How to Coach Healthy Habits to Esports Athletes

The Thorne Podcast

What unique health needs do video game players have? We talk to Team Liquid’s Tanner Curtis, aka 7Teen, and Brian Canavan, aka BSJ, who share tips for coaching the esports athlete and explain how they're challenging stereotypes of health and wellness in the gaming world.

During this episode you’ll learn about:

1. Tanner “7Teen” Curtis and Brian “BSJ” Canavan, from Team Liquid [1:12]
   • Tanner Curtis’ journey from the Air Force to coaching online gamers [1:50]
   • Brian Canavan, engineering student-turned-professional streamer [4:02]
2. The role of nutrition for esports athletes and video game players [7:33]
3. 3 pillars of a video gamer’s health: Movement, sunlight, hydration [11:35]
   • How to train gamers to listen to their bodies [13:34]
4. How to coach video games: Focus on the person, not the player [17:00]
5. Healthy habits for video game players and what supplements gamers should take [20:32]
6. Questions from the community
   • How old is too old to be a gamer? [27:11]
   • How do you separate gaming-as-hobby from gaming-as-work? [29:15]
   • Can you be healthy and be a gamer? [33:51]

Resources to topics mentioned in this episode:

• Learn more at Thorne’s partnership with Team Liquid.
• Visit Team Liquid.com or follow Team Liquid on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok.
• Connect with Tanner “7Teen” Curtis, senior performance coach for Team Liquid, on Instagram and Twitter.
• Connect with Brian “BSJ” Canavan, streamer analyst coach for Team Liquid, on Twitch, YouTube and Twitter.
• Brain Games: A Primer On Nutrition And Supplementation For Esports Athletes
• Thorne and Team Liquid Announce Partnership for Esports
• Common Hydration Mistakes You Might Be Making
• Soaking Up the Sun: Should You Supplement Vitamin D Year-Round?
• Lights Out! 5 Ways You Might Be Sabotaging Your Sleep Quality
• What is Blue Light and How Does It Affect Me?
• From the podcast archives: The Gamer's Diet, with Dietitian Casey Thomas

Products mentioned in this episode: Sleep +, Thorne Protein Powders, Vitamin D; at-home health test kits from Thorne – Vitamin D Test, Sleep Test.

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