A brave and authentic article written by Evie Richards who shares her story about her pathway to MTB, the environment of elite sport and dealing with relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S).
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This article was written by Julia Gralki. Julia wrote to me asking if I would be open to being involved in a project she was completing as part of her studies at the Savannah College of Art and Design in the United States. Julia is a fantastic writer and has wonderful, and informative, articles on RED-S, along with other pieces relating to endurance exercise and health.
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This article discusses the debate between women tennis players and the strict rules for wearing white at Wimbledon. I have shared some of the quotes within this article, voiced by top female tennis players who have mentioned the issues or concerns relating to menstrual cycles, periods, uniforms and their personal experiences during matches...
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This title is alarming and dramatic. However, although some female athletes may have issues with their menstrual cycle, there are nutrition tools and interventions that can help alleviate symptoms. I am posting this article for general interest, as well as highlighting other areas that women in sports face e.g., the colour of sports uniforms (next blog to come!)
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“…it is important to remember that it is in fact nutrition that provides the basis of all human performance. It is perhaps no surprise, therefore, that in my conversations with leading performance directors from around the world, I often comment that nutrition should be one of the first and most important hires for anyone leading a new performance programme.”
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In this editorial, the authors discuss the challenges of using traditional statistical measures when researching athletes, especially when the population is elite and female.
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In this Current Opinion piece, the authors “share their applied experiences of working with female athletes in combination with the existing evidence-based literature.”
The purpose of the commentary was to demonstrate the impact of the day-to-day- fluctuations in menstrual cycle hormones on wellness symptoms and performance in female athletes. In addition, to raise awareness of the changes in hormone fluctuations between current menstrual cycle phases, and the importance of menstrual cycle tracking.
In this post, I will briefly summarize this article
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Since NZ professional golfer Lydia Ko talked about the impact of your menstrual cycle on her performance, many reporters are continuing to share this message.
Here are a few of articles that have emerged since Lydia Ko’s TV interview and The Conversation article…
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The Conversation: “Last weekend’s LPGA event in California will likely be remembered as much for what was said as the golf that was played. Asked about some on-course treatment she’d needed for back pain, world number three Lydia Ko replied matter-of-factly, “It’s that time of the month.”
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I’m excited to share this paper that is now available ahead of print. Get your copy now - the first 50 copies are free.
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I often get asked - what is the difference between gluten and wheat? And more specifically the difference between gluten-free vs wheat-free diets?
These two words are commonly used interchangeably, however, they are not the same…
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The market for supplements is HUGE, especially dietary sports supplements.
Why take a sports supplement? The main reason athletes tend to take a sports supplement is to improve training adaptation, recovery, and sports performance, *** e.g., protein powders, hydration mixes, creatine, sodium bicarb, nitrates etc. Working with your sports dietitian/nutritionist will help determine if these dietary supplements are needed for your training and competition goals.
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…A research piece being led by Dr Katie Schofield in Cambridge looking specifically at nutrition in female team sports…
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In a candid column as part of our Out Into the Open series on female athlete wellbeing, Olympic athlete Sarah Cowley Ross talks about her personal encounter with RED-S, and learning how to fuel her body differently.
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One of the most dreaded tests in sport was absent from AFL draft camps last month after a memo was sent to clubs announcing it was dead.
This decision is causing quite the controversy
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This article is the latest to be released that comes from my PhD research. If you don’t know already, men are also affected by low energy availability. Which is why I decided to study a (small) group of male athletes as well as female athletes.
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There’s a certain perception of how a particular athlete from a given sport should look. And elite cyclists aren’t immune to body image expectations…
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Matty Graham runs his own successful coaching business, Exponential Performance Coaching (EPC), invited me back to chat about my completed PhD. You can listen to this podcast Episode 85 on EPC website or Exponential Performance Podcast on Sound Cloud.
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Icelandic CrossFit athlete Sara Sigmundsdottir said she lost her period for two years when she first started competing in 2015.
She told Insider overtraining and under-recovering led to functional hypothalamic amenorrhea (FHA) — which can also lead to osteoporosis and resulted in her breaking a rib.
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