The Eat for Endurance Podcast
The food you put into your body has a massive impact on how you perform in your athletic training and everyday life.
Sports Dietitian and distance runner Claire Shorenstein explores the connection between nutrition, performance, and health for busy, active people. Tune in for evidence-based guidance, inspiring athlete stories, and practical tips on a wide variety of nutrition topics to fuel better, crush your endurance goals, and thrive as a human being.
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The Eat for Endurance Podcast
Do You Have A Healthy Relationship With Exercise?
Welcome to Season 8 of The Eat for Endurance Podcast! In this episode, I'm joined by Registered Dietitian Leslie Schilling, MA, RDN, CSCS, CEDS-C for an important conversation about exercise dependence, a pattern of compulsive movement that can threaten an athlete’s mental and physical health.
I heard Leslie speak on this topic at a conference and immediately knew I wanted to bring her on the show. This is partly because I struggled with exercise dependence in the past, and also because of how frequently I see people exercise beyond what is safe or recommended.
Leslie and I discuss:
- What exercise dependence is, and who is most at risk
- How to tell if exercise is healthy or potentially harmful
- What Leslie's message, "If you fuel it, you can do it" means in practice
- The connection between underfueling and over exercise
- Signs that you might be weight suppressed
- What compassionate change can look like
Also, toward the end of the episode, we walk you through a validated questionnaire to help you evaluate if you may be experiencing some level of exercise addiction.
🎧 Tune in to learn more!
Links & Resources
- Follow Leslie Schilling on Instagram and visit Leslie's Website
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- Check out my free nutrition downloads
- Browse my library of nutrition masterclasses (all are included inside the Fuel for Life Crew membership)
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- Get in touch at claire@eatforendurance.com
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