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Nail Your Golden Recovery Window for Optimum Health and Performance
Post-workout fueling matters even more for women than men.
Low energy availability is extremely common in women athletes. A 2019 survey of 1,000 female athletes across more than 40 sports published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine estimated the risk of low energy availability in women a...
by Dr Stacy Sims â
Oct 11, 2024
recovery
Hydration is Power. Harness Yours
Women heat up sooner, sweat less, and have hormonal fluctuations that impact how we keep our cool when we crank up our efforts.Â
I have been studying hydration my entire adult life (the basis of my PhD was sex differences in hydration in the heat!), both as an athlete myself in endurance running...
by Dr Stacy Sims â
Oct 11, 2024
hydration
Sports Supplements: What Works for Women
Surprise, surprise, some ergogenic aids work differently for us than they do for the guys.
Research on female college athletes shows that more than 65 percent of them use some type of supplement at least once a month. I donât know what the percentage is among performance-minded women outside of ...
by Dr Stacy Sims â
Oct 11, 2024
supplements
Exercising While Pregnant Is Good For You and Your Baby, Too
A new study links a momâs physical activity to her offspringâs lung function.
For years, women have contacted me, fresh off a positive pregnancy test, wondering whether they need to stop working out for fear of doing harm. In fact, the opposite is true. Â
For starters, it is safe for female athl...
by Dr Stacy Sims â
Oct 11, 2024
pregnancy
Period Power
Menstruation can be a prime time for PRs. Hereâs how to go with the flow (no matter how heavy your flow).
âWhatâs the matter, you on the rag?â
âHey âladies,â are you going to get your heads in the game, or do you need some tampons?â
When I was coming up through sports, it wasnât uncommon for mal...
by Dr Stacy Sims â
Oct 11, 2024
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period
Save your Sleep
Women struggle more than men to get a good nightâs rest. Letâs fix that.
Women appear to have a predisposition to struggling with insomnia. Research meta-analysis has shown it. Surveys by the National Sleep Foundation have shown it. Up to 67 percent of women reported having trouble sleeping at l...
by Dr Stacy Sims â
Oct 11, 2024
sleep
Beat the Heat
Working with your physiology to keep your cool is more important than ever as temperatures reach new heights.
Though the temps are cool and cloudy here in the Southern Hemisphere where I live, active women working out in the Northern Hemisphere are facing scorching temps, with many places hittin...
by Dr Stacy Sims â
Oct 11, 2024
heat
Fitspiration can be the Opposite of Inspiration
Research finds viewing #fitspiration posts can harm body image and make exercise feel harder.
As a female athlete performance physiologist, I work with women of all fitness and age levels to optimize their physiology and help them feel and perform their best. I know all too well how many barrier...
by Dr Stacy Sims â
Oct 11, 2024
body image
Worried About Wetting Yourself?
Research shows incontinence is common in active women. Donât let stress incontinence keep you on the sidelines.
During a photo shoot for our upcoming book (out Spring 2022), my co-author Selene Yeager was surrounded by fierce, active women, who openly shared something they generally keep secret:...
by Dr Stacy Sims â
Oct 11, 2024
incontinence
The Contraceptive Conundrum
Is the pill blunting your training gains?
Chances are, if youâre on the pill, itâs to prevent pregnancy (or to help treat other conditions like PCOS), not to enhance your athletic performance. But Iâm guessing you donât want your contraception to be hindering your athletic performance either. We...
by Dr Stacy Sims â
Oct 11, 2024
contraception
Letâs Talk about Lived Experiences
We are more than organ systems in isolation. How we move through this world impacts our health, performance, and wellnessâa lot.
Iâve been thinking a lot about what scientists call âlived experience.â Lived experience is technically defined as âpersonal knowledge about the world gained through d...
by Dr Stacy Sims â
Oct 11, 2024
Rundown? Underperforming? Research Shows Youâre Likely Undernourished
Hereâs how to make sure youâre eating enough!
When women come to me because theyâre struggling with poor performance one of the simplest (though not always easiest) and most successful strategies I provide is getting them to eat more.
Many women athletes are chronically underfed, whether itâs be...
by Dr Stacy Sims â
Oct 11, 2024
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