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PERFORMANCE PHYSIOLOGIST FOR LEADERS

Increase Your 

ENERGY

INCREASE YOUR PERFORMANCE.

Restoring Long Haul Energy™ for leaders in high pressure environments who need more energy but can't take on another thing.

THE ENERGY RESET.

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EXECUTIVE ENERGY RESET™ CONCIERGE RETAINER

I join your team as your personal performance physiologist — on retainer, adapting in real time to your life as it actually is.

 

Using the full range of my expertise — nutrition, movement, nervous system regulation, recovery, and mind-body protocols — I build what is necessary, customised to you.

For leaders beyond 50, this includes navigating the specific hormonal and metabolic transitions of this stage so performance stays strong across decades.

This runs underneath everything. Your only job is to keep doing your job. Mine is to restore and protect your Long Haul Energy™.

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EAT BETTER. LEAD BETTER.™

12-WEEK METABOLIC RESET

A focused, 12-week engagement with one purpose: bring your Long Haul Energy™ engine online.

 

Using nutrition as the primary lever, we make precise, strategic changes to what and how you eat — unlocking your body’s access to nearly bottomless energy reserves.

Available one-on-one or for executive teams. No programmes to follow. No platforms. Just weekly precision built on your real life.

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NOT SURE WHICH IS RIGHT?

A confidential, no-commitment conversation to explore which engagement fits your life and your goals. No pitch. Just clarity.

SERVICES


CONCIERGE RETAINER. 
I join your team, you don't change your life.

The Executive Energy Reset™ retainer is built for leaders who cannot afford to schedule in their health — but cannot afford to ignore it either. I work as part of your world, using the full depth of my training — nutrition, movement, nervous system regulation, recovery protocols, and mind-body practices — to build exactly what your body needs. All work runs in the background, adapting as your life changes.

ZERO DISRUPTION

Integrates into your life exactly as it is. You eat every day — we make that your most powerful energy tool.

SIMPLICITY

No platforms, no hours of content, no program to follow. We refine what you're already doing.

DIRECT ACCESS

One person. My direct line. No intermediaries, no delays, no layers between you and your advisor.

BUILT FOR YOUR REALITY

Travel, summits, 16-hour days. This is designed for the life you actually lead.

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MEET NINA.

NINA MIDTGAARD •  PERFORMANCE PHYSIOLOGIST • 

I work privately with leaders who are under sustained pressure and no longer feel fully recovered — even when they rest.

I've spent three decades studying the body from every angle - Western exercise physiology, Eastern mindbody philosophies. Traumatic Stress.  Holistic nutrition- studying a variety of nutritional philosophies. 

I hold a master's degree in Exercise Physiology.  And, I lived and studied yogic philosophy and postures at an ashram in India.  For the past 30 years, I've worked as a personal trainer, holistic nutritionist and mind-body practitioner specializing in working with ultra busy leaders.

I didn't build my practice from one discipline. I built it from all of them — to solve one problem: restoring Long Haul Energy™ for leaders who can't afford to run on empty."

LONG-HAUL ENERGY™

Most leaders are running on borrowed energy — caffeine, adrenaline, willpower, sheer discipline. It works in short bursts, but it is finite. It runs out by mid-afternoon. It leaves nothing for the evening. And over time, it takes more to produce less.

There is another energy system available to your body — one so abundant it is nearly bottomless. When it is active, energy is steady through the full day, available on demand, and still there when you walk through the door at night. This is the energy that lets you lead a twelve-hour day and still be present at dinner. That lets you cross time zones and recover faster. That compounds over weeks and months rather than depleting.

I call this Long Haul Energy™ — and restoring it is the foundation of everything I do. Not by adding more to your life, but by unlocking what your body already has access to and has simply been cut off from.

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THE ENERGY ADVISORY

Short briefings on Long Haul Energy™ — how the body produces energy, why it breaks down under pressure, and how leaders can restore it without changing their entire life

Leadership Capacity Beyond 50.

1/15/26

Leadership Capacity Beyond 50.

After 50, many leaders notice a shift. Energy feels less predictable. Recovery takes longer. Performance may still be strong, but it costs more. This is not simply ageing. It is a biological transition. For women, hormonal changes affect sleep, metabolism, nervous system regulation, and energy production. For men, gradual shifts in testosterone, cortisol balance, and insulin sensitivity alter recovery and resilience. In both cases, the body becomes less forgiving under pressure. The mistake...

Short-Burst Energy vs. Energy That Lasts.

1/8/26

Short-Burst Energy vs. Energy That Lasts.

The human body has two energy systems. Most leaders are running on the wrong one. Short-burst energy is driven by stress hormones. It is powerful, immediate, and effective in emergencies. It sharpens focus and enables decisive action. It was never designed to carry years of sustained pressure. When it becomes your default — when the body has no other system to draw from — energy becomes volatile. Recovery stays incomplete. Performance costs more effort for the same output. There is another...

The Leader's Body Under Sustained Pressure.

1/1/26

The Leader's Body Under Sustained Pressure.

Leadership today is defined by duration, not intensity. Pressure is no longer episodic. It is continuous. And under continuous pressure, the body adapts in ways that eventually work against you. Stress hormones rise. Recovery windows shrink. Energy production becomes less efficient. At first, this adaptation keeps you going. Over time, the cost increases. Focus takes longer to come online. Productive hours shorten. Rest stops feeling like recovery. Most leaders respond the way they always...

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