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Conquering Cancer with Jenn “Streaky” Roberts

Robert Sikes

• November 11th, 2022

Jenn "Streaky" Roberts entered the health and fitness space in 2010. She began with CrossFit, which turned into Olympic lifting and bodybuilding; then, she received a horrible diagnosis that changed her life overnight. Rather than seeing this as a death sentence, Jenn changed her mindset and figured out what she needed to do from a fitness and nutrition standpoint to survive and thrive.

What we talked about in this episode:

Jenn's backstory and why she got into fitness (1:29)
Overcoming her introverted nature to begin competing (3:57)
Realizing that her body performs better following a ketogenic protocol (4:59)
Leaving CrossFit, preparing for another competition, and learning of her coach's cancer diagnosis (7:23)
Her diagnosis of Stage 1 cervical cancer (8:49)
Keeping her mindset positive and determined even after being told she would need to quit bodybuilding (10:08)
Chemotherapy and radiation and having to go on hormone replacement therapy (12:30)
Her nutritional protocol as she went through cancer treatment (15:04)
Going in for surgery and being told she's actually at Stage 3 cervical cancer (18:19)
Getting lean for competing in Nationals and placing last (19:39)
Discovering my book Ketogenic Bodybuilding and basing her nutritional protocol around those suggestions (20:18)
Thriving in business and coaching during the pandemic (22:45)
How her belief that she needs to help others get through similar situations helped her overcome her thoughts of giving up (25:18)
Integrative Medicine (26:47)
Alternative treatments to radiation (30:29)
How her experience with cancer has made her appreciate things so much more (32:27)
Bizarre nutritional advice from doctors to cancer patients (39:25)
What she's doing for her body now and how her nutrition looks (44:38)
Prepping for another competition (47:25)
Spending time with her grandfather (50:43)
Maintaining and positive mindset and outlook (55:20)