Find Your Edge: Training, Nutrition + Longevity for Endurance Athletes
Find Your Edge is the podcast for endurance athletes who are tired of guessing. Hosted by Chris Newport, MS, RDN, CISSN—sports dietitian, exercise physiologist, coach, and founder of The Endurance Edge—each episode helps runners, triathletes, cyclists, and lifelong endurance athletes make smarter decisions about nutrition, fueling, hydration, recovery, performance, and long-term health. If you've ever wondered: • Why am I doing everything right but still not seeing the results I want? • Why do I struggle with energy, recovery, body composition, or GI issues? • How do I improve performance without sacrificing my long-term health? • Which nutrition, supplement, and recovery strategies actually matter for me? You're in the right place. Each week, Chris translates complex science into practical, real-world strategies that help you understand your body and make confident decisions about your health and performance. You'll hear conversations about: → Fueling and hydration strategies for training and racing → Recovery, metabolism, body composition, and performance → Genetics, biomarkers, and personalized nutrition → Longevity and healthy aging for endurance athletes → Expert interviews, athlete stories, and evidence-based insights Because the goal isn't just to train harder. It's to understand what your body needs so you can perform better today, recover faster tomorrow, and stay active for decades to come. Whether you're chasing a PR, preparing for your next Ironman, or simply want to remain strong, healthy, and capable as you age, Find Your Edge helps you stop guessing and start training, fueling, and living with confidence.
Episodes
Is your race week nutrition plan something you've actually practiced?
New research on 27 women racing the IRONMAN World Championship found that only 26% met carbohydrate loading guidelines, even though most knew them. The women who ate more carbohydrate tended to finish faster, and higher fiber intake was linked to more GI symptoms.
In this episode, Coach Chris Newport, MS, RDN, CISSN, breaks down what the study found and why race-da...
What are you actually training for?
A faster race? A new distance? A PR?
Or are you also training for the ability to keep doing the things you love for decades to come?
This episode of the Find Your Edge Podcast is a little different because Coach Chris Newport is on the other side of the mic.
Dr. Sarah Gordon invited Chris onto her PhD Journey Unplugged podcast for a conversation about endurance sports, coaching, nutrition, motivation...
Your sweat rate isn't one number—it's a pattern.
The amount you sweat can change dramatically depending on your sport, intensity, temperature, humidity, environment, and individual physiology.
So why are we still asking, “How much should I drink per hour?” as if there's one answer that works every time?
In this episode of Find Your Edge, Coach Chris Newport breaks down how to understand your individual sweat-rate pat...
What happens when being an athlete is part of your identity...but your body can no longer race the way it used to?
You find another way.
In this episode of the Find Your Edge Podcast, Coach Chris Newport talks with longtime Humans of Steel athlete Kris Bonot about a remarkable endurance journey.
Kris started triathlon in 2013, became a successful age-group athlete and eventually competed at USA Triathlon Nationals. Then an autoimmune ...
Nausea, bloating, cramping, reflux—or the dreaded mid-race bathroom emergency? GI distress is common in endurance sports, but that doesn’t mean you have to accept it as part of training and racing.
With fall race season ramping up, we’re bringing back this practical episode of the Find Your Edge Podcast to help you understand what may be happening in your gut—and what you can do about it.
Coach Chris Newport b...
Le Tour de Femme is more than a women's bike ride.
In this episode of the Find Your Edge Podcast, Coach Chris Newport talks with Catherine Davis and Nesha Daubenspeck about the story and mission behind Le Tour de Femme—a cycling event created to both empower women to explore cycling and support women going through cancer.
Catherine's connection to the event is especially powerful: she discovered Le Tour de Femme in a breast can...
What makes a race so good that you immediately want other athletes to experience it?
On this episode of the Find Your Edge Podcast, Coach Chris Newport talks with Roadless Races founder and race director Jim Harman about his unexpected journey into race directing, beginning with an adventure race idea in 1999.
Jim shares how he got started during the early days of adventure racing and how an idea involving trekking, mountain biking, ...
What does nutrition really look like behind the scenes of professional cycling?
In this episode of the Find Your Edge Podcast, Coach Chris Newport talks with sports dietitian, former professional cyclist, and EF Pro Cycling nutritionist Kristen Arnold, MS, RDN, CSSD.
Kristen takes us inside the world of professional cycling nutrition—from morning hydration checks and chef-prepared meals to feed zones, heat protocols, gut traini...
Coach Chris sits down with Dr. Sarah Gordon, who explains the science behind lasting motivation in endurance sports—and why enjoyment, confidence, adaptability, and community help athletes stay active for life.
You’ll learn:
- What self-determination theory teaches us about motivation
- Why enjoyment may be more sustainable than chasing awards
- How community supports long-term participation
- Why athletes need to adapt rather t...
We break down gut health using simple frameworks that connect digestion, inflammation, and the gut-brain axis. We share practical self-checks and food-first habits that help you understand what your symptoms might be telling you and how to start supporting your microbiome.
• DIGIN framework for digestion, absorption, permeability, microbiota, inflammation, and the nervous system
• baking soda test basics and commo...
What happens when every race gets canceled...but athletes still want a finish line?
That's exactly how Humans of Steel Racing was born.
In this episode of the Find Your Edge Podcast, Coach Chris and Coach Carlie share the story behind Humans of Steel—from its unexpected beginnings during COVID to becoming one of North Carolina's most welcoming triathlon experiences.
They discuss:
- Why the reverse-format triathlon is perfect fo...
Most athletes sign up for a training camp hoping to become a stronger swimmer, cyclist, or runner.
But the biggest transformation usually isn't what they expect.
In this episode of the Find Your Edge Podcast, Coach Chris Newport and Coach Carlie Frost-Poirier share stories from years of coaching Ultimate Training Days and triathlon camps, where athletes consistently discover breakthroughs that extend far beyond technique.
You'll learn...
Training in the heat doesn't just feel harder—it places extra stress on your body that can impact performance, recovery, and safety.
In this replay episode of the Find Your Edge Podcast, Coach Chris Newport shares practical, science-based strategies to help endurance athletes and active individuals recognize the signs of heat stress, stay hydrated, and perform safely in hot and humid conditions.
You'll learn:
- Why heat stress...
Iron deficiency is one of the most overlooked reasons endurance athletes struggle with fatigue, poor recovery, declining performance, and brain fog.
In this episode of the Find Your Edge Podcast, Emily Qiu interviews iron researcher Dr. Cory Dugan, with Coach Chris Newport joining the discussion, to break down the latest science behind iron deficiency in endurance athletes.
You'll learn:
- Why runners and triathletes lose more...
Are oats really the superfood they're made out to be?
In this episode of the Find Your Edge Podcast, Chris Newport and dietetic intern Emily Qiu break down everything endurance athletes need to know about oats, oatmeal, beta-glucan fiber, blood sugar control, heart health, gut health, and performance nutrition.
You'll learn:
• Why oats support both performance and longevity
• What beta-glucan fiber actually does
• The difference...
Most athletes get routine blood work.
Very few understand which biomarkers truly matter for performance, recovery, and longevity.
In this episode of Find Your Edge, Coach Chris Newport and dietetic intern Emily Qiu break down the special lab values endurance athletes should know about and why they matter.
We discuss:
• CBC and CMP basics
• ApoB and cardiovascular risk
• Magnesium and athletic performance
• Vitamin B12 and MMA<...
Most athletes focus on muscles.
But what about the framework that supports them?
In this episode of Find Your Edge, Coach Chris Newport and dietetic intern Emily Qiu discuss why bone health matters for athletes of all ages.
We cover:
- bone mineral density and aging
- why bone density peaks around age 30
- DEXA scans and why they matter
- stress fractures and injury prevention
- calcium, vitamin D, protein, and magnesium
- RED-S and low energy avai...
Why do so many endurance athletes struggle with cramping, GI distress, dehydration, and race-day fueling?
Because they're asking the wrong question.
Instead of asking:
"What's the best gel?"
"What's the best electrolyte?"
"What's the best sports drink?"
Coach Chris Newport encourages athletes to ask:
"What does my body actually need?"
In this episode, you'll learn:
- why chasing products rarely works
- how sweat testing c...
Should you use gels during training and racing? Which ones are best? And why do some athletes swear by certain brands while others cannot stomach them?
In this episode of Find Your Edge, Coach Chris Newport and dietetic intern Emily Qiu break down the world of endurance gels.
We cover:
- what gels actually do
- why fueling during exercise matters
- differences between popular gel brands
- caffeine, sodium, and carb sources
- GI distress and tas...
Sleep is one of the most important recovery tools athletes have—but many endurance athletes are not getting enough.
In this episode of Find Your Edge, Coach Chris Newport talks with dietetic intern Emily Qiu about how sleep and nutrition affect athlete mental health, recovery, anxiety, depression, insomnia, inflammation, and performance.
We cover:
- why endurance athletes may need 8–10 hours of sleep
- how poor sleep affect...
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