Science of the Stride: Energy Balance & Performance with Hannah Caldwell

Send us Fan MailIn episode #155 we talk with researcher Hannah Caldwell about:The importance of maintaining optimal energy availability for muscle repair, hormone production, and overall health.Study Insights: Exploration of a study on low energy availability, revealing a performance impairment in endurance-trained athletes despite high training volumes.Tips on recognizing signs of low energy availability, including monitoring performance perception, menstrual cycle changes, and mood.Guidance for coaches on identifying energy deficits and preventing under-fueling in athletes.Emphasis on strategic carbohydrate timing and colorful plant-based diets to support immune function during intensive training periods.Hannah Caldwell is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Copenhagen and University of British Columbia. Hannah’s expertise is in integrative cardiovascular physiology in the context of energetic stress and female ultra-endurance performance.Connect with Hannah Caldwell:All of Hannah's research: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hannah-CaldwellThe Whole-Body and Skeletal Muscle Metabolic Response to 14 Days of Highly Controlled Low Energy Availability in Endurance-Trained Females:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39530548/https://researchprofiles.ku.dk/en/persons/hannah-grace-caldwellMentioned:Calculation: your energy intake - your exercise energy expenditure / your fat free mass 65 kilogram female, with approximately 20 % body fat, you could have a fat free mass of 50 kilograms.If you don't know fat free mass, estimate with online calculators or circumference measurementsMORE NRApply to work with Kyla → https://p.bttr.to/3ZrwzcFUse code NEWPOD10 for 10% off our meal plans → https://nutritional-revolution.com/products/CONNECT Instagram → www.instagram.com/nutritionalrevolutionSponsorship inquiries → [email protected] in having your biomarkers or nutrigenomics checked? Email us at [email protected] TRUSTED RESOURCES Supplements (save 20%) → https://us.fullscript.com/welcome/kchannellFeed Club ($20 off) → https://thefeed.com/teams/nutritional-revolutionKyla's top picks → https://shopmy.us/shop/nutrevFollow us @nutritionalrevolution