This week Michael sits down with Sarah Heckler & Chris Newport, the other dietitians at The Endurance Edge, for a quick chat about actionable strategies you can use to stay on track with your nutrition goals (no matter what they are) during holidays. If you want to make sure you keep making progress towards your nutrition and fitness goals this holiday season, this is the episode for you.

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If you purchase an at-home sweat test kit at www.TheEnduranceEdge.com/product/home-sweat-testing-kit/, use code "PODCAST" for a free hat, visor, or headband.

You can learn more about The Endurance Edge at: www.TheEnduranceEdge.com

Check out our custom-portioned meal service at www.TheFuelingEdge.com

Follow us on IG: @TheEnduranceEdge @mcraynor_rd @TheFuelingEdge 

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• 6 Steps to Triathlon Success: Free Guide
• Hydration Guide for Athletes
• Runner's Fueling & Hydration Cheat Sheet
• Guide to High Performance Healthy Eating

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Race with us: Humans of Steel Olympic & Sprint Triathlon at Harris Lake, NC
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This week Michael sits down with Sarah Heckler, MS, RD/LDN, CISSN, one of the dietitians and sports nutritionists at The Endurance Edge to talk about weight for athletes. They chat about weight, how it can impact performance, how much weight to give it (pun intended), and how it can be more or less important for different sports. If you're an athlete always trying to reach your "race weight" or wondering how important your weight is for performance, then you won't want to miss this one. 

Interested in working with us? You can book your free discovery session here.

If you purchase an at-home sweat test kit at www.TheEnduranceEdge.com/product/home-sweat-testing-kit/, use code "PODCAST" for a free hat, visor, or headband.

You can learn more about The Endurance Edge at: www.TheEnduranceEdge.com

Check out our custom-portioned meal service at www.TheFuelingEdge.com

Follow us on IG: @TheEnduranceEdge @mcraynor_rd @TheFuelingEdge

Support the show

Download our free resources:

• 6 Steps to Triathlon Success: Free Guide
• Hydration Guide for Athletes
• Runner's Fueling & Hydration Cheat Sheet
• Guide to High Performance Healthy Eating

Find us here: TheEnduranceEdge.com
Race with us: Humans of Steel Olympic & Sprint Triathlon at Harris Lake, NC
Purchase Safe Supplements here.
Follow us on Instagram or Facebook

This week Michael sits down with Stephanie Sullivan, exercise physiologist at The Endurance Edge, to chat about (and simplify) VO2 Max testing, metabolic testing, lactate threshold, anaerobic threshold, and field testing (like FTP tests) and what these things tell an athlete and how they can apply them. If you're an athlete wondering if you should invest in VO2 max and metabolic testing, you won't want to miss this one.

Interested in working with us? You can book your free discovery session here.

If you purchase an at-home sweat test kit at www.TheEnduranceEdge.com/product/home-sweat-testing-kit/, use code "PODCAST" for a free hat, visor, or headband.

You can learn more about The Endurance Edge at: www.TheEnduranceEdge.com

Check out our custom-portioned meal service at www.TheFuelingEdge.com

Follow us on IG: @TheEnduranceEdge @mcraynor_rd @TheFuelingEdge

Support the show

Download our free resources:

• 6 Steps to Triathlon Success: Free Guide
• Hydration Guide for Athletes
• Runner's Fueling & Hydration Cheat Sheet
• Guide to High Performance Healthy Eating

Find us here: TheEnduranceEdge.com
Race with us: Humans of Steel Olympic & Sprint Triathlon at Harris Lake, NC
Purchase Safe Supplements here.
Follow us on Instagram or Facebook

This week Michael sits down solo for a new series of quick tips. These will be shorter episodes on hot topics targeted at bringing actionable information in a quick, easy-to-digest, easy-to-apply format. In response to recent questions, this week Michael talks about some of his biggest tips for simplifying nutrition to a few key strategies that athletes and non-athletes can implement to have the biggest impact on their health and performance.

Interested in working with us? You can book your free discovery session here.

If you purchase an at-home sweat test kit at www.TheEnduranceEdge.com/product/home-sweat-testing-kit/, use code "PODCAST" for a free hat, visor, or headband.

You can learn more about The Endurance Edge at: www.TheEnduranceEdge.com

Check out our custom-portioned meal service at www.TheFuelingEdge.com

Follow us on IG: @TheEnduranceEdge @mcraynor_rd @TheFuelingEdge

Support the show

Download our free resources:

• 6 Steps to Triathlon Success: Free Guide
• Hydration Guide for Athletes
• Runner's Fueling & Hydration Cheat Sheet
• Guide to High Performance Healthy Eating

Find us here: TheEnduranceEdge.com
Race with us: Humans of Steel Olympic & Sprint Triathlon at Harris Lake, NC
Purchase Safe Supplements here.
Follow us on Instagram or Facebook

This week, Michael sits down with Chris Newport, MS, RD, LDN, EP-C, CLT, CISSN and Sarah Heckler, MS, RD, LDN, CISSN, the other dietitians of The Endurance Edge to chat about habits, how long-term success with your goals may depend on them, and how we can leverage habits to help us change our behaviors.

Interested in learning more about habits, check out these books:

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Atomic Habits by James Clear

Interested in working with us? You can book your free discovery session here.

If you purchase an at-home sweat test kit at www.TheEnduranceEdge.com/product/home-sweat-testing-kit/, use code "PODCAST" for a free hat, visor, or headband.

You can learn more about The Endurance Edge at: www.TheEnduranceEdge.com

Check out our custom-portioned meal service at www.TheFuelingEdge.com

Follow us on IG: @TheEnduranceEdge @mcraynor_rd @TheFuelingEdge @coachchrisrd @heckler_dietitian

Support the show

Download our free resources:

• 6 Steps to Triathlon Success: Free Guide
• Hydration Guide for Athletes
• Runner's Fueling & Hydration Cheat Sheet
• Guide to High Performance Healthy Eating

Find us here: TheEnduranceEdge.com
Race with us: Humans of Steel Olympic & Sprint Triathlon at Harris Lake, NC
Purchase Safe Supplements here.
Follow us on Instagram or Facebook

This week, Michael sits down with Tim and Dani, the creators of Original Strength and owners of the Original Strength Institute, a training facility where movement and life come together to build strong, happy minds and able bodies. They chat about the Original Strength method, who can benefit from it, and how to hit reset on your life and training.

Learn more about Original Strength at: www.OriginalStrength.net

Learn more about the Original Strength Institute at: www.OriginalStrengthInstitute.com

Check them out on IG: @Original_Strength @OSInstituteFV

Tim & Dani were incredibly kind and are offering podcast listeners $20 off their Unlock Your Body course using code "ENDURANCEEDGE", so definitely go check that out.

If you purchase an at-home sweat test kit at www.TheEnduranceEdge.com/product/home-sweat-testing-kit/, use code "PODCAST" for a free hat, visor, or headband.

You can learn more about The Endurance Edge at: www.TheEnduranceEdge.com

Check out our custom-portioned meal service at www.TheFuelingEdge.com

Follow us on IG: @TheEnduranceEdge @mcraynor_rd @TheFuelingEdge

Support the show

Download our free resources:

• 6 Steps to Triathlon Success: Free Guide
• Hydration Guide for Athletes
• Runner's Fueling & Hydration Cheat Sheet
• Guide to High Performance Healthy Eating

Find us here: TheEnduranceEdge.com
Race with us: Humans of Steel Olympic & Sprint Triathlon at Harris Lake, NC
Purchase Safe Supplements here.
Follow us on Instagram or Facebook

Happy International Coffee Day!! In honor of this momentous occasion, this week Michael sits down with Lee Pike from Larry's Coffee to talk about one of his biggest passions--coffee! Michael and Lee chat about the basics of coffee, what makes a great coffee, what sets Larry's Coffee apart (including their focus on sustainability), a few easy things you can do to up your coffee game, and Michael even throws in some interesting stats about coffee for health and performance. If you're thinking about starting to drink coffee, an avid coffee drinker looking to up your coffee game, or an athlete looking for another way to improve your performance, this is the episode for you.

You can learn more about Larry's Coffee at: www.LarrysCoffee.com

Follow them on IG: @LarrysCoffee

Special deal for listeners of the podcast, if you purchase an at-home sweat test kit at www.TheEnduranceEdge.com/product/home-sweat-testing-kit/, use code "PODCAST" for a free hat, visor, or headband.

You can learn more about The Endurance Edge at: www.TheEnduranceEdge.com

Check out our custom-portioned meal service at www.TheFuelingEdge.com

Follow us on IG: @TheEnduranceEdge @mcraynor_rd @TheFuelingEdge

Support the show

Download our free resources:

• 6 Steps to Triathlon Success: Free Guide
• Hydration Guide for Athletes
• Runner's Fueling & Hydration Cheat Sheet
• Guide to High Performance Healthy Eating

Find us here: TheEnduranceEdge.com
Race with us: Humans of Steel Olympic & Sprint Triathlon at Harris Lake, NC
Purchase Safe Supplements here.
Follow us on Instagram or Facebook

September is the unofficial anniversary of The Endurance Edge's opening, so this week Michael sits down with Chris Newport, the owner of The Endurance Edge (aka his boss), to talk about how The Endurance Edge came to be, why we exist, and how we're striving to build a community of passionate endurance athletes.

Check out what Chris is up to on IG: @CoachChrisRD

Special deal for listeners of the podcast, if you purchase an at-home sweat test kit at www.TheEnduranceEdge.com/product/home-sweat-testing-kit/, use code "PODCAST" for a free hat, visor, or headband.

You can learn more about The Endurance Edge at: www.TheEnduranceEdge.com

Check out our custom-portioned meal service at www.TheFuelingEdge.com

Follow us on IG: @TheEnduranceEdge @mcraynor_rd @TheFuelingEdge

Support the show

Download our free resources:

• 6 Steps to Triathlon Success: Free Guide
• Hydration Guide for Athletes
• Runner's Fueling & Hydration Cheat Sheet
• Guide to High Performance Healthy Eating

Find us here: TheEnduranceEdge.com
Race with us: Humans of Steel Olympic & Sprint Triathlon at Harris Lake, NC
Purchase Safe Supplements here.
Follow us on Instagram or Facebook

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