In The Flow

If you're an athlete, particularly an endurance athlete, chances are you've experienced some kind of gastrointestinal distress or problems, shall we say, in the area of digestion before, during, or after exercise. It's a very complicated topic, as both the causes and solutions are far from clear cut. But this week's episode I sit down with registered dietitian and PhD researcher Patrick Wilson to...

This week, I'm back with another installment of the Research Report, a series that takes a deep dive into scientific research studies or papers to analyze the methods, results, and conclusion around the article and add commentary and philosophical discussion to help live more healthfully and optimally as athletes and humans. Today we look at a new study published analyzing vegans vs. omnivore athl...

Practicing meditation has been one of the most important habits in my life, both as a human and athlete. I take a break from the nutrition side of things to share my thoughts on the benefits of meditation, how it fits into the context of sport, why now more than ever we should develop a practice, and end with a short, 10 minute guided meditation session. 

Toms Skujiņš is a professional Latvian road cyclist for Trek-Segafredo based in Girona, Spain and Boulder, Colorado. I sit down for a chat with Toms about staying motivated during quarantine, philosophies around sport and nutrition, lessons learned from the pro peloton, and what it's like to wear the polka-dot jersey at the Tour de France. Follow Toms on social media @tomashuuns. 

I answer listener questions ranging from plant-based supplementation, recovery nutrition, musical tastes, what's the deal with collagen, my thoughts on oil in the diet, and more. For full show notes and references, visit intheflownutrition.com/blog . 

Christie Aschwanden is a science writer, journalist, and endurance athlete. In her book Good to Go she dives into the science behind recovery and looks critically at many of the popular recovery modalities to answer the question: what actually works? I chat with Christie about the big picture perspectives on recovery and how to gain confidence and stillness as an athlete and prioritize the things...

As COVID-19 sweeps its way across the planet, everything is changing in a way that is beyond anything we've ever experienced. Today I sit down with my good friend Vic Johnson to chat about how athletes can stay positive, proactive, and productive during a global pandemic. We talk training, creating your own "epic", pandemic shopping food choices, core routines, and more. Vic is a plant-based mount...

Advanced sports dietitian Gemma Sampson beams in to the podcast from COVID-19 lockdown in Girona, Spain for a conversation on the common mistakes athletes make when it comes to fueling and nutrition, relative energy deficiency in sport, plant-based performance, favorite recipes, considerations for young athletes, and more. For more on Gemma, check out her website at dietitianwithoutborders.com . 

Fueling for an ultra endurance kind of event is daunting and there's a lot of information out there. Some good, some not so good. So my goal today is to help sort through things through an evidence informed position and figure out how to best fuel for something like the Dirty Kanza. I'll talk about substrate utilization, high carb vs low carb, nutritional periodization, training the gut, and more....

Why does food matter? It can be easy to get so zoomed in on performance and health that we miss the bigger picture. Forget about things like ethics and the environment, and how our food choices impact things bigger than ourselves. But connecting with a greater why for eating in a certain way, or making an effort to give a couple more sh*ts about what we eat can have a huge return on our own health...

In preparation for the 2020 Dirty Kanza 200 mile bike race in 3 months, I'm introducing a new series documenting the training and nutrition demands from an evidence-based translation of science into practice. In this introductory episode, I break down what the DK is all about, my goals with this series, and what to expect in future episodes. For more, visit http://intheflownutrition.com. 

Nutrition is often characterized as this highly complex science that can overwhelm us easily, and as athlete's we already have a lot going on from training and competing, travel, gear, and other commitments. But it doesn't require degrees in nutrition or a deep level knowledge of the science to make good food choices - at the end of the day, it really comes down to what you put on your plate on re...

This week on the show I sit down with Lizzie Larkins, a senior on the University of Vermont nordic ski team to chat about the lifestyle of a nordic skier and the lessons she's learned going through some periods of overtraining and underfueling and how she now applies her studies as a nutrition major to training and racing. We also discuss RED-S in the nordic community, her favorite foods, finding...

I sit down with performance nutritionist and climbing nutrition specialist, Tom Herbert for a conversation ranging from nutritional considerations for climbers, to addressing RED-S in the climbing community, myth busting specific nutrients for athletes, and differing perspectives on plant based nutrition. To learn more about Tom, visit useful.coach. 

I reflect on 2019 and discuss what I'm looking forward to in 2020, and what to expect with the show in the new year. 

I sit down with my dear friend, Abby Mickey for a candid conversation on life as a professional cyclist, her struggles through a tumultuous career, nutrition, and what life now looks like after transitioning out of professional sports. For more on Abby, check out Freewheeling, the new podcast from the CyclingTips network: https://cyclingtips.com/2019/12/introducing-freewheeling-a-new-podcast-with-...

This week I bring you all a conversation with an amazing athlete and human, Sonya Looney. For the unfamiliar, Sonya is a professional mountain biker who has an impressive palmares in ultra-distance races including winning the world championships in the 24-hr distance in 2015 and crushing it all over the globe from Mongolia to South Africa. She is now a fellow podcaster, renowned speaker, author, a...

As athletes, we often ride that very fine line between maintaining and over reaching in training and balancing all the other things we have going on in our lives. As such, it's useful to learn to listen to our bodies while also monitoring and measuring critical nutrients like iron and vitamin D, and understanding what too much exercise looks like. This week on the show, I sit down with naturopathi...

I'm back with another questions and answers session hitting topics like raw vs. cooked food, athletic starvation/energy availability, rest days, intuitive eating, and more. Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribing wherever you listen to podcasts. 

As an homage to my previous podcast, Thought For Food, I want to repost some of my favorite episodes. Starting off with one of my proudest - What's the Deal with Fiber. My co-host Aaron Stuber and I break down everything you need to know about the world's most underrated and wonderful nutrient. As you'll hear, fiber feeds the vast colony of intestinal bacteria - our microbiome - to fuel the good o...

This week on the pod, I share my 5 favorite foods and 5 favorite meals for athletes either new to plant-based eating or who want to simply add some new ideas into their routine. It can seem daunting to start eating more plants as an athlete, and what to even buy at the grocery store is the first hurdle to overcome. So I've chosen 5 foods and 5 meals (which include all of the foods) to get you star...

In another installment of my series, The Research Report, I break down the recent set of papers published in the Annals of Internal Medicine that recommend us not to reduce our intake of red and processed meat based on the evidence. For more info and relevant links and resources, visit intheflownutrition.com/blog . 

I talk nutrition for mountain athletes with performance dietitian Rebecca Dent. We discuss fad diets, the unique needs of ultraendurance athletes, plant-based nutrition, and the connection between what we eat and tapping into flow. For more on Rebecca, visit  https://www.rebeccadent.co.uk/

Social media has become a ubiquitous piece of our cultural fabric, but do the positives outweigh the negatives? I share my thoughts on why I quit social media, craving attention vs. paying attention, the attention economy, digital minimalism, the Four Horsemen of the Social Media Apocalypse, and more. For more info, resources, and links mentioned in the episode, visit intheflownutrition.com/blog ....

A key concern for athletes is low energy availability, and the consequences can be significant on health and performance. A recent concept and discussion point in the field of sport nutrition and exercise science is Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport, also known as RED-S. It's an incredibly important thing to be aware of as athletes, so in this installment of The Research Report, I break it down...