Your Training Is Fine, Your Cells Need Help

About this episode

The episode discusses the reasons behind runner fatigue and how to address it through understanding cellular energy and other factors.

Send us Fan Mail We talk through why runners can feel exhausted and slower despite solid training, decent food, and real effort. Dr Jess Armine helps us connect fatigue, brain fog, burnout, and plateaus to cellular energy, gut function, stress load, and sleep so we can rebuild from the inside out. • why “wired but tired” can spiral into self-blame • how modern life adds constant stress that the body treats as a threat • mitochondria as cellular batteries and why energy drop...

People in this episode

Host: Brian Patterson

Guest: Dr Jess Armine

Topics covered

• runner fatigue
• cellular energy
• gut function
• stress load
• sleep
• burnout
• plateaus

Keywords

• runner fatigue
• cellular energy
• gut health
• stress
• sleep
• burnout
• mitochondria

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