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Podcast: The Run Smarter Podcast
Episode: Do Runners Over-train or Under-recover? with Dr. Izzy Smith
Description: May I introduce the first guest to our recovery month! Dr. Izzy Smith is a specialist in hormone health and today we focus on all things hormones, stress & recovery.Firstly, Izzy talks about the concept of 'over-training vs under-recovering' and why a recreational runner needs to be mindful of this.We then move onto the role of certain hormones that hinder and enhance our ability to recover. Particularly nor-adrenaline & cortisol, these are typically classed as 'stress hormones' and the body will not enter the rest & recovery phase if circulating high amounts of these....