Inside Sports Nutrition Bob Seebohar and Dina Griffin

We sit down with Dr. Erin Ayala, Licensed Psychologist and Certified Mental Performance Consultant, to talk about the mental side of injury and injury recovery in athletes. 



Our discussion includes: 


How Dr. Erin got into the field of counseling and sport psychology and her current research and projects
Her athletic background and current athletic pursuits
Types of injury in athletes and what areas of the athlete are impacted
The roles of nutrition and sleep in injury rehab
Building self-awareness with the ingredients of self-compassion and mental toughness
Competing with an injury and how to consider the risks
Her new online program “The Mindful Comeback” 
Her personal current nutrition framework for daily nutrition and bike racing nutrition



Links:


Dr Erin’s company website, Skadi Sport Psychology, and give her a follow on Instagram @skadisportpsychology
The Mindful Comeback course and use the coupon code ISNPOD for 10% savings



Quotes from Dr. Erin Ayala: 

“Mental toughness is not about putting your head down and doing the work and pushing the emotions away and ignoring them, mental toughness is about bringing them along for the ride and doing the hard things anyway.”



More about our guest:

With over a decade of research and clinical experience, Dr. Ayala is a Licensed Psychologist and Certified Mental Performance Consultant based in Minneapolis, MN. She specializes in working with endurance athletes and is licensed to work with athletes in over 40 states. Dr. Ayala is a published author of over 20 research articles and book chapters, and has been featured in Trailrunner Magazine, the New York Times, and other media outlets. Beyond her professional achievements, she is an accomplished cyclist, having landed on National podiums in road racing, fat bike racing, virtual racing, and gravel racing over the past few years.

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We’d love to connect with you on social! Follow Dina on Instagram at @nutritionmechanic and Bob at @enrgperformance. You can learn more about Bob’s services at www.enrgperformance.com and Dina’s services at www.nutritionmechanic.com. 

In this Ask Us Anything #13 episode, we first do a quick catch up with Dina to see how her injury recovery is going from knee surgery and then we discuss a listener question related to nutrition periodization and the periodization plates. Tune in to learn more about how to build a plate that supports plant-based eating for sprint and middle distance running and an extra tip for those who are also masters athletes. 



Links:


Bob’s books to learn more about Nutrition Periodization and Metabolic Efficiency Training 



Send us your questions to hello@insidesportsnutrition.com or DM us through our IG @isnpodcast or Facebook @insidesportsnutrition and we’ll get your question addressed on a future AUA episode. 



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Bob and Dina would love to connect on social too. Follow Bob on Instagram at @enrgperformance and Dina at @nutritionmechanic.

Learn about Bob and Dina’s nutrition and coaching services and programs at www.enrgperformance.com and www.nutritionmechanic.com. 

Tune in for this Part 2 on Bob’s training for the upcoming Tahoe 200 ultramarathon where we discuss his nutrition and hydration trials, along with his primary plans for keeping himself sustained throughout the race.  It’s an “n of 1” experiment, but it may inspire you to approach your own fueling differently!



Links:


The Tahoe 200 race website
Bob’s training spreadsheet
Episode 130 discussing Bob’s training for the Tahoe 200
Episode 124 with Leighton Phillips of S-Fuels
The ENRG Bites from All Around Snack Co and Bob will also be using his newly formulated ENRG BUTTER
UCAN Edge, another fuel source that Bob is planning to include in the race



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This episode is brought to you by All Around Snack Co. which features tasty snacks that are low in added sugars, contain zero dyes, colorings or additives and help control blood sugar for steady energy levels throughout the day.  Use code ISNPODCAST24 to save 15% on your purchase.



Follow Bob on Instagram at @enrgperformance and Dina at @nutritionmechanic.

Learn about Bob and Dina’s nutrition and coaching services and programs at www.enrgperformance.com and www.nutritionmechanic.com. 

In our continuing series on Masters Athletes, we are looking at hydration concerns. We discuss the various physiological impacts of aging and how exercise and performance may be compromised as a result of poor attention to hydration strategies. We also discuss the benefits of sweat rate testing and sweat sodium concentration testing. 



Links:


Part 1 (episode #129 of our series on Masters Athletes)
Book a sweat test in Boulder
Reach out to Dina to arrange a sweat composition testing clinic for your club, team, or training group

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Follow Bob on Instagram at @enrgperformance and Dina at @nutritionmechanic.

Learn about Bob and Dina’s nutrition and coaching services and programs at www.enrgperformance.com and www.nutritionmechanic.com. 

Tune into this episode to catch interesting details on Bob’s training for the Tahoe 200 ultramarathon coming up in mid-June 2024. We’ll be doing a Part 2 on his nutrition coming up soon!



We discuss:    


Bob’s ultramarathon background and why he’s training for the Tahoe 200
An overview of the Tahoe 200 course
Bob’s self-designed training program, including some non-traditional (and maybe surprising to you!) training activities that he does daily
More about his sleep, shoes, gear, and what’s left in training to practice



Links:


The Tahoe 200 race website
Bob’s training spreadsheet
Bob’s current HRV measuring device, Whoop 



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Follow Bob on Instagram at @enrgperformance and Dina at @nutritionmechanic.

Learn about Bob and Dina’s nutrition and coaching services and programs at www.enrgperformance.com and www.nutritionmechanic.com. 

Did you know once you are age 35 and older, you are technically in the “Masters Athlete” category? And did you also know as we age, there are several changes that happen in the body that you have the ability to positively influence through your nutrition? In this episode, we discuss 4 key nutrition concerns for masters athletes and ways you can improve your healthspan as you age.



We discuss:    


Lifespan versus healthspan 
Insulin resistance and how to avoid it as well as improve insulin sensitivity
Muscle health and sarcopenia
Bone health
Changes in micronutrient absorption



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This episode is brought to you by All Around Snack Co. which features tasty snacks that are low in added sugars, contain zero dyes, colorings or additives and help control blood sugar for steady energy levels throughout the day.  Use code ISNPODCAST24 to save 15% on your purchase.



Follow Bob on Instagram at @enrgperformance and Dina at @nutritionmechanic.

Learn about Bob and Dina’s nutrition and coaching services and programs at www.enrgperformance.com and www.nutritionmechanic.com.