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Q&A #98 - Daily calorie needs, Energy Availability, and stress fractures

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Q&A #98 - Daily calorie needs, Energy Availability, and stress fractures What should you do to figure out your daily calorie needs to avoid low Energy Availability and RED-S?  The problems with many online calculators for basal metabolic rate Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports (RED-S), how it relates to low energy availability, and incidence of stress fractures   LINKS AND RESOURCES: Scientific Triathlon website Coaching Training Plans RED-S (Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports) with Margo Mountjoy | EP#233 IOC consensus statement on relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S): 2018 update   SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free.   ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order.   RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing.    CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

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0:00.0

Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to that triathlon show, the podcast presented by

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Scientific Triathlon.com. I'm my host Michael and this episode is Q&A number 98. Before we get it

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today's question, big thanks to our sponsors. First, we have precision hydration. Precision hydration

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make electrolyte products that you can match to your sweat sodium content

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because everybody loses a different amount of sodium in their sweat and also when you combine it

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with the fact that people have different sweat rates. It means that the actual absolute amount of

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sodium lost in your sweat can vary quite significantly.

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Precisionization help you with that through their products,

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but also with their free online sweat test that you can take to in a few minutes get a free hydration plan for both training and racing.

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You can also get 15% off their electrolyte products with the promo code that triathlon show

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15 on precision hydration.com and thank you to roca that you can find on roca.com

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roca are the world leading manufacturers of wetsuits, dry suits, swimming skins, goggles and high-performance

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eyewear and they originated in the project of building the world's fastest

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wetsuit. And I love the Roka wetsuits. I own three of them, the Maverick X and now Maverick

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X2 and also the Maverick MX, the Max Boiency Wetsuit, which currently I use for a lot of

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my training. The great thing about all the

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Roka wetsuits is that they have their patented arms of technology in all of them, from the entry

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level Maverick Comp all the way up to the flagship Maverick X2. And so they have options for all

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budgets. And if you want the fastest wetsuit possible, obviously you should go for the X2 because it is

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ridiculously fast. You can feel it as soon as you get in the water with it. But all of their

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wetsuits are of really great quality. So chances are you will feel really fast in the water,

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no matter what wetsuit you're coming from almost, even if you choose one of the non-maverick

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