Sponsor: Fullscript is an online supplement dispensary with professional, high quality top-brand supplements from a verified distributor. When you sign up for  Fullscript through EP you can get an exclusive discount off thousands of choice of top-level supplements. Fullscript even carries PerfectAmino essential amino acids by BodyHealth—including the tablet form and powder form. Some other good finds on  Fullscript include Vital Protein Collagen Peptides, Thorne products, Nordic Naturals fish oils, and other great, trusted brands such as Pure Encapsulations and Designs For Health. F ..read more

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Sponsor: Thorne supplements help athletes meet their unique needs and we have everything Thorne offers available to you over at our shop page, endurance planet dot com slash shop or link through the show notes. When you shop through us you support the podcast, a win win. Thorne products are shipped around the world and they ensure quality control year-round. Whether you’re looking to heal from issues like gut dysbiosis, hormonal imbalances like low sex hormones or imbalanced stress hormones, or just looking to improve performance, maintain a strong immune system and get that extra edge, Thorne ..read more

The fourth installment with host Tawnee Gibson sharing her life story of a college student with an eating disorder turned hardcore endurance athlete, coach and more. For Part 1 click here. For part 2 click here. For part 3 click here. On this episode: The years 2008-2010, when Tawnee stepped it up in the world of triathlon and endurance sports, chose a new career path in fitness & endurance coaching—which began with a grad school program—and more work. This, all while she was racing more frequently, longer distances and relentless training, plus involvement in the tri scene. In this phase ..read more

Lucho and Tawnee are back on for Ask the Coaches episode 363. Anonymous asks: Mental Toughness 101 How would you define toughness? (Admittedly, this is inspired by my recent start to reading Steve Magness’ book Do Hard Things). What the coaches say: Listen to OMM 17 in which Tawnee outlines how mental toughness can certainly be a great thing; however, it can also be tricky and certain types of toughness can even do more harm than good in certain cases like those with eating disorders who may also be “good athletes,” which is highlighted in a landmark study here. We also reference Steve Ma ..read more

The third installment with host Tawnee Gibson sharing her life story starting with her eating disorder and entry into endurance sport. For Part 1 click here. For part 2 click here. On this episode: Tawnee recaps the years of ED recovery and finding and falling in love with triathlon, which ended up being very healing but also was not that simple with still some big issues she was facing and would face. Study chat: “Good Athlete” Traits and Characteristics of Anorexia Nervosa: Are They Similar?  1999 study – a classic! Similarities identified: Mental Toughness // Asceticism  Commitm ..read more

Sponsor: Thorne supplements help athletes meet their unique needs and we have everything Thorne offers available to you over at our shop page, endurance planet dot com slash shop or link through the show notes. When you shop through us you support the podcast, a win win. Thorne products are shipped around the world and they ensure quality control year-round. Whether you’re looking to heal from issues like gut dysbiosis, hormonal imbalances like low sex hormones or imbalanced stress hormones, or just looking to improve performance, maintain a strong immune system and get that extra edge, Thorne ..read more

The second installment with host Tawnee Gibson sharing her life story. It is a story that many of us share, with different but similar details, and in sharing we hope to raise awareness around these issues to help more people, especially athletes and those who’ve battled eating disorders, on their healing journeys and to prevent similar issues in others. For Part 1 click here. In part 2 she tells the story of when her eating disorder continued into 2004-05 and the dark times that surrounded her struggle, all while trying to appear “normal” to the outside world. She was able to heal and break f ..read more

Sponsor: Fullscript is an online supplement dispensary with professional, high quality top-brand supplements from a verified distributor. When you sign up for  Fullscript through EP you can get an exclusive discount off thousands of choice of top-level supplements. Fullscript even carries PerfectAmino essential amino acids by BodyHealth—including the tablet form and powder form. Some other good finds on  Fullscript include Vital Protein Collagen Peptides, Thorne products, Nordic Naturals fish oils, and other great, trusted brands such as Pure Encapsulations and Designs For Health. F ..read more

The first installment with host Tawnee Gibson sharing her life story. It is a story that many of us share, with different but similar details, and in sharing we hope to raise awareness around these issues to help more people on their healing journeys and to prevent similar issues in others. In part 1 she tells the story of when her eating disorder began in 2003—the final trigger that was the catalyst to a disordered mindset—along with introspection into her younger years that influenced the development of an ED, the development of exercise addiction and more. The post OMM 15: The Autobiography ..read more