Do you think your female athlete is struggling due to stress or fatigue? Are you considering taking pills or medication for it?
Jess Beal a sports pharmacist and our guest for today’s episode strongly advises moms on—
“Skills over pills.”
The skills needed to overcome fatigue and have a healthy lifestyle are far more effective than taking pills to boost your energy. No supplement can replace a proper sleeping routine or a healthy meal. Not all pills work for everyone.
Jessica Beal-Stahl is a pharmacist, coach, scientist, and competitive athlete with a long history. She works with athletes, coaches, and organizations to delve into what goes beyond reps, sets, matches, practices, and performance to focus on components of nutrition, recovery, and mental strength that are often overlooked and devalued in training and performance.
She was a 3-sport letterman in high school, club volleyball player, 4 yr D1 volleyball player, CrossFit athlete, and current national and international Olympic weightlifter.
Jess took it from experience as she played volleyball in college. During those times, Jess suffered from an eating disorder and perfectionism. Instead of working on her mental health, or going to a sports dietician, she was only given medication to cope. It was just medication and it didn’t sit right with her at that time.
From Jess Beal:
Blending The Worlds of Sports and Pharmacy
Jess has been a pharmacist for about 15 years, and she's spent the majority of her time talking to hundreds of athletes about their health, disease states, medication, and supplement information. To be a better coach for her patients, she delved into integrative and functional medicine foundations. She noticed that the foundations and tools for understanding nutrition, daily movement, quality sleep, self-care, and the effects of chronic stress were typically missing in the majority of the patients' circumstances.
Her passion is in everything from understanding supplementation to mindset, to looking at nutrition and simply blending her two worlds of sports and pharmacy.
You can support your female athletes better by knowing the cause of their chronic pains first. Give them the skillset they need to start good habits. You can allow them to learn from mental training programs such as The Elite Competitor Program to help them in their athletic journey.
They need the mental skills to handle stress and pressure, listen to their body's needs, have proper nutrition, and know the best way for their body to recover.
If you want to learn more about Jess and what she does you can find her on Instagram, Facebook, and her website, so make sure to check the links below.
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