Stop Training Like A Man! The Science on Working With Your Hormones for Extraordinary Results with Dr Stacy Sims
High Performance Health
Optimizing Performance Around the Menstrual Cycle
This chapter explores the crossover point for optimizing performance based on the menstrual cycle and discusses the various changes and adaptations that occur in women's bodies during different stages, including perimenopause. It emphasizes the importance of adjusting training and prioritizing recovery to work with hormonal changes and prepares for menopause.
Angela is joined by Dr. Stacy Sims, who discusses the updated science and recommendations for women's health and fitness, specifically focusing on the menstrual cycle, perimenopause, and postmenopause.
She highlights the importance of adapting exercise and training strategies to accommodate the changes in hormone levels and body composition during these stages. Dr. Stacy Sims emphasises the need for a personalized approach, taking into account individual experiences and tracking of the menstrual cycle. She also discusses the benefits of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and sprint interval training (SIT) for women, as well as the importance of resistance training
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Hormone therapy, also known as menopause hormone therapy, is a tool that can help mitigate symptoms of menopause, such as mood swings, sleep issues, and vasomotor symptoms.
- However, it does not replace the need for lifestyle changes to improve body composition and overall health.
- Women in perimenopause and postmenopause should focus on high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and sprint interval training (SIT) to stimulate glycolytic activity and enhance mitochondrial health.
- This type of training can be done through various exercises, such as running, cycling, rowing, or plyometric movements.
- Resistance training, particularly power-based exercises like deadlifts, squats, and shoulder presses, should be a consistent part of a woman's exercise routine.
- Periodizing resistance training can help target specific muscle groups and prevent boredom.
- Supplements like black currant juice concentrate, tart cherry juice, creatine, omega-3s, and vitamin D can be beneficial for women's health.
BEST MOMENTS
"We have to look at getting some more oxidative capacity. So that's when zone two might come in handy.”
"So when we're looking at mitochondria and function, that is all about that high-intensity glycolytic stuff that we're women don't have a lot of so then it causes an up regulation of the Transport mechanisms."
"We have two weeks of focus training and then one week of full recovery. And in that recovery week, this is your mobility.”
"If you're doing two weeks on one week off, or you're doing three weeks on one week off or whatever it is, you have a six week focus of maybe deadlift or all posterior chain."
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ABOUT THE GUEST
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.
With the unique opportunities, Silicon Valley has to offer, during her tenure at Stanford, she had the opportunity to translate earlier research into consumer products and a science-based layperson's book (ROAR) written to explain sex differences in training and nutrition across the lifespan. Both the consumer products and the book challenged the existing dogma for women in exercise, nutrition, and health. This paradigm shift is the focus of her famous "Women Are Not Small Men” TEDx talk.
ABOUT THE HOST
Angela Foster is an award winning Nutritionist, Health & Performance Coach, Speaker and Host of the High Performance Health podcast. A former Corporate lawyer turned industry leader in biohacking and health optimisation for women, Angela has been featured in various media including Huff Post, Runners world, The Health Optimisation Summit, BrainTap, The Women’s Biohacking Conference, Livestrong & Natural Health Magazine.
Angela is the creator of BioSyncing®️ a blueprint for ambitious entrepreneurial women to biohack their health so they can 10X how they show up in their business and their family without burning out. Angela’s BioSyncing®️ Blueprint is currently closed. Click here to get on the waitlist.
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