54: Why are You Tired All the Time? Understanding Fatigue and Running
About this episode
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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