You train hard. You eat "clean." You push through fatigue because that's what dedicated athletes do. And yet the more disciplined you become, the worse you may feel: performance plateaus, recovery slows, sleep degrades, niggles turn into injuries, and a body that once felt resilient starts to behave as if it is running on empty. That is the paradox at the heart of RED-S 4 Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport.
You train hard. You eat "clean." You push through fatigue because that's what dedicated athletes do. And yet the more disciplined you become, the worse you may feel: performance plateaus, recovery slows, sleep degrades, niggles turn into injuries, and a body that once felt resilient starts to behave as if it is running on empty. That is the paradox at the heart of RED-S 4 Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport.
