54: Why are You Tired All the Time? Understanding Fatigue and Running
Feb 24, 2024•33 min
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Episode description
Are you tired all the time, both during runs and during the rest of the day? We have received a few listener questions on this topic, so we are taking a deep dive into training fatigue, abnormal fatigue, bloodwork, training load management, and more!
- Amanda’s experience with fatigue and running
- Normal vs abnormal fatigue
- Is your nutrition causing fatigue?
- Low energy availability
- Eating disorders and disordered eating
- Is it your training plan that is making you tired?
- Other factors that may cause fatigue
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References:
- Jeukendrup & Gleeson. (2016). Sport nutrition. Third edition. Human Kinetics.
- Gropper & Smith. Advanced nutrition and human metabolism. Sixth edition. Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
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