Healing Grumpy Athletes

I wanted to get Laura on the show for a number of reasons. I met her through Stef Hanson of WITSUP, coincidently it was the day prior to her up rooting her life in Sydney and taking the plunge into a full time career as a professional athlete.

I was certainly ignorant at the time as to what this meant for this random chick sitting across from me at a bar in St Kilda. Since then she has had a very successful career, and a stellar racing resume, her performance and experience continued to grow and all the pieces were coming together, but Laura faced an going challenge of often being the bridesmaid but never the bride.

That was until Port Macquarie Ironman in 2017 where she became the Ironman Australia Womens Champion. It was emotional to watch Laura run down the finishing shoot and celebrate the years the culminated to that moment.

Laura is coached by Matt Dixon, the author of the Well Built Triathlete and Fast Track Triathlete – with a focus on building the fundamentals of health, strength, and specific training for optimal performance Laura has been able to express her potential as quite a robust athlete and on todays show we get into some of the key aspects that enable her to perform at a high level with minimal injury or immunity issues.

Laura has been very open on show about some her struggles and gets honest with those 1%ers that she focuses on. My hope is you come away with a greater perspective and understanding of who is Laura Siddall but also some key action steps you can take away to be a more robust athelte.

Show note links:

Laura’s Website: https://laurasiddall.com

Sid Talks segment on Fitter Radio Podcast:

Pumpy Jackson Chocolate: http://pumpyjackson.com

Lauren Parker Foundation: https://www.laurenparkerfoundation.com.au

More Than Sport: https://www.morethansport.org

Having Phil Maffetone on the show is huge a honour. Phil has shaped so many of my personal athletic pursuits and success when it comes to recovering from burnout, overtraining and endless niggles. Further to that, his work and research has shaped who I am as a coach and how I deliver programs to my athletes. He has done that through his 20+ books, podcast interviews and online content that has been developed over the past two decades. Phil is a clinician, Coach, and innovator. He was a pioneer in the 1970’s warning against high sugar and carbohydrate diets, while everyone else was focused on steering away from fats. He has worked with a vast array of professional and age group athletes, most notably to this audience would be 6 time Ironman Hawaii World Champion Mark Allen and more recently Ironman World Champion Pete Jacobs.

As is my aim of this podcast, I wanted to discuss key topics with Phil that are less talked about. On todays podcast we cover what is MAF training, stumbling blocks, longevity in sport and the importance of MAF for wellness and happy hormones.

Key topics:

-What is MAF

-Impact of MAF approach on hormones

-Longevity in endurance sport

-Self monitoring and being intuitive

-Mechanics of overtraining

Welcome to the very first episode of Healing Grumpy Athletes!

In a raw and honest conversation with Emma Snowsill - Frodeno we chat about:

Coping with ill-health as a successful and professional athlete

What lead to the decision of retirement

Comparisons and finding your inner voice

Respecting stress and life circumstances

Establishing a new identity after sport

Hormone health & pregnancy

Her Husband Jan Frodeno & road safety for cyclists

More about Emma's wellness story: http://www.witsup.com/snow-time-like-the-present-emma-snowsill-officially-retires/