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.
She received her B.S. in Dietetics and Nutrition from SUNY Buffalo State University and M.S. in Applied Nutrition with a Sports and Fitness concentration from Northeastern University.
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.
Stevie Lyn knows firsthand how important nutrition is to be a healthy athlete. She’s an athlete herself, having grown up as a team sport athlete to completing ten full Ironman distance triathlons and countless other endurance and ultra distance races.
Stevie Lyn also hosts a podcast, Real Fuel with SLS. She’s contributed to publications like Runner’s World Magazine, Outside Magazine, Bicycling Magazine, and Triathlete Magazine.
In her free time, she enjoys volunteering to help empower others through organizations such as Girls on The Run and We Finish Together.
Stevie Lyn on How You Can Use Bloodwork for Running Performance
I wanted to ask Stevie Lyn about comprehensive bloodwork tests, like those from companies like InsideTracker. These tests can give you data on dozens of biomarkers.
But runners can get stuck trying to interpret results or focus on the most important markers. Let’s demystify bloodwork.
In this episode, Stevie Lyn Smith and I 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
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Links & Resources from the Show:
- 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.
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