#58 - Dr Amanda Stevens on Metabolic Efficiency, Achieving Proper Swim Form, and More

Welcome to Episode #58 of the Mile High Endurance podcast.  Mile High Endurance is your weekly connection to coaches, experts and pro athletes to help you reach your endurance and triathlon goals.  Bill Plock and I had a blast talking to guest Dr. Amanda Stevens about metabolic efficiency training and eating.  We discuss swim form and drills to help you achieve balance in the water.

00:00	Introduction and interview setup
11:27	Interview with Dr. Amanda Stevens
58:52	Interview take-aways, upcoming interviews and wrap up

With the scheduling of the interview this week and trying to figure out when to record the intro for this week's episode, we were not able to get Khem Suthiwn with us this week.  She'll be back next week.  Khem, wish you were here with us.

Interview setup:

• We brought Amanda up a couple of weeks ago when we were talking about the top minds on the topic of swimming.  Bill, you brought her up in the conversation and I wrote down a note to reach out to her.  We sent her an invite and she graciously agreed to join us.
• We brainstormed topics and came up with metabolic efficiency, avoiding overtraining, and swimming coaching.  We pulled off our first Twitter Poll and actually got some good play on the poll.  Here's what you told us.
• Twitter poll, results
• • 29% - Swim Technique
  • 13% - Over Training
  • 42% - Metabolic Efficiency
  • 16% - Race Strategy
• Needless to say we decided to spend most of our time talking about metabolic efficiency/eating for health and swim coaching
• Dr. Amanda Stevens-Sadler is a professional Ironman triathlete and consultant focusing on sports medicine and general health and wellness.
• As a professional triathlete, Dr. Stevens-Sadler competes on the Ironman World Circuit.
• I don’t want to steal too much from the interview.  We'll get to know Amanda and her background in just a minute.
• • Dr. Stevens-Sadler, her husband, Randy, and their whippet, Dash, currently live in Arizona
  • During downtime or recovery, she enjoys reading and watching movies and always seems to have a project to work on.
  • An Enid, Oklahoma, native, Dr. Stevens-Sadler earned her undergraduate degree at Texas Christian University and later graduated from the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine.
• Dr. Stevens-Sadler enjoys and encourages a healthy lifestyle and is an expert in a range of topics, including sports medicine, injury prevention, fitness, nutrition and preventive medicine.

Amanda Stevens can be contacted at the following:

https://dramandastevens.com/

https://www.facebook.com/DocAmandaStevens

https://twitter.com/DrAmandaStevens

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Coming up on the show we have:

Mark Mastalir	Halo Neuro
Brian Burk	Author of Running to Leadville
Natalie Brockeveldt	Personal Trainer and Certified Nutritionist
Daragh Kneeshaw	Aspen Snowmass - Audi Power of Four

 Stay tuned, stay informed, and enjoy the triathlon journey!