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Holding It All Together

I’ll be honest: more than once this week I’ve woken up and it’s taken me a moment to work out which city I’m in. Highlights of the last few weeks include speaking at The Epicenter in Portland, Oregon, for the Women’s Global Sports Summit; a quick trip across the Pond for the Wellness Oasis in L...

by Dr. Stacy Sims — Oct 02, 2026 nutrition recovery sleep strength training

Puberty Isn’t A Plateau, It’s a Rebuild

Think back to when you were 12 or 13. Did you get slower? Clumsier? Was there a season where you stopped enjoying sport and nobody could tell you why? For most of us, that dip was never explained. We were told we’d lost interest, or that we needed to try harder; some of us quit entirely. It too...

by Dr. Stacy Sims — Sep 17, 2026 carbohydrates coaching fueling hormones lea menstrual cycle nutrition protein recipes recovery roar training

How to Think Like an Athlete

I was giving a keynote earlier this year to a room full of active women, and asked them to raise their hand if they considered themselves an athlete. I’d say maybe less than a quarter of hands went up. The rest looked around, unsure. The scientist in me had been curious about this for a while, ...

by Dr. Stacy Sims — Jul 22, 2026 fueling hiit intensity longevity recovery sleep training

HIIT for the Holidays: Why Short Bursts of Intensity Are a Gift to Your Brain

The holiday season can be a mixed bag: joyful, busy, fun, overwhelming, energizing, and exhausting—often all on the same day. If you’re an active woman trying to stay consistent with exercise while also juggling family, travel, social commitments, and extra mental load, you’re not alone. And yo...

by Dr. Stacy Sims — Nov 17, 2025 anxious hiit intensity recovery training

Cold Plunging for Women: Why Colder Isn’t Always Better

Cold plunging has exploded in popularity, with everyone from elite athletes to wellness influencers posting their ice bath rituals. But long before it hit social media, cold-water immersion was a Nordic tradition—often paired with saunas—as a way to build resilience, reset the mind, and connect...

by Dr. Stacy Sims — Nov 05, 2025 cold cortisol hormones recovery training

How to Beat Jet Lag

Whether you’re crossing time zones or working shift work, circadian rhythm disruption takes a toll, and is worse for women. Here’s what to know. Anyone who’s been in an airport lately knows that travel is back. Airports and planes are packed as people take long overdue vacations, head to destina...

by Dr Stacy Sims — Oct 13, 2024 jetlag recovery sleep

Female-Specific Strategies to Train and Compete in the Heat

Race day temperatures are rising. Here’s what active women need to know. As I write this, race season is underway in the Northern Hemisphere and temperatures are climbing as much as 20 degrees above average across a large swath of the U.S. As sweltering weather becomes the norm, it’s increasingl...

by Dr Stacy Sims — Oct 13, 2024 cold heat hydration recovery

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 — Oct 11, 2024 recovery

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