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Does RED-S Exist? (Yes) - Assistant Professor Alex Coates
20 Dec 2024
Assistant Professor Alex Coates is the principal investigator at the “Exercise Physiology and Performance Lab” at Simon Fraser University. Her broad research interests cover applied exercise physiology, with a focus on understanding the impacts of varied exercise stimuli to systems level adaptations. This includes the areas of overtraining, under-fuelling, training adaptation, and monitoring techniques. She joined us to discuss a recent paper titled: “Does Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) Syndrome Exist?” (00:00) Introduction (04:45) David’s Training (06:56) Alex Yee Running London Marathon (11:31) Marco Arop’s Half Marathon Efforts (12:00) Community Shoutouts (16:26) Interview Starts (19:56) Overtraining and Overreaching (26:25) How Can You Tell If You are Overreaching? (30:30) History of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (33:24) Alex’s Personal Experience (43:38) What Does the Paper in Question Suggest? (45:43) The Allostatic Load Model (48:16) Challenges with the Paper in Question (54:29) Is There Utility in the Paper? (58:21) Disentangling Training and Nutrition Stressors (64:53) Article Titles in Academia (71:45) The Difference Between Overreaching and Underfueling (76:15) The Takeaways from the Paper (82:25) Outro and Review Thanks to Precision Fuel and Hydration for their sponsorship, use the link below to get 15% off your first order and support the podcast: https://visit.pfandh.com/theonepercentbetterpodcast If you’re unsure how which products to use or how to plan your race nutrition check out Precision’s Fuel & Hydration Planner (if you follow this you will have your discount applied automatically on your first order too): https://visit.pfandh.com/onepercentfuelplanner Links to Alex: Lab https://www.exercisephysiologyandperformancelab.com/ X - https://x.com/superalex_c Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/superalex-c.bsky.social Papers on Mentioned on RED-S https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/17/1073 https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/17/1098 Paper on “Does RED-S Exist”: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-024-02108-y Paper on Low Energy Availability in Female Endurance Athletes https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39530548/ Alex’s Paper on Overreaching and Continuous Glucose Monitors https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38093477/ Submit topics, feedback or questions to us on Instagram via DM or to the email address: [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onepercentbetterpod?igsh=MW1tcGM4MHQ4bm5oaw== Follow us on X: @PodOnepercent Join the Strava Group: https://www.strava.com/clubs/onepercentbetterpod Royalty Free Music from Tunetank.com Track: Trendy Style by PillowVibes https://tunetank.com/track/1027-trendy-style/
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