Episode #12: Male Athletes & REDs, Eating Disorder Recovery, and Body Image w/ Dr. Riley Nickols

Mind Your Fitness

Riley Nickols, PhD, CEDS-S is a counseling and sport psychologist who specializes in working with athletes to address mental health and performance concerns through his practice, Mind Body Endurance (@mindbodyendurance). He is also the Senior Program Advisor with Athlete EDGE and a Scientific Advisory Board Member for EDCare. He regularly speaks to athletes, coaches, and sports medicine personnel about disordered eating and unbalanced exercise in sport. In addition to competing in endurance sports for over 20 yeras, Dr. Nickols is a running coach and a USA Triatholon coach.

In this episode, we touch on topics such as body image concerns and RED-s in male athletes, exercise and sports participation in eating disorder recovery, and anxiety in sport. Riley shares his insights on these topics, drawing from his extensive professional experience.

Riley's Affiliations:

Found at Mind Body Endurance (https://mindbodyendurance.com)

Senior Program Advisor at Athlete EDGE (@athlete_edge_at_edcare)

Scientific Advisory Board Member at EDCare (@eatingdisordercare)

Host Affiliations:

Shira Evans, MS, RD, CSSD, LD is on Instagram @ShiraEvansRD and her nutrition practice is Shira Evans Nutrition (https://shiraevansrd.com)

Lexi Moriarty, MS, RDN, CSSD is on Instagram @FueledandBalanced.Dietitian and her nutrition practice is Fueled + Balanced Nutrition (https://fueledandbalanced.com)