40. Dr. Leah Lagos, Clinical Sport & Performance Psychologist

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2017

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Leah Lagos is a clinical sport and performance psychologist in New York City. On this episode, we talk about mind and body training, the evolution of sports psychology, and performance anxiety. Dr. Lagos explains why she thinks I'm "physiologically gifted" — and why that's a good thing — and shares what Meb Keflezighi told her he was thinking during his historic 2014 Boston Marathon win. She also talks about how to mentally prepare yourself for a goal race, and how to bounce back if it doesn't go the way you had hoped. (Spoiler: She doesn't want you to dismiss your feelings of disappointment!) Plus, Dr. Lagos talks about exercise addiction and the role social media plays when it comes to athletes and mental health. Stuff We Mention on this Episode: Episode 22 of the Ali on the Run Show: http://www.aliontherunblog.com/2017/04/25/ali-run-show-episode-22-body-issues/ Orangetheory Fitness: https://www.orangetheoryfitness.com/ Headspace: https://www.headspace.com/ Martha Graham Dance Company: http://www.marthagraham.org/ "The Physiologically Gifted Child": http://www.drleahlagos.com/parenting-the-physiologically-gifted-child.html Joaquim Cruz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquim_Cruz Follow Dr. Lagos: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrLeahLagosBiofeedback/ Twitter @drleahlagos: https://twitter.com/drleahlagos Website: http://www.drleahlagos.com/ Follow Ali: Instagram @aliontherun1: https://www.instagram.com/aliontherun1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aliontherun/ Twitter @aliontherun1: https://twitter.com/aliontherun1 Blog: http://www.aliontherunblog.com/ Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/13333410 Thank you for listening to and supporting the Ali on the Run Show! If you're enjoying the show, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on iTunes. Spread the run love!

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0:00.0	Hi everyone and welcome to the Alley on the Run Show.
0:07.0	I'm your host Allie Feller and this is Episode 40.
0:10.8	Today I'm talking with Dr. Leah Lagos.
0:13.4	I first met Dr. Lagos last year when I was writing a story for a lore about exercise addiction.
0:19.8	She had so much good stuff to say that I knew I needed to have her on the show, so here we are.
0:25.8	Dr. Lagos is a sports psychologist in New York City and on this episode we get into everything
0:31.6	from performance anxiety and the mental health issues athletes of all levels face too, of course,
0:37.9	exercise addiction, what it is, what some telltale signs of exercise addiction are, and what
0:43.8	to do if you or someone you know and love may be experiencing some or all of those signs.
0:51.7	Now on Episode 22 of The Alley on the Run Show, I talked a bit about my own paths with exercise
0:57.0	addiction and what it was like for me having a disordered relationship with fitness.
1:01.8	I think it's really easy for me to look back on that time period now and see that yes,
1:06.6	I had a real problem, but I never saw a professional during that time because exercise is a good
1:12.2	thing, right?
1:13.2	So being addicted to working out couldn't possibly be bad, but like any addiction being
1:19.4	seriously hooked on exercise to the point where it disrupts your everyday life or an unplanned
1:25.4	day without exercise is enough to send you into a tailspin, that's a real problem.
1:30.6	Dr. Lagos and I also talked about the role social media plays in exercise addiction, so often I think
1:36.3	we see people tackling these really intense workouts and posting about them naturally.
1:41.4	Every day and those feats are often met with comments like, you're so badass or hashtags like
1:46.8	Fitspiration. Anyway, we'll get into it. That's enough for me. Let's hear what Dr. Lagos has to say
1:52.7	about all of this.
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