Host, Head Coach and Performance Dietitian Chris Newport talks with Coach Maggie in our latest podcast relating to research on deliberate cold exposure for health and performance. As a bonus, she happens to be a seasoned long distance swimmer...in some pretty cold water, so we get to hear all about her experiences and her future plans!

Deliberate cold water exposure can be amazing for not only mental and physical health, but performance in endurance sports as well. We discuss some strategies for getting started with deliberate cold exposure as well as defining what "cold" actually means. We also discuss when to do cold water exposure in relation to your workouts. 
Finally, we get a glimpse into Maggie's long distance swimming career, including some of the races she's done as well as some of her future plans (stay tuned for a "cool" announcement!)

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In today's episode, host Chris Newport sits down with Coach Carlie, who is a also working on her PhD in Sports Psychology. We "nerded out" on some recent research regarding first time 70.3 triathletes.

The article she chose was published in 2021 in the International Journal of Exercise Science called "Psychological status during and after the preparation of long-distance triathlon event in amateur athletes."

This article studied age-group athletes training for their first 70.3 and their psychological status going into their race. More specifically, the research aimed to evaluate levels of motivation, emotion, and passion over six months of training leading up to and one week after a long-distance triathlon.

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Host, Head Coach and Performance Dietitian Chris Newport interviews Coach Ryan in his unique approach to goal setting for endurance athletes, which he calls ENDUP. He was unsatisfied by some of the other goal setting methods, and this one works great for working with endurance athletes, so he's sharing his technique.  

Keep these things in mind when you're working on your goals:

1. A goal is positive. “I will not fail” is negative; “I will finish” is positive.
2. A goal represents multiple levels.  “I will finish” is singular; “I will finish feeling strong and accomplished” uses multiple layers of achievement.
3. A goal explains how you will know you’ve achieved it. “I will finish feeling strong and accomplished” does not explain how you will know it to be true.  “I will finish feeling strong and accomplished by appreciating the moment, celebrating at the finish line, and by demonstrating pride.”

Go to our website to get the ENDUP handout that you can use for yourself. 

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Host, Head Coach and Performance Dietitian Chris Newport shares her 5 tips for the off season, including things you should think about, things you should try and ways to help you become a better athlete once the season starts again. 

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Two of the The Endurance Edge dietitians, Chris and Amber, teamed up for this Find Your Edge podcast to discuss nutrition tips for a healthy holiday.  Did you know that the "average American" gains weight during the holiday season (shocker, I know)? One study examined this, and found that the participants gained, on average, about 1 pound.  Doesn't seem like much, right? The problem is that the gain is not reversed in the spring and summer months. Over time, this can add up!  In order to prevent this weight gain and focus on health, we offer some of our favorite nutrition tips.

Join our Holiday Nutrition Challenge with Amber--join on our website TheEnduranceEdge.com from Nov 27-Dec 17!

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Since improving or maintaining health and fitness often entails a financial investment, we thought it would be great to investigate financial fitness. So we turned to one of our athletes, Trevor Lawson, who happens to be a Certified Financial Planner at Capital Financial Solutions in Raleigh, NC and enjoys working with retirement planning. 

First, Trevor defines financial fitness. We discuss the importance of an emergency fund, working with debt, investing for independence and flexibility. We talk about important ratios and the importance of goals. Tune and to learn some great tips!

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Join Chris Newport and Marisa Faibish, both sports nutritionists at The Endurance Edge, to discuss the basics of fueling young athletes for their sport. 

Marisa talks about how it’s important for a dietitian to make a full assessment of a youth athlete’s diet. We discuss some of the things that we look at as sports nutritionists, including:

• Calorie, or energy intake, and the impact on health and performance
• Macronutrient intake and how it’s sport dependent
• Micronutrient intake and how certain ones can be depleted
• Nutrient timing and how it affects performance
• Supplement intake, if necessary

Read more here: https://www.theenduranceedge.com/how-to-fuel-youth-athletes/

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Meet Amber, our newest dietitian on our team, who shares her story about discovering that she has the BRCA gene, and her forced journey into menopause. As a personal trainer and fitness instructor too, she discusses how to stay fit and healthy through the entire process of surgery, menopause and more.

Learn more about Amber and book an appointment to work with her at www.TheEnduranceEdge.com

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In this Find Your Edge podcast, Chris Newport dives into intermittent fasting for athletes with researcher Dr. Matthew Stratton, who just completed his dissertation on the topic at Texas Tech University at the Energy Balance and Body Composition Laboratory.

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Did you know there are different types of resilience and that there are ways to boost it, especially when you're on the race course? 

Join us as we talk to Coach Ryan, who has also been a guidance counselor for near 2 decades, as we discuss ways to identify your type of resilience and how you can boost it for improved mental training. 

Get the full episode here, plus visual slides: https://www.theenduranceedge.com/how-to-boost-resilience-for-endurance-sports/ 

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