Episode 89. Exercise Variation According to a Womans Cycle with Dr.Stacy Sims

STACY T. SIMS, MSC, PHD, is a forward-thinking international exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist who aims to revolutionize exercise nutrition and performance for women. She has directed research programs at Stanford, AUT University, and the University of Waikato, focusing on female athlete health and performance and pushing the dogma to improve research on all women.

 

Dr.Sims has a famous TEDx talk called “Women Are Not Small Men”. She has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers, several books and is a regularly featured speaker at professional and academic conferences, including those by USOC and USA Cycling.

 

Dr.Sims also has her own business (www.drstacysims.com) where she creates and delivers online learning material focused on women training with their physiology across the lifespan. She has two books: ROAR and Next Level to help women navigate exercise in this male dominant industry.

 

On this weeks episode we invite Dr.Stacy Sims. She helps us highlight the importance of looking at women differently than men, knowing their unique body and physiology so we don’t compare. All care needs to be individualized even amongst women. Stacy shares what it means to be a female athlete in a male dominated industry and what changes she did after learning more about women’s health.

 

We also go over:

- Training according to the menstrual cycle

- How to support women under different birth control methods

- The role hormones play on our type of exercises

- Using HRV (Heart Rate Variability) as an indicator for recovery

- Nutrition changes during each phase of the cycle

- The importance of having enough protein specially on the luteal phase

- How to adapt your diet while being plant based

 

Tune in to learn how you can support your body best according to your menstrual cycle and all the intricacies of being a women vs a men in the world of exercise.

 

Check her out her resources and courses at: https://www.drstacysims.com/

https://www.instagram.com/drstacysims/

https://www.facebook.com/drstacysims

 

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