188. JaNay Honest: Overcoming Injuries and Doubt to Compete as an NCAA DI Gymnast

Female Athlete Nutrition

This episode of the Female Athlete Nutrition podcast is with former elite gymnast JaNay Honest. JaNay shares her gymnastics journey, overcoming multiple knee surgeries and doubt to compete at the NCAA DI level for UCLA, the best collegiate gymnastics program. We discuss JaNay’s recruiting journey, with advice to listeners about choosing the right college.

JaNay highlights UCLA’s tasty food options, as well as the nutrition support she received as a top college athlete, focusing on energy for performance, injury recovery and pain management. We discuss JaNay’s fueling approach as an elite gymnast, and how that has changed now she’s no longer training and competing at that level. JaNay and I provide listeners with tips for intuitive eating as an athlete without falling into disordered eating. JaNay talks about her transition post college to becoming a professional dancer and sports broadcaster, and how career decisions don’t have to be decided in college!

TOPIC TIMESTAMPS:

5:00 JaNay’s start in gymnastics

8:40 Overcoming doubt to walking onto UCLA’s top NCAA DI gymnastics program; college recruiting advice

17:30 UCLA’s delicious food offerings!

19:10 Sports nutrition and intuitive eating as an athlete

25:50 Fueling as a “non-athlete” after college gymnastics

33:20 Injuries and surgeries as an athlete: fueling recovery

36:30 Listening to your body; pain management

44:00 Life after college athletics as a professional dancer

49:05 Career advice; Balancing multiple jobs and different interests

54:00 Sports broadcasting and being a women in sports media

1:05:00 End of the podcast questions

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