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The Mental Cost of Discipline | When Fitness Stops Supporting Your Mental Health | ft. Special Guest

Mental health is becoming an increasingly visible issue, with 1 in 4 people in England experiencing a mental health problem each year, and over 30% of young people reporting self-harm or attempted self-harm. But while these statistics are often discussed, there’s a side of mental health that receives far less attention — the mental cost of discipline, consistency, and progress, especially in the fitness space. In this episode, we explore what social media doesn’t show about training, self-improvement, and pushing physical limits. While exercise is widely known to support mental health, research suggests that when training becomes rigid, identity-driven, or appearance-focused, it can contribute to stress, burnout, and emotional distress. We break down the research, share personal experiences, and are joined by a special guest to discuss pressure, comparison, overtraining, identity, and recovery — and what a healthy training mindset actually looks like long-term. This is a longer, reflective conversation — so sit back, relax, and enjoy. Baddies on bars 💜 Insta Katie’s socials 📸 Insta: @katiedoescali Band: @maidenvoyageband Stream her music here: Maiden Voyage Timestamps: 00:00 Disclaimer 00:21 Introduction 01:35 Brief run through of structure 02:05 The topic of the month - Mental Health 03:43 Why mental health? 🧠 RESEARCH & OUR PERSPECTIVES 06:06 The other side to exercise 07:09 Definition of mental well being by the World Health Organisation 08:08 A contributor to a worse mental wellbeing - Social Media 14:46 How has social media influenced how hard we train? 21:05 How does social media impact comparison? 26:55 The early signs of overtraining 29:31 Have we ever been at a point where we have been overtraining & were there signs? 35:55 Why don’t athletes try to avoid burnout? ⭐️ STAR OF THE MONTH - KATIE 40:10 Introduction 40:30 Baddies on Bars 41:38 Katie’s favourite snack 42:40 About Katie 43:33 Her fitness journey 49:12 Her current training and goals 54:41 The challenges she faced 58:01 What was the takeaway from the challenges she faced? 61:25 What helps her stay consistent? 63:23 Struggling with pressure, comparison and expectations 69:10 The impact of gymnastics 75:21 Confusing discipline with self worth 76:36 Combatting the pressure to keep going 80:34 The turning point in Katie’s life 83:00 What has recovery looked like 86:02 The egg ick 87:42 Coming back from being a vegetarian 89:42 STAR framework 91:53 Saying bye to Katie 🌱 TAKEAWAYS 92:06 What we’d tell ourselves 🔗 EXTRA RESOURCES & RESEARCH Mental health statistics (Mind): https://www.mind.org.uk/information-s... Young people & mental health (YoungMinds): https://www.youngminds.org.uk/about-u... WHO definition of mental wellbeing: https://www.who.int/teams/mental-heal... Fitspiration & body image – Fardouly et al (2015): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... Overtraining & mood disturbance (BJSM): https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/51/11/949 Exercise dependence & guilt (Szabo et al., 2025): https://link.springer.com/article/10.... Athletic identity & injury distress: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... Our Instagrams: The Podcast: @thealovaschat Arina: @alovalifts Agnessa: @nessa_pressa Latest Episodes: Episode 19 - Staying on track while travelling ✈️ YouTube:    • How To Stay On Track While Travelling (3 M...   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Hfg... Channels: YouTube:    / @thealovaschat   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2XtriQl... Thank you so much for listening, and we hope you enjoyed :)))