This week I'm back with a wide-ranging conversation on performance, the mental side of sport, coaching insights, and more with Matt Whitcomb, the current head coach of the U.S. Ski Team on the cross-country side. Matt has played a pivotal coaching role in the last 3 winter Olympic games, including helping Jessie Diggins to her historical silver medal performance this year. Matt and I dive into the behind the scenes of what makes young and elite athletes alike thrive, and how he approaches his coaching practice. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @matt_whitcomb. 

Connect with me for performance nutrition consulting services at intheflownutrition.com.

A blast from the past. My previous co-host from the Thought For Food days Aaron Stuber returns to the show for a random conversation covering ADHD, writing books, mortality, and more. Visit intheflownutrition.com to connect and sign up for nutrition consulting services.

In this episode, I discuss the connections between over-reaching and overtraining, low energy availability, and RED-S and how athletes should balance training hard with recovering harder. For more info, resources, and references visit intheflownutrition.com/blog. 

It's been a minute. In The Flow Podcast returns for its third season to continue providing quality, nuanced, long form, evidence-informed, and entertaining conversations around cool stuff like: performance nutrition, plant-based eating, environmental sustainability, mountain athletics, sports science, mindfulness, vegan ethics, and beyond to fuel the flow of meaningful movement. I'm excited, are you excited?!

Pleased to share my conversation with "The Vegan RD", Ginny Messina. Ginny is a vegan activist and animal advocate, and promotes an evidence-based, rational approach to vegan nutrition and lifestyle. We discuss misinformation in the vegan community, optimizing a vegan diet, and more. To learn more about Ginny and her work, visit theveganrd.com or follow her on Twitter @theveganrd. 

In The Flow has partnered with InsideTracker, a health and performance biomarker tracking service for athletes. As an InsideTracker Pro, I can offer podcast listeners and clients 25% off any plan. Visit https://bit.ly/insidetrackerjackson and use code JACKSONPRO25 to get some more objective data into your routine!

Ida Bergsløkken is a performance chef and nutritionist from Oslo, Norway who works with the British cross-country ski team and the Norwegian national biathlon team as a team chef. An accomplished athlete and accredited sports nutritionist as well as a background in engineering, Ida combines all of her skills and knowledge to fuel high-level endurance athletes with delicious and beautiful food. We discuss nutrition philosophies, fueling the ski teams at world championships and training camps, advice for cooking for athletes, and more. Follow Ida on Instagram @idabergslokken. 

For endurance sports nutrition consulting, connect with me for a free initial consultation at intheflownutrition.com. 

Teaching young athletes about the value of nutrition is critical for their health and performance. In this podcast episode, I share some thoughts on how and why nutrition is important for youth athletes and ways to support them in their development and sporting growth. 

Aaron and I return for part 2 of our conversation around wearable and tracking technology for athletes; their pros and cons, place in sport, and our experience using them professionally and personally. We dive into the realm of nutrition and fitness tracking tools like Cronometer and Strava, plus biomarker software like InsideTracker.

What's the deal with wearable technology? Things like the Whoop strap, Oura ring, Apple Watches, glucose monitors, etc. are becoming more and more popular in the athletic performance scene, claimed to give an "edge" to tracking performance metrics. But is this tech something we should all be focused on?

Friend of the podcast and previous co-host of Thought For Food, Aaron Stuber joins the show to discuss in a candid, free-flowing conversation about this stuff. Let's dive in.

Today I'm joined by young professional ski mountaineering "skimo" racer and ultrarunner, Grace Staberg. Grace is 19 and already taking the mountain athletic racing calendar by storm, competing for the USA National Skimo team at the World Cup and World Championship level, and also winning mountain running races. We talk skimo racing 101, nutrition for performance, her struggles with an eating disorder, the perils of social media, and plenty more. Keep up with Grace's adventures over on Instagram @grace.staberg, her website gracestaberg.com, and her new podcast, Alpine Start.