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What is RED-S? And why does it matter?
CyclingTips Podcast
English - November 28, 2019 04:39 - 1 hour - 68.1 MB - ★★★★ - 747 ratingsWilderness Sports Comedy cycling bicycle bike cycle cyclingtips cyclist pro professional race racer Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Next Episode: Doping in the women's peloton and a chat with JV
This is the first episode of Freewheeling, a new podcast from Abby Mickey and the editors of CyclingTips. Please note that Freewheeling will exist on the regular CyclingTips Podcast channel this week only. In the future, you'll have to subscribe to Freewheeling separately.
This episode tackles important angles on athlete health and nutrition, and delves into RED-S, or Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports. Abby speaks with Ruth Winder, current US National Road Champion, about her fight to stay healthy in a sport that prizes low weight, and Jackson Long, a nutritionist who specializes in athlete health.