The information on sports performance (or indeed any research) has up until recently been taken from studies made on 18-22 year old men, with women being left out as they were considered an 'anomaly' in science due to their monthly hormone cycle. The consequence of excluding women from studies means that their findings don’t fully apply to 50% of the population.
Currently there is a lot of talk on social media and in the news about how women must train and eat 'with their cycle' but what does that actually mean? How can we manipulate information designed for men to suit our physiological requirements?
For this episode we had the great pleasure of speaking with Dr Stacy Sims. Stacy is a researcher looking specifically at sex differences in training, nutrition and environmental conditions. Stacy co-authored the book 'Roar' (2016) which is filled with ways you can adjust your training to suit your individual requirements according to your cycle, and walks you through the general changes you may need to make through perimenopause and beyond. It is a fantastic introduction to this way of thinking and the only book of its kind; looking at both the cycle and its relationship to sports performance.
We squeezed our millions of questions into just under an hour, but if your curiosity has been roused check out her ted talk on YouTube.
Hosts: Shanti & Marina
Guest: Dr Stacy Sims
Podcast Editor and Music Producer: Will Grant
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