When’s the last time you got bloodwork done?

Stevie Lyn Smith is a Registered Dietitian on a mission to educate and coach athletes on how to fuel their goals without sacrificing health and happiness.

As a board certified specialist in sports nutrition, Stevie Lyn has helped hundreds of athletes fuel to improve performance, energy levels, and recovery– without feeling guilt or restriction.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Using bloodwork as a tool for performance and overall health
• How bloodwork can help identify nutritional deficiencies and overtraining
• Ideal timing for bloodwork testing
• Key biomarkers for endurance athletes, including vitamin D, B12, and iron
• Markers related to stress, muscle recovery, and inflammation
• Testosterone and estrogen in both men and women
• Reducing the risk of overtraining
• Why to get regular bloodwork every 3-6 months as an athlete

If you like this episode, go to your podcast player and scroll back to find past episodes on nutrition and performance.

• Stevie on Instagram
• Stevie’s website
• Real Fuel Podcast
• Real Fuel Group Coaching and Stevie’s membership program
• Learn more about running nutrition for free with our free nutrition myth busting resource.

We are supported by 2Before, a powerful sports supplement made from New Zealand Blackcurrants designed to increase endurance, manage inflammation, support immunity, and promote adaptation. 2Before helps to boost performance by increasing blood flow, making it more efficient for the body to pump oxygenated nutrient-rich blood into the muscles.

So, if you want to try to boost your performance and immune system, use code JASON for 30% off 20 packs and multi-serve packs at 2Before.com.

Thank you to 2Before for supporting Strength Running!

A big thanks to DrinkLMNT for their support of this episode! They make electrolyte drinks for athletes and low-carb folks with no sugar, artificial ingredients, or colors. They are offering a free gift with your purchase at DrinkLMNT. And this does NOT have to be your first purchase. You’ll get a sample pack with every flavor so you can try them all before deciding what you like best.

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Imagine a running festival combined with a retreat plus a race thrown in there: That's Jesse Itzler's Runningman.

Jesse Itzler is the founder of Runningman and All Day Running Co., a serial entrepreneur, an author, an endurance sports enthusiast, and a 100-mile ultra marathoner.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Translating running's discipline and consistency into other areas of life

• Sharing the values of health and wellness with children

• Jesse's approach to long-term running planning

• Finding the sweet spot of having a plan while being flexible

• The parallels of 100-mile races and running a business

• What you'll find at Runningman: a track, sauna, cold plunges, yoga, expert sessions, and community

• If Jesse could ask David Roche, course record holder at Leadville, any question, what would it be?

Send this episode to a friend you'd love to go to Runningman with (and use code JASON for 10% off passes).

• Join us at Runningman: use code JASON at checkout for 10% off passes

• Follow Jesse on Instagram and TikTok

• Follow All Day Running Co. on Instagram

• Jesse's website

• Download the free Little Black Book of Recovery & Prevention featuring 9 pro runners and their strategies for recovering and staying healthy.

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Previnex offers a 30-day money back guarantee. If you don't feel the benefits of their product, you get your money back no questions asked. With their focus on quality and customer satisfaction, I hope you’ll try it! Use code jason15 for 15% off your first order at Previnex!

We are supported by 2Before, a powerful sports supplement made from New Zealand Blackcurrants designed to increase endurance, manage inflammation, support immunity, and promote adaptation. 2Before helps to boost performance by increasing blood flow, making it more efficient for the body to pump oxygenated nutrient-rich blood into the muscles.

So, if you want to try to boost your performance and immune system, use code JASON for 30% off 20 packs and multi-serve packs at 2Before.com.

Thank you to 2Before for supporting Strength Running!