From Trauma to Triumph: How Lida Johnson Rebuilt Her Health, Mindset, and Endurance Life (ep 146)
About this episode
Lida Johnson shares her transformative journey from a toxic upbringing to becoming a certified health coach and endurance athlete, discussing key aspects of health and performance.
In this episode of the Pain-Free Athlete Podcast, host Dana Jones is joined by Lida Johnson — certified health coach, nutritionist, personal trainer, behavioral change specialist, pre-diabetes lifestyle coach, and endurance athlete extraordinaire.Lida's journey didn't begin in a gym or on a track. It began with leaving a toxic family situation at 18 and finding herself on the Appalachian Trail — having never hiked a day in her life. What started as a bold leap into the unknown became a 2,100-mile lesson in grit, consistency, and the power of putting one foot in front of the other. She went on to summit Mount Kilimanjaro (sick, at 18,000 feet, and still made it to the top), complete Iron Man distance triathlons, hike the Inca Trail in Peru, and much more. In this conversation, Dana and Lida dig into: The food-exercise trap — why using food as a reward or punishment after training backfires, and how to shift to thinking of food as fuel rather than currency. Pre- and post-workout nutrition — what athletes actually need to eat before and after training, and why most people are getting it wrong. Sleep as a performance tool — Lida shares how helping a client go from four hours of sleep…
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