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  • What Would Happen If an Age-Group Triathlete Trained Like an Olympian? — With Sue Reynolds

    What Would Happen If an Age-Group Triathlete Trained Like an Olympian? — With Sue Reynolds
    2026/07/08
    The highs, the crash, and what overtraining syndrome taught one age-group world champion about ambition, recovery and knowing when to stop. Sue Reynolds was a guest on this podcast three years ago. At that point she had lost over 150 pounds, taken up triathlon in her fifties, and become a world age-group aqua bike and mixed relay champion. Her first book, The Athlete Inside, told that story. But Sue didn't stop there. She wanted to answer a question most age-group athletes never dare ask seriously: what would happen if an ordinary amateur trained with the same expectations, the same daily habits, and the same meticulous standards as an Olympic-level athlete? That question took her to the World Triathlon Championships in Pontevedra in 2023, where she led the swim - alone, three minutes clear, asking an official which way to run because she had never been at the front before. It eventually took her somewhere she hadn't planned to go at all. Her new book, Across The Line, covers all of it. This conversation is one of the most honest I have had on this podcast about ambition, identity, the invisible damage of overtraining, and what it actually means to know your limits. 5 KEY POINTS Meticulous preparation is where races are won before the start gun. Studying the currents, dropping leaves in the water on race morning, switching pontoon position at the last minute. The details are where elite performance actually lives.Overtraining syndrome is not just tiredness. Unlike overreaching, which resolves with rest, OTS means the body can no longer adapt no matter how much recovery you give it. Sue calls it what it really is: under-recovery syndrome.‘Edited honesty’ is one of the most dangerous habits in endurance sport. Sue never asked for recovery. She dropped hints, pointed at data, said she felt like a walrus. But she never said the words and that gap is where things went wrong.An invisible injury is still an injury. OTS left Sue looking completely fine while being unable to function. Nobody could see it. Some days she could barely believe it herself.Periodised commitment beats single-minded obsession. Research shows athletes with interests outside their sport sustain performance better over time. Sue learned this the hard way, at considerable cost. 3 TAKEAWAYS Ask for recovery before you need it. Don't drop hints. Don't hope your coach spots it in the data. Say the words out loud.Saying yes when you should say no is not toughness. It is the thing that ends careers and breaks bodies.Fitness gives you options. Sue's goal is simply to get fit by 2027 and see what becomes possible. Not a specific race. Not a podium. Just options. KILLER QUOTE "I could have said I need a rest at any point. Why didn't I say that? I took a deep dive into all the cultural messages about sucking it up. We put people who push through on a pedestal. And I had bought into all of it." CONNECT with Sue Sue Reynolds is a two-time age-group world champion, author and student of high performance. All author proceeds from Across The Line go to the USA Triathlon Foundation to support athletes with disabilities. Website: suereynolds.net Instagram: https://instagram.com/sue.reynolds/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/suereynoldstriathlon/ Across The Line - Sue Reynolds - A case study of world-class performance that examines elite coaching, ambition, and the systems that make and break athletes. The Athlete Inside - The inspiring true story of one woman's transformation from 335 pounds to world-class triathlete in just four years. Sue also recommended the following book by Brad Stulberg: The Way of Excellence: A Guide to Greatness and Deep Satisfaction in a Chaotic World Mentioned in the episode: Podcast #1 with Sue Reynolds (Oct 2023) - From 150k to World Aquabike Champion in 4 years If this conversation has made you think differently about your own cardiovascular health, or you're someone juggling a demanding career with serious training and want a structure that looks at your whole picture, not just your swim, bike and run numbers, that's exactly what SWAT is built around. CLICK HERE TO START YOUR MISSION FREE Download👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 A simple checklist to see if you’re actually on track 3–6 months out. Ironman Sanity Checklist Connect with me HERE: https://linktr.ee/simonward You can find links for the following channels - Website, Facebook, podcast, Instagram, YouTube Email: Simon@thetriathloncoach.com Sign up for Simon’s weekly newsletter Got an awkward question for Simon? Send it to beth@thetriathloncoach.com and you might just hear it on a future episode!
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  • When the Sport You Love Can No Longer Love You Back — With Jamie Bedwell

    When the Sport You Love Can No Longer Love You Back — With Jamie Bedwell
    2026/07/15
    Three years ago Jamie Bedwell and his wife Abi were on this podcast as newly licensed professional triathletes with the world opening up before them. This week Jamie is back, riding solo, and the story has taken a turn nobody planned for. Three years of gradual deterioration. Chronic back pain, loss of power in the left leg, pins and needles that left him feeling, in his own words, more like a pirate with a wooden leg than a semi-decent triathlete. Every race ended the same way. Every solution fell short. Until earlier this year, when he finally got a diagnosis: flow limitation of the iliac artery, FLIA, a condition where the main artery feeding blood to the leg kinks under the repeated stress of cycling and running. There was a surgery. There was a one in five chance of it going wrong. There was a man in the waiting room who had been back eight times. And there was a surgeon who asked Jamie a simple question: why would you risk so much just to compete in triathlon? Jamie didn't need the six weeks he was given to decide. He said no to the surgery, yes to swimming, and started figuring out what comes next. This is one of the most honest and quietly moving conversations I have had on this podcast. 5 KEY POINTS FLIA affects competitive cyclists and triathletes specifically. Millions of pedalling repetitions thicken the iliac artery over time, restricting blood flow under race conditions. Day to day there is no pain at all.The surgery carries a one in five failure rate. If it goes wrong, the athlete doesn't just lose their sport. They lose the ability to walk uphill or ride a bike with their kids.Jamie said no to protect something bigger than his career. He wanted to remain in sport for the rest of his life. The surgery put that at risk. Once he understood that, the decision was straightforward.Swimming has always been his weakest discipline. He won his first open water race on the River Arun and qualified for the national championships in Sheffield. He is just getting started.Resilience isn't about pushing through. It is about knowing what you are actually fighting for and making decisions that protect it. 3 TAKEAWAYS Know what you are protecting. Jamie turned down surgery not because he gave up on sport but because he refused to risk losing it permanently.Discipline and love will take you further than a fixed goal. Jamie doesn't know where swimming will take him. He just knows those two things are enough.Identity is bigger than the sport. Jamie is applying for ordination, building a community of Christian athletes with Abi, and becoming, in his own words, a more gentle and humble person. KILLER QUOTE "I'm so grateful there is such a thing called sport. Whether you're going to Park Run or competing at the highest level — sport gives every single person the opportunity to test themselves. And I'm grateful I still have that opportunity." CONNECT with Jamie Jamie Bedwell is a former professional triathlete and competitive open water swimmer. He and Abi run an email list sharing their journey in sport and faith. Join Jamie and Abi's email list: FuelledbyFaith@outlook.com for regular updates on their progress Instagram - Fuelledbyfaithajb Jamie and Abi are sponsored by Raceskin Wetsuits Jamie's favourite book: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand - A Powerful WWII Survival Story of Endurance in the Pacific War If you haven’t listened to the previous Be Battle Ready podcast with James & Abi, you can find it here: Husband and wife racing duo If this conversation has resonated and you want a training structure built around your whole life, not just your performance targets, that is exactly what SWAT is designed for. CLICK HERE TO START YOUR MISSION FREE Download👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 A simple checklist to see if you’re actually on track 3–6 months out. Ironman Sanity Checklist Connect with me HERE: https://linktr.ee/simonward You can find links for the following channels - Website, Facebook, podcast, Instagram, YouTube Email: Simon@thetriathloncoach.com Sign up for Simon’s weekly newsletter Got an awkward question for Simon? Send it to beth@thetriathloncoach.com and you might just hear it on a future episode!
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  • Train Less, Recover More: The Science Behind a Recovery-Centred Training Plan

    Train Less, Recover More: The Science Behind a Recovery-Centred Training Plan
    2026/07/22

    Most athletes ask the wrong question. Instead of "how much training do I need to do?" the question that will actually change your performance is "how much training can I recover from?"

    In this episode Simon is joined by Beth for a conversation that challenges one of the most deeply held assumptions in endurance sport — that more training equals better performance. They dig into why recovery should underpin every training plan, what the evidence actually says about training volume versus training smarter, and the practical steps any athlete can take this week to shift their approach.

    This one is for anyone who is consistently tired, consistently below where they expect to be, and wondering why the training isn't working.

    5 KEY POINTS

    1. Training breaks you down, recovery builds you back up. The fitness gain happens during recovery, not the session itself. Compromise recovery and you compromise the adaptation.
    2. The WHOOP Project PR study showed runners on a dynamic recovery-based plan improved their 5k time by the same amount as those on a fixed plan, but trained up to 80 minutes less per week and reported 30% fewer injuries.
    3. Consistency compounds. Ten hours a week for twelve weeks beats fifteen hours followed by injury and two weeks off. After 50 this matters even more, fitness drops faster and takes longer to rebuild.
    4. Stress is stress. Training, work and life all draw from the same budget. Putting them in separate silos and ignoring the total load is a recipe for breakdown.
    5. The most important data source is still the one between your ears. Devices confirm what your body is already telling you. Learn to listen first.

    3 TAKEAWAYS

    1. Set your sleep target before your training target. Around 95% of daily growth hormone is produced during deep sleep. Cutting sleep to fit in a session is robbing Peter to pay Paul.
    2. Make easy days genuinely easy. If it felt like training, it wasn't recovery.
    3. Train to your number, not the plan's number. Ask honestly how much your body can absorb today — and respond to that answer, not the spreadsheet.

    KILLER QUOTE "Recovery isn't something you do when you aren't able to train. Recovery is the element that makes the training worthwhile."

    LINKS & RESOURCES Mentioned in the episode:

    WHOOP Project PR Study - the recovery-based training study referenced throughout this episode.

    Christine Clubbs episode - Be Battle Ready podcast - What your Garmin can’t tell you

    Sue Reynolds episode - Be Battle Ready podcast - What happens if an age group athlete trains like an Olympian.

    Want a training structure built around what you can actually absorb rather than a generic plan?

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  • Recovery-Centred Training: Your Questions Answered — With Simon and Beth Ward

    Recovery-Centred Training: Your Questions Answered — With Simon and Beth Ward
    2026/07/29
    Last week Beth and I made the case for building your training plan around recovery rather than volume. Not everyone was convinced and that's exactly what we were hoping for. This week we’re back to work through the most common challenges and questions that came in. From why the pros train 30 hours a week to whether recovery-centred training is just an excuse to be lazy, this episode tackles the pushback head on and gives honest, practical answers to the questions every serious endurance athlete will recognise. If you haven't listened to last week's episode yet, it's worth doing that first. The link is in the show notes. 5 KEY POINTS Volume works up to the point you can recover from it. The pros train 30 hours a week because their entire life is structured around absorbing it. Match your volume to your recovery capacity, not theirs.You still need long sessions for long races. The question is how many and how often, given what you can actually recover from. Fewer long sessions done well beats grinding through all of them on accumulated fatigue.Following a plan blindly isn't discipline. It's blind optimism. Making a daily judgment call, acting on the honest answer and overcoming your ego to do it - that takes more discipline, not less.A good plan is a starting point, not a rigid prescription. Good coaching builds in flexibility to adapt when life happens - because no coach can predict a sick child or a difficult week at work.Panic training in the final weeks rarely works. Athletes who cram volume onto a foundation they haven't built usually end up injured or ill. Consistency is always a better bet than a hero block. 3 TAKEAWAYS Check your actual training data before planning your next block. Look at what you genuinely averaged over the last three months. That number, without ego, is probably closer to your real training capacity than anything on a plan.If your goal isn't achievable this year, it might just be set a year too early. Stay healthy, stay consistent, and build on it next season.A happy, healthy finish line is always a win. Arriving fresh and consistent will beat arriving exhausted from a plan you couldn't absorb every single time. KILLER QUOTE "How much training can you actually recover from, and how much can you consistently complete? If you can answer that honestly, without any part of your ego being involved, you'll probably get to the right answer." LINKS & RESOURCES Mentioned in the episode: Previous episode — Train Less, Recover More Sue Reynolds episode — What Would Happen If an Age-Group Triathlete Trained Like an Olympian?: WHOOP Project PR Study Tim Gabbett research — The training—injury prevention paradox: should athletes be training smarter and harder? https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/50/5/273 Want a training structure built around what you can actually recover from rather than a generic plan? That is exactly what SWAT is designed for. CLICK HERE TO START YOUR MISSION FREE Download👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 A simple checklist to see if you’re actually on track 3–6 months out. Ironman Sanity Checklist Connect with me HERE: https://linktr.ee/simonward You can find links for the following channels - Website, Facebook, podcast, Instagram, YouTube Email: Simon@thetriathloncoach.com Sign up for Simon’s weekly newsletter Got an awkward question for Simon? Send it to beth@thetriathloncoach.com and you might just hear it on a future episode!
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  • The Physical Pension: Strength, Longevity and the Only Secret That Actually Exists, With Dan John

    The Physical Pension: Strength, Longevity and the Only Secret That Actually Exists, With Dan John
    2026/08/05
    Originally recorded May 2024. This episode is from the Be Battle Ready archive and is well worth a second listen. Dan John is one of the most respected strength coaches in the world. A former All-American discus thrower, a prolific author with close to 20 books to his name, and someone who has been coaching athletes across multiple sports for over four decades. He has a rare gift. The ability to take genuinely complex ideas and distil them into something so simple you wonder why you ever made it complicated in the first place. This conversation covers the difference between health, longevity, fitness and performance, and why most athletes confuse them. We get into why the basics consistently applied over years are the only secret that actually exists, what strength and mobility work should look like for endurance athletes over 50, what equipment you actually need, and a phrase that came up in the conversation that I think every person over 40 should sit with. The physical pension. 5 KEY POINTS Health, longevity, fitness and performance are four different things. Most athletes chase fitness and performance while neglecting health and longevity. Get the order wrong and the whole house eventually falls down.Fitness is simply the ability to do a task. Nothing more. Stop comparing yourself to people doing different tasks. The best couch carrier in the world isn't automatically fitter than the best Ironman athlete. They're just fit for different things.The only secret is consistency over time. Five days a week, 52 weeks a year. One to five workouts will be brilliant, one in five will be embarrassing, and three out of five will be ordinary. Multiply that by 10 years and the ordinary ones quietly do all the work.Strength work becomes non-negotiable after 50. The 35 to 55 window is when you build the strength reserves that stay with you for the rest of your life. Future you will be very glad you did.The physical pension is real. Regular deposits into your physical health now, while you can, build the pot you'll draw on in your 60s, 70s and beyond. Every consistent week compounds. 3 TAKEAWAYS Mobility before strength. If you're limited in range of movement, getting stronger within that limited range won't give you much return. Fix the mobility first, then build strength through the full range.Focus on movements, not muscles. Squats, hinges, pushes, pulls and loaded carries work the biggest number of muscles in one hit and build the kind of functional strength that transfers to sport and life.Ask yourself: will future me be happy with this decision? If you're 45 and making training, nutrition and lifestyle choices, run them through that filter first. KILLER QUOTE "It's hard to sell a secret when there's no secret. You do the basics right, you recover well, and you repeat the next day. That's it." CONNECT with Dan Dan John is a strength coach, author and educator based in the United States. He has coached athletes from high school level through to Olympic standard across multiple sports. To find out more about Dan John, please visit these channels: Website - Dan John University Sign up for Dan’s weekly newsletter “Wandering Weights” Easy Strength with Dan John & Pavel Tsatsouline Check out Dan John’s other books HERE Dan is a prolific writer. Check out his articles and blogs Dan John talks about the physical pension — putting regular deposits into your physical health now so future you has something to draw on. That's exactly the philosophy behind SWAT Inner Circle. Structured training plans from Sprint to Ironman, strength and mobility built in, recovery centred, and designed for the age you are now, not the age you were. New members join at £65 a month. No minimum term, cancel any time. Details at simonward.co.uk/swat-inner-circle FREE Download👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 A simple checklist to see if you’re actually on track 3–6 months out. Ironman Sanity Checklist Connect with me HERE: https://linktr.ee/simonward You can find links for the following channels - Website, Facebook, podcast, Instagram, YouTube Email: Simon@thetriathloncoach.com Sign up for Simon’s weekly newsletter Got an awkward question for Simon? Send it to beth@thetriathloncoach.com and you might just hear it on a future episode!
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  • Six Athletes. Seven Lessons. One Question. — With Simon and Beth Ward

    Six Athletes. Seven Lessons. One Question. — With Simon and Beth Ward
    2026/08/12
    Over the past few months I've had six remarkable guests on this podcast. On the surface their stories couldn't be more different, but the same themes kept coming up again and again across all of them. Six of them. Jamie Bedwell, a professional triathlete who had his career ended by a rare arterial condition and turned down surgery to protect something more important. Christine Clubbs, a GB age-grouper who has spent two and a half years tracking the human side of training with nothing more than a notebook and a pen. Justin Robbins, a long-time triathlete who discovered he was fit but not healthy, and made a really interesting change in his approach. Sue Reynolds, a two-time age-group world champion who pushed herself to the edge of overtraining syndrome chasing an extraordinary question. Jane Hansom, Ironman world champion, who walked away from the sport she'd dominated and built something completely new. And Nick Parkes, a masters open water swimmer who suffered a cardiac arrest mid-race with absolutely no warning and survived to tell the story. This episode is about what all six of them have in common. 7 KEY LESSONS Identity is not your sport. When the sport can't give you what it once did, you need something else to stand on.The body sends signals we routinely ignore. Fit people are particularly bad at this — partly because fitness masks the moment of reckoning.Consistency and discipline are the foundation. Not talent. Not volume. Consistent effort over long periods.Self-knowledge is a performance tool. Honest self-assessment beats data every time.Letting go of a goal is not the same as giving up. Every guest who did this ended up in a better place.Get checked. Fitness does not make you invincible. Nick Parkes is the proof.Community makes individual sports possible. Every journey in this episode was made possible by other people. THE ONE QUESTION What are you actually doing this for? KILLER QUOTE "When the sport couldn't give them what it once did, they had something else to stand on. That's the thing that made the difference." LINKS & RESOURCES Jamie Bedwell: When the sport you love can no longer love you back - Christine Clubbs: What your Garmin can’t tell you Justin Robbins: Fit but not healthy. The wake up call that changed everything Sue Reynolds: What would happen if an AG triathlete trained like an Olympian? Jane Hansom: From 20 year break to Ironman World Champion Nick Parkes: The day my heart stopped mid-race Book recommendation - Simon Sinek: Start with Why How great leaders inspire everyone to take action. If the answer to that question is that you want to keep performing well, stay healthy and be genuinely durable into your 50s, 60s and beyond, that is exactly what SWAT Inner Circle is built around. New members join at £65 a month. No minimum term, cancel any time. Details at simonward.co.uk/swat-inner-circle FREE Download👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 A simple checklist to see if you’re actually on track 3–6 months out. Ironman Sanity Checklist Connect with me HERE: https://linktr.ee/simonward You can find links for the following channels - Website, Facebook, podcast, Instagram, YouTube Email: Simon@thetriathloncoach.com Sign up for Simon’s weekly newsletter
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  • The Long Way Round: Georgia Hamblett on RED-S, Aquabike and Starting Again

    The Long Way Round: Georgia Hamblett on RED-S, Aquabike and Starting Again
    2026/08/19
    Georgia Hamblett found this podcast driving between park runs in Northern Ireland, working her way through all 36 of them as a personal challenge. She was in the middle of a placement year away from university, a deliberate change of scene at a time when she needed one, and the long drives gave her time to think about the kind of athlete she wanted to become. Georgia is a competitive age-group aquabike athlete and sports journalist writing for Aquabike.World. Her journey to the European Age Group Aquabike Championships in Spain, which she made alone, 12 hours of travel, bike box and all, has not been straightforward. She has navigated an eating disorder, RED-S, a labral hip tear, and the transition from triathlon to aquabike as a way of staying competitive while protecting her long-term health. This is a very honest conversation about subjects that don't get discussed enough in endurance sport. Georgia talks about them with clarity, humour and a refreshing absence of self-pity. Her story is still being written and it is well worth following. IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT: How Georgia found the podcast driving between parkruns in Northern Ireland and why the timing changed how she heard itHer experience of disordered eating, why it started, and what finally shiftedRED-S, the labral hip tear, and the cumulative impact of training before she was readyHow working with coach Nat Lawrence helped her build a sustainable approach to training and fuellingThe transition to aquabike, the European Championships in Spain, and what she is building through her writing at Aquabike.World KILLER QUOTE "Even though it's been quite a wibbly wobbly journey, I absolutely love it. I wouldn't change it for the world now. Because I personally know how hard I found it to get through those things, it gives me a lot of self belief that I'll achieve some of my other goals too." CONNECT with Georgia Georgia Hamblett is an age-group aquabike athlete and sports journalist based in the UK. Instagram: @georgias_tris_and_tribulations , Aquabike.World Writing: Aquabike.World LinkedIn: Georgia Hamblett Georgia’s book recommendation: Unbroken by Katarina Johnson-Thompson 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES Mentioned in the episode: Previous Be Battle Ready episode with Nat Lawrence: Spinning Plates - The Amazing Life of Outlaw champion Natalie Lawrence If you or someone you know is navigating disordered eating or RED-S, please seek support from a professional who understands athletes. In the UK, Beat is the leading eating disorder charity and can help signpost specialist support. RED-S Project -where athletes of all ages, genders, sports and abilities come together to prevent and overcome Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport. If today's episode has made you think about building a training approach that works around your whole life, your health included, that is exactly what SWAT Inner Circle is built around. New members join at £65 a month. No minimum term, cancel any time. Details at simonward.co.uk/swat-inner-circle FREE Download👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 Find out why some triathletes keep improving into their 60s while others decline in their 50s. simon-ward.kit.com/keepimproving Connect with me HERE: https://linktr.ee/simonward You can find links for the following channels - Website, Facebook, podcast, Instagram, YouTube Email: Simon@thetriathloncoach.com Sign up for Simon’s weekly newsletter Got an awkward question for Simon? Send it to beth@thetriathloncoach.com and you might just hear it on a future episode!
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  • Is Your Cholesterol Test Telling You the Truth? — With Katherine Caris-Harris

    Is Your Cholesterol Test Telling You the Truth? — With Katherine Caris-Harris
    2026/07/01
    What standard GP testing misses, and why it matters more for athletes. Several months ago I wrote a LinkedIn post about my own decision to start taking statins, after several years of resisting that path. Katherine Caris-Harris, a performance nutritionist and fellow triathlete, reached out afterwards. She felt there were gaps in the conversation, and she was right. Katherine is a degree-qualified nutritionist who works with what she calls corporate athletes, driven, high-performing people who often push themselves too hard across every area of life. In this episode we dig into the limitations of standard GP cholesterol testing, why LDL alone is a poor predictor of cardiovascular risk, the role of insulin resistance and thyroid function in driving cholesterol up, what the actual numbers needed to treat for statins really look like, and why cholesterol itself is essential, not the villain it's often made out to be. This isn't an anti-medication conversation. Katherine isn't here to tell you what to do. It's about giving you the fuller picture so you can make an informed decision for yourself, whatever that ends up being. 5 KEY POINTS LDL alone is a poor predictor of risk. Standard GP testing estimates LDL using a crude calculation, and doesn't account for particle size or how easily those particles are damaged by inflammation.Better markers exist, but aren't routinely offered. ApoB and Lipoprotein(a) give a far more accurate picture of cardiovascular risk than standard LDL testing, but most GPs don't test for them due to cost.The number needed to treat varies hugely. For primary prevention in a low risk group, you may need to treat 100 to 200 people with statins to prevent one cardiovascular event. That context rarely makes it into the conversation.Insulin resistance can quietly drive cholesterol up. Even lean, fit endurance athletes can develop elevated blood sugar and insulin resistance through excessive use of gels, energy drinks and fasted training.Cholesterol is essential, not the enemy. It's required for hormone production, cell repair, brain health and vitamin D synthesis. The real driver of arterial damage is oxidative stress and inflammation. 3 TAKEAWAYS Get tested properly before deciding. Standard GP panels are a useful starting point but rarely tell the full story, particularly for athletes.Context matters more than a single number. Genetics, insulin resistance, thyroid function and inflammation all contribute to your real cardiovascular risk.Make your decision from a position of knowledge, not fear. Whatever you choose to do, do it with the fuller picture in front of you. KILLER QUOTE "You wouldn't ignore your FTP test results. So why would you ignore what's actually happening under the hood with your cardiovascular health?" CONNECT with Katherine Katherine Caris-Harris is a performance and functional nutritionist working with driven, high-performing clients juggling demanding careers with serious training. She is also a long-time age-group triathlete. 🌐 Website: kchnutrition.co.uk 💼 LinkedIn: Katherine Caris-Harris LINKS & RESOURCES BMJ (British Medical Journal) podcast on Statins for Primary Prevention - How good is the Evidence? Podcast with Cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra on ’The Shocking Truths about Cholesterol, Statins and Heart Disease CoQ10 - why you should be taking it and which brand to choose Katherine also recommended the following book: Integrative Sport & Exercise Nutrition - How to view the body holistically. “Need to enjoy science to read it!” Join us in SWAT If this conversation has made you think differently about your own cardiovascular health, or you're someone juggling a demanding career with serious training and want a structure that looks at your whole picture, not just your swim, bike and run numbers, that's exactly what SWAT is built around. CLICK HERE TO START YOUR MISSION FREE Download👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 A simple checklist to see if you’re actually on track 3–6 months out. Ironman Sanity Checklist Connect with me HERE: https://linktr.ee/simonward You can find links for the following channels - Website, Facebook, podcast, Instagram, YouTube Email: Simon@thetriathloncoach.com Sign up for Simon’s weekly newsletter Got an awkward question for Simon? Send it to beth@thetriathloncoach.com and you might just hear it on a future episode!
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