Episode 105

Olympic vs Everyday Athletes

Published on: 4th August, 2021

Celebrities, they're just like us. Olympians, we're just like them. Right?! Maybe you're like us and watching the Olympics inspires you to workout a little harder. And when you read the articles of what Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky or Naomi Osaka eat you think, "Maybe I should eat that too." It's SO tempting. In this episode, Jenn walks us through it all. From what details we can take to what really only applies to them and even when our activity doesn't require any nutritional adjustment (whoa!).  You'll love the details and the big picture lessons we can take from these Olympic inspirations—training, nutrition, flexibility, stress management and more! 

Outline:

  • Welcome back & welcome back Stephanie
  • Intro today's topic
  • Training & Nutrition
  • The role of fuel
  • The kind of training: endurance vs sprinting
  • Intra-workout fueling & training for it
  • Situations you don't want fiber
  • Gymnasts, runners, swimmers
  • The everyday runner
  • Katie Ledecky's schedule
  • Key take-aways of what/how Olympians eat: energy, performance, consistency
  • The snowball effect of a bigger goal
  • Tom Brady
  • Do you qualify as an athlete?
  • We overestimate how much we exercise & underestimate how much we eat
  • Wearables to monitor our workouts
  • Flexibility Trainings
  • Practice
  • Minerals, magnesium, antioxidants
  • Breathing
  • Stress & the role of exercise
  • Mental clarity - huperzine
  • Rest
  • Commitment level
  • Antioxidants - astaxanthin, huperzine
  • Electrolytes
  • Coconut water
  • Gu
  • Wrap up

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Quotes:

"We cannot expect our bodies to perform without fuel. If we do, that signals the body it's a time of famine and we end up in the starvation response." - Jenn Trepeck

"If your training is longer than an hour or 90-min then you may need extra carbohydrate support."  - Jenn Trepeck

"The way we workout for 1-hour, they workout for 8 hours. We don't need their same kind of fuel." - Jenn Trepeck

"You're the Olympian in your own life." - Jenn Trepeck

"It's the quality of the food that gets us the quality of the output." - Jenn Trepeck

"We look to the exercise to relieve our stress. They cannot have stress to perform their exercise."  - Jenn Trepeck

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Salad With a Side of Fries Nutrition, Wellness & Weight Loss
Nutrition tips that actually work. Real-life healthy eating, balanced diet tools, and weight loss tips you can use today with coach Jenn Trepeck.*

If you have searched for nutrition tips, tried to keep a healthy lifestyle, or felt stuck following popular weight loss tips, this podcast is for you. Get straightforward wellness advice that works in real life, plus strategies for a balanced diet, sustainable healthy eating, and a smarter approach to fitness and nutrition. Is your diet making you hungrier, crankier, or less healthy? Tune in and find out.*

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“My passion for nutrition and helping others stems from “kicking my food issues” with my own weight management saga.” ~ Jenn

I believe that the greatest accountability is paying it forward! That’s why I teach the nutrition education we are all supposed to know but no one ever taught us, along with the science behind food, fitness, and health.

After I graduated from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, I founded Better Life Now LLC while working full-time in hedge funds. In 2019, I took my practice from side-hustle to full-time self-employment and launched my podcast, Salad With a Side of Fries. On the show, we offer science-based tips and tricks for how to achieve wellness and weight loss for real life – because who wants a life without fries or dessert?!

Topics we tackle on the podcast include debunking fad diets, food myths, misinformation in marketing, bad science, and general nutrition. I encourage guests whose expertise is different from my own focus on weight management to bring their unique, fact-based perspectives to talk about subjects they are educated in and passionate about.

Due to my decade-long experience of working with clients, I have gained insight into the health and food industry and the how-tos of building a business.

Some specific health and wellness topics I can speak to include debunking fad diets, exposing the BS we are fed by the food and diet industry, how the people around us can positively and negatively impact our health journey, and shifting mindsets in order to overcome inappropriate barometers of success to instead achieve happy, healthy, and meaningful change.

On the subject of business, I can help you by teaching my critical pieces every entrepreneur should know, how to make your side-hustle into your full-time job, ways to sustainably achieve success without burning out, contemporary networking, and how to prioritize wellness while pursuing your projects.

When I find some free time, I’m typically working out at Physique57, discovering hidden gem restaurants in NYC, or traveling to spend time with friends and family.

I’d love to have an in-depth conversation with you, whether it’s leveling up in business or debunking food myths!