Bingeing and hiding it from your coach? What to say
A lot of people who binge during a prep keep it from their coach. Usually the worry isn't being judged. It's being taken off the program, or being treated as a problem instead of an athlete.
The video gives two lines. First, name the pattern instead of passing judgment on yourself: "I've eaten way past full a few nights, mostly on my lowest days." Second, ask for something concrete, like a higher calorie floor on low days or a scheduled refeed. A coach can work with a pattern and a request. A vague apology mostly gets reassurance.
Put that way, it becomes a programming question rather than a confession. There's a longer script, and what to bring to the conversation, in telling your coach or training partner you're struggling.
What's said in the video
Bingeing on your low days and keeping it from your coach?
Most people stay quiet because they are scared of getting pulled off the plan.
Name the pattern, not yourself. I've eaten way past full a few nights, mostly on my lowest days.
Then ask for something. A higher floor on low days, or a planned refeed.
Now it is a programming question, not a confession.
And for the next urge before that talk, there is the green button.
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