The Run4It Podcast
Understanding RED-S, with Pippa Woolven
56m
Athletes Mentioned
In this episode, Project RED-S Founder and former Team GB athlete, Pippa Woolven, shares her experience with Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport.
Pippa describes how her downturn began during an athletics scholarship at Florida State University, where she bought into the belief system that "lighter is faster". While knowing instinctively something wasn't quite right, it took Pippa years to find out what and start on her road to recovery.
Pippa later founded Project RED-S to raise awareness of the condition and increase prevention and support among athletes. Project RED-S aims to provide the resources and help she needed (yet lacked) while she was competing.
Pippa and Project RED-S have helped a number of athletes in their recovery including former podcast guest Jake Smith.
The episode delves into:
- What REDs is: "A shortage of energy available to keep up with the demands of exercise, on top of essential daily functions."
- The symptoms and warning signs of REDs.
- What you can do if you think you are experiencing it.
- How it can affect anyone - not just elite athletes or those experiencing weight loss.
For more information, follow Project RED-S on Instagram @project_reds_.
To get in touch, email: thepod@run4it.com.
