The Shift Method Podcast

Ep.13: Personal Training, Velocity Training, & The Menstrual Cycle W/ Becky Cerminaro


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Becky Cerminaro is a graduate student and personal trainer at FAU. She is studying exercise physiology as a Master's student, and has been working in the Muscle Physiology Lab at FAU for a couple of years. Within the lab, Becky works with a diverse amount of populations - ranging from trained and untrained general population, to cancer patients. Her thesis project is looking at two autoregulation tools used in conjunction with each other in order to prescribe training volume for everyday lifters. This fall, she will be going on to continue my education to work on my PhD at University of North Carolina at Greensboro to specifically study the menstrual cycle and endocrine system. In doing so, Becky hopes to add to the research within this field to better assist women with training. Alongside that, she also has a passion for nutrition, cooking, and food in general!   

Time Stamps:

  • Intro: 0:00:00
  • Fitness Background: 0:01:30
  • Group Fitness: 0:17:38
  • Static Stretching: 0:19:10
  • Women and Resistance Training: 0:29:07
  • FAU Muscle Lab:0:41:42
  • Velocity Training: 0:46:13
  • The menstrual Cycle and Resistance Training: 1:02:31
  • Birth control & Resistance Training: 1:18:20
  • Outro: 1:35:30
  • Citations:

    • Zourdos et al. 2016 - Repetitions in Reserve study
    • Carmichael et al. 2021 - Perceived vs. Objective performance with the menstrual cycle
    • Roberts et al. 2020 - Sex differences in resistance training review
    • Elliott-Sale et al. 2020 - Oral contraceptives on exercise performance
    • McNulty et al. 2020 - Menstrual cycle phase on exercise performance
    • Where to find Becky...

      • Instagram: @fittie_or_foodie
      • Coach Damien

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        • Website: theshiftmethod.org
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