Sara welcomes Dr. Emma Ross to the Women’s Performance Podcast. Dr. Ross is an exercise physiologist and the Head of Physiology at the English Institute for Sport where she leads a team of sports scientists in their support of British Olympic and Paralympic athletes. 

Through her leadership, Great Britain was described as a “sporting superpower” after the 2016 Rio games, winning more medals than ever before.

Dr. Ross is also a founder of The Well HQ, helping female athletes thrive in health, sport, and life through their online resources, courses, and debut book, The Female Body Bible.

Yes, female athlete research has improved in the last few years, but Dr. Ross continues to push the envelope on how she can increase education and knowledge of this latest research to help coaches, trainers, parents, and athletes take agency for their health and put the research into action.  

Today, she and Sara discuss:

-Their takeaways from the recent Female Athlete Conference

-The intersection and individuality of your menstrual cycle on exercise performance

-What we do know about the role of estrogen and progesterone in the cycles and how this may affect performance

-Hormonal contraception and its potential impacts on athletic performance

-Making informed decisions about your body

-How best to educate female athletes on new research, along with getting this knowledge into the hands of coaches, trainers, and parents

-Creating performance gains from a foundation of health - good sleep, nutrition, proper fueling, and stress management

-The recent release of the Female Body Bible book - what response and impact has it had?

-What’s surprising Dr. Ross in the world of female research these days?

-Why women are often seen as "fragile" to researchers

As she notes, “The fragility is not your body. The female body is AMAZING. The fragility is in the system which has completely overlooked the fact that you need to know about sports bras, menstrual cycles, and pelvic health. It’s important to celebrate the female body and we do that by understanding it better."

The Female Body Bible

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