Pep Talk: You're NOT the Exception to Adequate Fuel, Periods, and Rest

Pep Talk: You're NOT the Exception to Adequate Fuel, Periods, and Rest

From The Lane 9 Podcast by Heather Caplan

April 16, 2026 · 13 min · Episode 88

About this episode

This episode emphasizes the importance of adequate fueling, rest, and health practices for athletes, reminding listeners that they are not exceptions to these best practices.

You're about the toe the line for your spring goal race, or you're mid-season for your sport and it's getting intense. Let's have a pep talk! We're sharing this one because we are fully in the swing of the Spring sport season, and that might mean that you're bumping up against some internal resistance to do the things that you know would be helpful, but would also require changing some old habits. You could be fueling more carb loading, or just eating enough in general. You could be focusing on getting your period back. You could be tapering or taking more consistent rest days. But if you're not doing those things right now and you know there's some change required to get from point A to point B with your health, you might be resisting some of those changes. There is often some grief involved, grieving and old self. A body change, a sport change an identity shift. Whatever it may be, this resistance to change may present as some bargaining you may think. I know those things are healthy for some people, but I don't need to do them, or I don't need to change that much. This episode is a reminder: You are unique, but you are NOT the exception to the known best practices for sports…

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