Episode 434: Fit But Unhealthy?
Human Performance Outliers Podcast with Zach Bitter
Zach Bitter
4.7 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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For this episode, I share some thoughts on the topic of "fit but unhealthy." Recently, pro triathlete Lionel Sanders shared some details about his health concerns. This came as a surprise to some as he is visually very healthy and performed at a very high level. Some have hypothesized it is due to his hyper carb fueling strategy. Others have suggested endurance training to the degree taken by professional athletes is unhealthy.
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| 1:17.0 | found in the show notes and at the end of each episode. All right, everyone, welcome |
| 1:26.3 | back to another episode. Today I've got a topic-based one for you. |
| 1:30.1 | And this one is going to be on a topic that has sort of been back in the news. It's not something |
| 1:34.9 | that's necessarily new to performance, health, and nutrition. But a recent story kind of popped |
| 1:41.6 | it back up, which is this idea of fit but unhealthy. |
| 1:45.4 | So, you know, we've got like these pro athletes out there who on the surface look great. |
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