I’ve spent most of my life trying to understand what makes people perform at their best.
I’m Chris Everingham — an Accredited Practising Dietitian, former international rugby player, and high-performance practitioner.
But before I became a dietitian, I was an athlete. That experience has shaped everything about how I think about nutrition today.
From Newcastle to international rugby
I grew up in Newcastle, Australia, playing and competing from a young age. Rugby became a huge part of my life, and I went on to study Nutrition & Dietetics at the University of Newcastle while building my career in sport, fitness and performance alongside it.
Then an opportunity came to take that experience overseas. I packed my bags and moved to the Philippines — and what followed was more than a decade with the Philippine Volcanoes, first as an international player, later working behind the scenes in strength & conditioning and high-performance preparation.
Player → Coach → Performance Staff → Manager.
Along the way, I competed internationally, worked with athletes and teams, and spent countless hours learning what it actually takes to perform when it matters. That’s where my approach to nutrition really took shape.
Performance isn’t just about what happens in the gym.
Performance is the result of a lot of small things working together — training, nutrition, recovery, sleep, stress, consistency. And perhaps most importantly: being able to do all of it in real life.
Because the perfect nutrition plan isn’t very useful if you can’t actually follow it.
Eventually, I came back to Australia.
After years overseas, I returned to Newcastle with my family, bringing experience across nutrition, fitness, strength & conditioning, education, public speaking and performance.
I also brought something I didn’t have when I first started: a much better understanding of how complicated nutrition becomes when people are given too much information and not enough practical guidance.
That’s when Momentum Dietetics began to take shape.
Why Momentum?
Because progress doesn’t come from being perfect. It comes from consistently moving in the right direction.
You don’t need to overhaul your life overnight. You need to make better decisions more consistently — then build on them.
That’s Momentum.
My approach
Evidence-based.
Grounded in good science, not the latest social media trend.
Practical.
It has to work on busy weekdays, weekends, holidays and training days — not just in a perfect world.
Personal.
There’s no one-size-fits-all diet. Your nutrition should reflect your body, goals, training, preferences and lifestyle.
Sustainable.
If you can’t imagine still doing it in six months, it’s probably not the right strategy.
And yes, I’ve done a few different things along the way.
International rugby. High-performance sport. Coaching. Fitness. Speaking at health and performance events. Writing about nutrition and wellbeing. Hosting media projects. Even a bit of time in front of cameras and on stages that had nothing to do with dietetics at all.
All of it taught me the same thing:
People don’t need more information.
They need someone who can help them turn information into action.
That’s what I want Momentum to do.
Today
I’m an Accredited Practising Dietitian and Registered Exercise Professional, with a background spanning nutrition, fitness, strength & conditioning and high-performance sport — and Momentum is where all of it comes together.
I help active people lose body fat, maintain performance, build better habits, fuel their training, recover properly, and feel better doing it.
You don’t have to be an elite athlete. You just have to want more from your body.
There’s an athlete within all of us. Let’s fuel yours.
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Chris Everingham, APD, AN
Accredited Practising Dietitian / Sports Dietitian / Strength & Conditioning Coach
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