Episode 9: Nutrition for Athletes with Cate Ward, PhD, RD

As coaches, we get tons of questions about nutrition for performance and health. In this episode, we’ve brought in an incredible expert to share her expertise in the domain of fueling for endurance athletes! Dr. Cate Ward holds a PhD in Metabolic Biology, is a Registered Dietitian, and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford studying human nutrition. She’s also an athlete, and she brings her love for cycling and other sports into her practice as a dietitian and researcher. We cover topics including: how to fuel long endurance days, supplementation, relative energy deficiency in sport, the physiology of zone 2, metabolic flexibility, and so much more. Thank you, Cate, for joining us! Check out her website here. View extended show notes for this episode here.