I was born in the early 1950s, got my 1st period at age 12 the summer after 6th grade. My father, a physician, had given me a book on the facts of life, a gift from my grandfather (a physician) for my 11th birthday. The title "The Facts of Life". I truly appreciated this gift although the book read more like a medical textbook than anything applicable to getting my 1st period. It showed the biomedical mechanics of the male and female reproductive systems, mentioning the menstrual cycle and how a baby forms. Zero guidance on how it feels to get your period or how to reckon with it. My mother never prepared me for what to expect or do until I actually told her I'd gotten mine and asked what to do. She offered me a sanitary belt and pads with little explanation. It felt like something shrouded in shame. Since my mother used pads, it was all she knew. And she had nothing further to add, no pep talk or silver lining. Later, I was at my friend Kerry's house when I got my next period. I felt so embarrassed to ask her if she had a spare pad. She said no, she used tampons and asked if I wanted to try it. I didn't have any details at all about tampons except magazine ads showing a nondescript box. Then Kerry got her mom who explained everything in detail in the most open, kind manner without a hint of embarrassment. She answered my many questions. She even told me that light physical activity like walking helped calm cramps and strong emotions. Her explanations were golden and so helpful. I was so grateful because it dispelled a lot of my concerns about what is normal. When I left Kerry's house, I was wearing a tampon and had extras to figure out if they were for me. I told my mom about the whole experience when I got home. All the questions and concerns I'd had and the answers given. I wanted her to know how this advice helped me. I knew more about tampons than she did. When I realized this, it gave me compassion for her, a 37-year old school teacher who didn't know much about such things even after 17 years of marriage and giving birth. This is when I began to truly understand how repressed many of the so-called Silent Generation were (my parents born after WW1 during the Depression). They were too afraid to even ask questions. I can only imagine why that silence existed.
Sadly it has been like that for many women. I imagine pads and even tampons have been invented by men. Pads made me feel incontinent, like wearing diapers. Tampons dehydrate and thus can easily cause headaches. Since I started using a menstrual cup, live has been so much easier. I can do everything, even swim, go on holiday or to festivals without ever worrying about leaking, toilet bins or packing materials to refresh. It's still a topic people don't often talk about, but I found this change to be lifechanging. What if we handed out cups to poor women around the world. 9% of all waste is diapers. We could do so much better for ourselves.
Women are not "difficult to study"...we make up half of the population and this is just the way we are. Thank you Dr. Sims for your work and for being a force of change!
If you think about it, it will in fact be more difficult to study women because of the cycles. It looks like our needs differ depending on where we are in the cycle, whereas men have the same needs constantly Because we need to take into account our needs as a function of the cycle, this will be more 'difficult' to study. But of course thats not a reason not to study it! We need way more health studies on women.
*I've worked as an EMT and it's disturbing how little research there is on women's specific medical complications too, for example, the differing symptoms during cardiac events.*
@@ADerpyReality why do you say that? I've worked in traditional Aboriginal communities in Australia and they talk about PMS (they don't use the same words but it's the same symptoms) I know people in Asia and Africa who talk about it too.
@Markfield Park most medical research is done exclusively on men, even at earlier stages even "mouse modelling" is done on male mice.... A lot of research that is classified as being for women is in obstetrics and is about securing better infant rather than maternal outcomes... So it really isn't about the women themselves....
I really, really wish the medical community would listen to this. Did you know they didn't even test the pill on women before releasing it? Because the hormones would get in the way. A RUclips doctor even said women's medical issues aren't taken seriously because of the way women talk, and that WE need to fix this, not doctors needing to listen to their patients.
@@birgittabirgersdatter8082 it is not normalized among vegans, women lose their period because they eat too little no matter diet and lifestyle. Stop spreading lies.
@@littleDainolf there are actually a lot of vegan youtubers who think that the period is just detox and when you dont have it anymore you are "clean". I think freelee started that bs a few years ago, but I've seen it in other videos as well...
This is a much broader problem in science. Most studies are conducted with men only to avoid irregularities, even though often those irregularities could be important for what is being studied.
Considering women with periods are not an "irregularity" they should not be controlled out. If they're concerned about how it effects the data they should just track the cycle so they can manipulate the data with controls the same way they do for other variables.
The fact that women and men have different physiology seems intuitive to me. I am genuinely shocked that acknowledging women have periods and training should be adjusted to accommodate them is breaking new science.
Not just training- women aren't getting the correct medical attention. Medicine is tested on men. There are certain drugs that are based on weight, and women will literally be given the "small man" dosage.
@@MissMiserize I will add to this - there have been some tries to make a male birth control pill. EVERY TIME it gets cancelled due to it causing the same issues that the female equivalent ROUTINELY does
I had a pulmonary embolism several years ago. A male doctor gave me a 30 minute speech about what to expect when taking blood thinners, yet failed to say anything about how being on blood thinners would affect the fact that I bleed every month. It was weird and unsettling.
This is the reason why I want to study women’s health. People always say what is there to study about women. I say EVERYTHING if you look at almost all general case studies and scientific research regarding the human mind and body a mass majority of the research is going to have been originally based on men or entirely based on men and equally applied to women with little to no adjustment. I don’t understand how scientists and physicians can deny the fact that the biological differences mean something and thus affect us different. Down to our genetic makeup we are different and we should have the same studies done to make up for those differences. Not to mention the studies that pertain only to women that still haven’t been done. We have so many questions that people either ignore, give simple solutions and brush off, or often we are given the answers based off a mans study and wonder why our result is not what was expected.
Couldn't agree more. A good example is the fact that many chronic illnesses (like chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia), and many autoimmune issues, affect more women than men... yet somehow, virtually nobody has investigated why this is, or how women's hormones are likely affecting these health issues. It's ridiculous!
@ name one study about women in physical science. It's pretty much across the medical board that women are treated as small hormonal men, and men are used for women's product studies all the time due to how supposedly we are too complicated to study. One of the reasons we're to complicated to study almost entirely comes from medical boards across the platform say "why study women when there's so much we don't know about men?" There's even medical studies about uterine cancer that's treated on men. Who've never had or never will have the organ that is the uterus. Nobody was saying women weren't as strong or as equal they're saying they're different, and shouldn't be expected to take the same medical advise as men and consider it the same quality of care because the same things were applied.
@google owns you Well you're right that they're not focused on much, but even within the research that's been done so far, the role of hormones, especially in women, has been almost entirely overlooked. I've only seen one stud that came out recently that tried to factor it in, even though women make up a really large chunk of people with the illness. That's what I mean to say.
This was perfectly said. Women are women. My wife has been through the same thing that I think most wives have been through. Their husband can lose weight easier and it discourages her. We need more information like this so she can do what her body is supposed to do.
100%! I worked out with a guy, who gained tons of muscle.. I ate healthier, ate what I “needed” to gain muscle and it was so much slower gains. Like :( Hormones are very much the difference between our bodies.
"Women are not small men" women are women, we have cycles, early in our cycle we can work hard, later in our cycle we need to rest more. We need to work with our bodies not against them!
We are so disconnected from our cycles and even worse, have no respect for them. In the some cultures, periods are celebrated and sacred. They dont try to ignore that something is happening. They dont try to numb and fight through it. They look at what is going on, see what needs to change to make it less painful(healthwise), they slow down and rest when it's appropriate. We need to respect our bodies! Something I am teaching my children.
@Loki Nebula someones appearance doesn't change how smart they are or how qualified they are. rather listen to someone who went to school, got a PhD on the topic they are talking about than some random dude who cares so much about appearance. everything you said about her appearance is subjective
@Loki Nebula don't know why everyone is on your case,,, she does look like a man... large brow ridge, wide shoulders, broad and flat chest, no waistline, narrow hips... that's a masculine body type I didn't notice you saying it bothered you either, just made an observation, subjective maybe, but it fits what most people define as a masculine body type. So she's explaining why women don't typically look masculine EVEN when training... and blaming it on gender bias(?), as in this is how a female body works differently than a male body
Laura ball is right because all she was saying is common sense if we wanna look at it technically. She’s not just saying wamon wamon wamon, she’s saying that men and women are different, which is something that radical left people wouldn’t necessarily agree with. So she’s more on the side that y’all idiots are claiming to be on...
If only this was concerning just sport and nutrition... almost all medical and psychological studies are done with the subjects being only men or men and women who are on hormonal contraceptives. Meaning the results are applicable to men and women who take hormonal contraceptives. Why? Scientists want to avoid fluctuation to get clean results. The only problem is, that there IS fluctuation within the menstrual cycle and we HAVE to take it into consideration if we want to treat or analyse women.
This is so needed. Women are made to feel inadequate in so many ways and forced to ignore the ebb and flow of our cycles (which is our greatest connection to nature). This essentially cuts us off from the wisdom and intuition that is our birth right. Not to mention how we beat ourselves up for not having one of those bodies that snaps back into shape after childbirth.
Judge Judy once said " You can choose to be defined by others or you can choose to define yourself". I dont know how you've been made to feel inadequate because you're a woman however, I suggest you ignore the influeneces which lead to those negative feelings.
@@MrSmokingpope It's not that easy, though. We're social animals. We are much healthier mentally and emotionally when we have the approval and acceptance of our chosen in groups. When we don't have those, it's very distressing and for some people it can lead to self-destructive behaviors. There is enormous pressure on individuals to conform to group norms. Telling people to ignore the social conditioning they experience from birth doesn't really address the issue: the social conditioning itself is harmful. That's the problem that needs to be addressed here: the narrative that female athletes should eat and train like male athletes and that interrupting their menstrual cycles is just the price female athletes have to pay for high performance.
Yesss! Agreed! Literally have been dealing with this problem, trying to lose weight and it seems like each time I cut back on calories I lose my period (or there was that really fun time I have 3 in one month) and become really weak, fog brained, and irritable. My husband kept trying to convince me to do intermittent fasting to lose weight, and then I found some info that this type of fasting is not as effective with women and can even be harmful and cause infertility. There's so little info out there about it, I kept trying to do it and was probably just making myself sicker and more frustrated that I was left worse than I started off.
A week before my period my body gets really hot. So when I'm working out. I find myself over heating much faster. So I have to slow down and my husband is like catch up. And I'm like I can't😥.
Same. I will actually wake up in the middle of the night sweating in the air conditioner! And low carb at that time of month will make me feel like I am literally on my death bed.
If you knew anything about women working out, you would skip the gyms! That's right women are not men, so stop gyming like you all are! It impacts on a woman's fertility and joints and cartridge later in life, good luck with them future knee replacements in your 50s. . Seems a world away to a misinformed 20 something, 30 something, 40 something The maker of Nike the brand, cattle like to Don, died because of his keep fit fad. Bodies are not made to be put through the grinder, like Hitlers wet dream of an arian superfit race, would have had us believe. The damage you and millions of other women are doing is detrimental and forever, good luck!
clicked to see if I should tease Trans Rights Activists with it. those have people in their ranks that want schools to teach about transwoman periods(yes, women, not let transboys and men know it's ok to have a period)
My Husband and I have been training for years... after about 15 years of trying different things, I found I need to eat, and eat well, carbs as well... Weight training and cardio evenly help me. Just after ovulation I get extra hungry for carbs, and I found that by adding some rice to my protein and veges helps me through a good workout. I find my best time for exercise is the week of my period. The worst is after ovulation and is kind of continues until I get my period. My husband never seems to fluctuate, and I get that. I understand my needs, and I use it to my advantage when I can.
Coaches who work with female athletes should be required to learn this information, especially in the NCAA collegiate system. It's been so gratifying to help the current generation of female athletes navigate their menstrual cycles through training with information in Dr. Sims book ROAR. Very excited for the updated research she will be releasing
Even in feminine sports like ballet losing your period is a sign of good sportmanship so we can all agree that it's not just the obese white males giving us a hard time, there's a cycle of toxic femininity and ignoring our body's basic functions to be addressed as well
A lot of people genuinely don't know, so they perpetuate a myth out of ignorance, not toxicity. As she pointed out, there is very limited research done on female athletes.
@jord heinz Why would self identify as a man? I am a grandmother and totally female. And further more, I don't trust the AMA or Big Pharma. I hope poking fun at me has brought you joy. May you come back as a female in a male dominated world.
I have learned more about women in the last 13 minutes and 45 seconds than i have in the last 40 years. We need to put a Stacy Sims in every school, not just for the kids but for the teachers to learn from too.
@@iamthat7351Trans men are bio female. What you meant is trans women and they are such a small population, and even smaller in sports, that it isn’t a point of worry.
I remember an anatomy class in med school 8 years ago: the high expert (male) teacher was explaining the trajectory of some muscle and suddenly said "there's an anomaly to this because in women this muscle..." So apparently all women having a variation from male anatomy was an "anomaly"... 🤦
@@MaestroCipher He was explaining the trajectory of a muscle: from x bone to y bone, over z muscle and whatever. Then he said "there's an anomaly to this trajectory. In women (as in ALL women) this muscle divides in two and attaches to 2 different points in the bone..."
@@woodenkat8971: No...they're too busy denying any differences at all. Did you know, that according to a Democrat presidential candidate...trans women need access to abortions!?!
There's also variation between women. And I wouldn't have a problem talking about difference if the follow on comment from many wasn't "yeah and that's why women aren't as good". It's extremely annoying.
Boy, this is Truth! I'm 61, I have always acknowledged my periods, and eaten good healthy meals. Now I do strength training and high intensity 60 min workouts a couple times per week, I add pilates, stretching and 30 min cardio after a high protein lunch on 4 other days. I get plenty of rest. I'm strong and have good balance. I've dropped 15 kilos in the past 2 years so I wear the same size 8 as in my 20s. But I think my waist is smaller now because of the standing ab work! 😊 Thank you for researching women's workouts and talking about it.🎉
White Wild why are you the way that you are? are you lonely? do you feel like the world has let you down? i’m guessing you have never known love. best of luck in overcoming your mental impediments, sad and small stranger
@@christinawoosley2802 WW is clearly a misogynist, as evidenced by his view of women. That "keep her in the kitchen" mentality has thankfully faded for the most part over the past half century, though not without consequence. I will tread lightly here as there may be room for misinterpretation, and there are always counter arguments. The aging population of western countries is a direct result of empowered women. That is not to say that women should not have the ability to choose their own path, but someone needs to be caregiver. (Stay at home dad? Yes please.) Do we not have an obligation to procreate? Seems rather selfish to think otherwise. Family structure is almost absent these days. Two parent(gender irrelevant) households are necessary to teach young children how to treat one another. There are benefits to having both male and female role models, but that's another conversation entirely, and aunt/uncle/grandparents are viable substitutes in non-traditional households. Now that I've given a brief overview of how I feel on the subject in that long winded unrequested paragraph(feels good to vent sometimes), I'd like to address you directly. Is there any benefit to knocking someone down the way you did? Though you were quite polite in the most passive aggressive way possible, you took time out of your day to insult a stranger that hadn't addressed you at all. It seems as though you are implying that this person is potentially an incel of some sort. Even if that were the case, how would insulting him help at all? Isn't it possible that a few kind words could potentially change his opinion of women? Not likely, but something to think about. Why are you the way YOU are?
Having a 7 yr old girl has giving me a goal of the next four years to make sure I know everything I can about periods and sport ect so I can empower my children to make the right choices for them! Thank you Dr Stacy Sims, as a PT in training I will hopefully be specialising in women's training, specifically post natal but essentially all women! Thank you for bringing this to light!
Thank you for bringing up peri and post menopause. I am getting there and have completely lost the plot on diet and exercise. Things that had worked for me for decades do NOT work for me in the slightest and I’m fatigued, bloated, easily injured and gaining weight. I hate it so much after being a very fit person my whole life.
Louder for the folks in the back! Your book is the go-to resource for the women's triathlon team I coach. Thank you for all you do to move the needle in understanding the amazing puzzle of the female athlete!
I feel overwhelmingly grateful that I've never really experienced shaming about my period. It was a very accepted thing in my childhood household, my guy friends didn't seem bothered or unsympathetic, my dad was accepting and kind... My mom was a nutritionist and personal trainer but also a big believer in taking cues from your body. So all athletic endeavors would be tweaked according to whatever variables we were dealing with that day. I'm glad there is more concrete knowledge of women's physiology being researched.
I have never had anyone shame me either. It might contribute to why I'm embarrassingly open about it. Like, if I have horrible cramps I am more than happy to ask anyone for panadol, and if they ask why I'll honestly tell them. I'm never ashamed to go to the counter to buy any products. And the one time I ordered them online with other groceries I also bought chocolate and they got delivered together in a little bag, so I think people are more understanding than we think.
First of all, I didn't feel like this was a 13 minutes talk at all! She knows how to speak and everything she says is so interesting that I could listen to her for hours. Second, I would like to thank Stacy Sims for this talk because I have never thought about most of what she talked about. I always wanted to ignore periods and act like women don't have them. I was wrong. We need to talk about them and take them into consideration when planning out our lives, our exercising routine, our nutrition... Thank you again.
Thank you for not giving up on researching women and our uniqueness despite so many telling you that you were essentially crazy for even considering this line of research.
I've always wondered about why I followed the same routines as men but they never worked for me. I decided that I would just follow what my body wants but still this video is extremely informative. I used to play volleyball for a few years and after that I switched to swimming but as I started to go into puberty I gave up. I love being active but I don't feel good at all times.
weights are the key to muscle for women and actually upping the calories and not avoiding healthy fats. look at female powerlifters they can be very curvy but with flat abs. as a gym instructor i would actually say most women do way too much cardio when it should be more like an hour of weights and like 15-25mins cardio. i had my fiance trying to lose weight so i actually told her to not cut her calories and even eat more but just train weights 4 days a week. no cardio at first then add it in bit by bit to get to a stable bodyfat that is good for hormones not bad. the best way to train is upper body then lower 2x a week with a good routine slowly increasing strength.
@@djsubliminalreeve Jesus, at least one guy gets it. My husband keeps trying to tell me I should do all the same stuff as him to lose weight and then acts like I'm doing it wrong is why it's not working for me. We went long distance a little under a year, and I lost 20 lbs, and now we're living together and he's keeping buckets of sugary foods all over the house and I've gained all the weight back and steadily gaining more... and he keeps telling me I need to do intermittent fasting, and I lose my cycle (i know sry, tmi) which is like.. a sign of starvation! Anyway, I am just going to ignore him and do my own thing, now.
It's amazing that when my wife & I saw that doing identical things wasn't working for her. We decided do try changing it for what works for her. Low and behold, what works for me doesn't for her.
I wish my husband would give me the benefit of the doubt. He keeps telling me I should try intermittent fasting to lose weight, and I've gained more weight, lost my period or had 3 in one month, have horrible mood swings, fainting, etc. He just says I need to stick with it longer, and apparently at the expense of being able to have children !
@@miamazingness I don't know what your intermittent fasting consists of but mine is more of an eating window. First I did a seven day egg fast. Eggs any cooked any way for 7 days.w/cheese for fats. About 4-6 per day, 1 time. After that my intermittent fasting is 2 meals between 3-8 pm ( mostly veggies & meat or maybe subway) & as close as a gallon of water per day. Including 32-64oz of that first thing in the morning & coffee( blk) or tea. Egg fast 10 lbs. Intermittent 20lbs more gone. Carbonated water helps fill u up also...pellegrino
@@ronaldk.wileyjr.5476 Yeah, I was alternating between different length eating windows. I've heard of some women having luck with it, but in the morning if I don't eat pretty soon after I'm feeling the hunger pangs I will get nauseous and actually vomit green stuff (HAHA fun stuff, tmi). But my mom only eats one meal a day, so it could also just be an individual thing.
This is important information for all men with girlfriends, wives and daughters to know to help ensure they are the healthiest they can be a family members.
It was my first thought, I was honestly surprised it wasn't mentioned until so far in. I can't work out on the first day of my period (although already struggling to maintain iron makes everything harder too).
The least talked about difference between men and women, and yet it is the MOST significant. Thank you for bringing awareness to women and the scary word... period. 🙏🏼
This woman is inspirational. The information she gives has really opened my eyes. Its about time women were seen for who they are in sport and science.
@@sourabhs14 If you want equality will all have to be androgynous clones. Step one, we as a societee need to stop seeing the difference between men and women as a competition and simply acknowlege it as the reality of genetic predisposition.
Damn, I for real always thought that women just had harder times losing weight cuz of biology, thats just how we are. 😥 thank you for schooling me and reminding me that women need more research done on them in general. And I'm glad its all happening now too, so major pluses there :)
Totally amazing, a revolution has begun. This woman is the first (I know of) that has brought this incredible info into the world! Thank you so much! You have changed many female lives and will change 1000s more!
Dr Sims is a pocket rocket of knowledge. She has a rare gift of being able to transfer scientific studies and physiological concepts to accessible, everyday application. This TED talk with only whet your appetite for learning more. As a woman and a mum of two girls, I’m so grateful for the info that Dr Sims conveys that has been a game changer for me and will influence my kids. Women everywhere- athlete or not-can benefit from Dr Sims’ knowledge and insights.
@@amandasmith1198 As far as where kids are getting there ideas of how to act and the sheer numbers of porn...i didn't know. But I'm 39 so we learned the old school way.
@@amandasmith1198 - I think many of us recognize that men and women are physiologically different, though pop culture insist the differences are merely cultural. A case of politics overwriting science.
Skizilla ya I think liberals want to blur the lines or sum, actually in fact I don’t think anyone considers women as lesser men😂 that’s just a fake target
@@daytonfoster5565 Maybe not as lesser men, but lesser people for sure. I've met many conservative men who on one hand said that the differences between men and women are super important, but on the other they laughed at women's nature like their different characteristics are not that good after all. It brings a lot of mixed signals. That's why I like to stand in the middle bc I'm tired of both sides, conservatives and liberals. They both tend to jump into extremes sadly.
Joker Right? I like old school feminism because I think women should be treated with the same respect as men. But women cannot do everything a man can and vice versa. We are not men. We menstruate, give birth, have differently wired brains, etc. New wave feminists just don't get it
@@Itsmeyourdad666 Agreed. I call good, old fashioned feminism equalism because of how toxic new wave feminists are. We are equal but different and there's nothing wrong with our differences.
Bravo! This all makes so much sense after listening to Stacy, but I've never thought about it until then. Just ordered her book - can't wait to read it and start training and fueling the best way for a woman!
This is truly eye opening for me. I'm 50 years old and have always been active. I can't believe I didn't understand this before.... it's like a light bulb went on in my head!
Menstrual health is important, and it should not be ignored! After years of problems, I finally got to see a doctor about my debilitating pain, and now I have an answer. I received the news yesterday. It's not exactly good news, but at least I know what's happening to me.
Dr. Sims is such a tremendous asset to female athletes. I have been adding her protocols to my training and am seeing positive impacts in body composition, recovery and fitness. Women are NOT small men.
Incredible talk. As a young female athlete, this all resonates with me, especially as I am on the journey of getting back to optimal health. Too much training, without understanding the consequences, I really want to be able to help prevent other women from experiencing this too. We are different! And there are a lot of factors to consider for the female athlete. So, thanks for your work and I will keep learning from you!
Being a personal trainer and specializing in women’s health... she is one of the best to follow. Women need to realize and own that they are different then train and feed their bodies accordingly. Love this movement!
This talk and the book Roar are starting to change my life in terms of training, and how much my menstrual cycle impacts my life. It doesn't have to be a burden or something to dred every month! So grateful for the work Dr Stacey Sims is doing and I can't wait to learn more!
I agree that women should find their own way in sports. Women are not men.... Women should not "aspire" to become men. So, I guess she is right... they should have a different path in sports.
@@HumanimalChannel Yes I agree, thats a mockery of sports women. Only mentally unstable people can do such a thing, to transition to become "women" while still practicing a sport, they will get payed for... like it or not that's a double incentive. This community proves that it doesnt want just to be accepted by society, as they and many others claimed for decades. The more you give them, the more they demand, and they probably wont be satisfied until majorities bow down to their way of life, and majorities change their own lives for all kind of micro minorities...
@@L2Xenta If You actually wanted to know what the Trans community wants, you might have found out that that was a highly controversial topic in the trans community. A LOT of trans people think that trans women should not be allowed to enter sports. The most well reaserched sources I found say that whether or not there is an advantage for trans women depends on the type of sport. But leaving this aside, how is it mentally unstable to want to pursue your dreams of excelling in a sport, despite being trans? Sure, it might be unfair, but it is understandable. I am curious if you would call Maria Sharapova mentally unstable because she took an unfair advantage by doping ON PURPOSE.
@@cassif19 What I think, to be blunt and honest. Is that trans people should find ways to cope with living in the body nature gave them. Rather than mutilating themselves in pursuit of challenging nature itself. That being said... Yes I do think that people like Sharapova, or Lance Armstrong are sociopaths. Well sure Im not a judge over others, but this doesnt mean that majority population has to adapt to live according to rules imposed by tiny minorities, of any type.
@@L2Xenta so true Adrian and in fact, I don't know the term for it...but we DO not end up with equality but a playing field, so to speak, where certain minorities have MORE rights and privileges than do others.
The time is NOW. No more can I sit and listen to you beg me to pull food away, put your hand up to suffer to see a lower number on the scales, ignore the fact that your period is irregular, painful, and inconvenient, see your performance decline as your weight disappears, agree to a meal plan that makes you feel less anxious, or tell you your skinfolds are not in "the excellent range" against a population standard. Every one of my female athletes and clients need to watch this because the sooner you realise women are NOT small men, the sooner we become STRONG WOMEN and in the words of Maya Angelou "Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women." Thankyou Dr. Stacy Sims for jumping up and down! This is how I practice, so be prepared when you enter my clinic I am 100% focused on the science of nutrition to help you as a FEMALE who is individual, powerful, trainable, and able to work synergistically with her body's gifts to unlock your most secret weapon you have had all along. A must see for everyone!!!
This definitely resonates. If only I could travel back in time and take your research results and wisdom with me when I was racing pro elite, and yes, being trained as if I were a small man. Ever since coming across your interview on Sparta Chicks Radio, I have wondered how my race career would’ve been different, better and doubt that it would’ve ended with adrenal fatigue? I am so glad you are committed to making a big change and stepping into the spotlight to become a visible expert to spread this important gospel Dr. Sims! And, in the now, I look forward to digging further in your book to see how what I learn will improve my race season next year.
It's scary but also not shocking that physiological science excludes women just so they don't have to work out any variables. Men are easier bc they function more at a constant than we do but bc we are more complex you'd think it would be a more exciting undertaking but I guess it's too vast and hard 🤷♀️
Its more likely not exclusion, its that sports are dominated by men as a population, therefore science tends to focus more on them. That's changing, and its a good thing
@@SabatSch95 totally. It would also be something if scientists who have already dedicated there lives to uncovering knowledge in their fields to include both genders in their studies. Don't get so triggered, dude 😊
@@HeyitsBri_ You don't get to tell other people what to do. If you want things to be different, do it yourself instead of whining about it on the internet whilst contributing to the very problem you claim to oppose by _not_ becoming a scientist yourself. Furthermore, the idea that women are somehow excluded from studies is patently absurd, and any scientist worth their soul would never make a univariate analysis that deliberately doesn't take into account the biological differences between different people. It's very clear you don't know anything about science or how studies are conducted in the first place. How about you educate yourself instead of projecting your insecurity unto other people? Please...
Yeah, the ignorance in that statement is deep. Not seeing that it is not only inappropriate to say but obviously wrong. Half the population, by definition, is not anomalous.
Sheebles J I know, I always say I feel like sawdust all the time. All we can do is hang in there. I’ll take having my horrible periods over this stuff.
Raven Le Faye read the research on HRT as many people including GPs are going on the Million Womens Study published 2003, partly discredited. For most the risks are not significant and there are even health benefits. Besides that I’m sleeping, almost no flushes (after 10 years flushing) and stable happy mood. I suspect another example of largely male doctors not bothering to keep up properly with crucial developments only affecting women.
Teal Swan taught me this. Find her vid on menstruation. Changed my life. I don’t work out at all, but I do intuitively follow my cycle. I work more and eat less on the good weeks, I schedule as little as possible and eat more on the ‘bad’ ones. It’s a really basic 2 high drive 2 low drive weekly schedule which means I basically live by the month and not by the day. Men, men live by the day. Their cycle follows the sun. We follow the moon. We have to ebb and flow over 28 days, not 1.
It’s a shame that people have had to use the “women are just like small men” in order to legitimize women’s athletics, but now we have to tear down that false idea.
Thank you so much for all the work you are doing Stacy! This talk was so full of information and enlightening and it's less than 15 mins! I can hardly imagine all the good that can be added to the Anthropocene with you in it :)
As a coach, it's great to have science backed roll models like Stacy leading the conversation and providing education at all levels from teenage girls getting into sport, to coaches helping their athletes perform.
Kudos to this woman for taking the initiative to figure out what women need instead of just leaving it up to men to do. I can't believe it's 2019 and women are still leaving it up to men to figure out their biology.
That is about the dumbest comment I've ever read. It's 2019, I cannot believe animals are still leaving it up to humans to figure out their biology. We need more animal scientists
Dr Sims is incredible! Thank you for posting this talk! If you like this video and haven’t read her book Roar you NEED to pick up a copy. Can’t wait to take her course in November!
This is actually a really interesting concept! I would have loved to hear some more specific examples on *how* to work with your physiology though; the only thing I caught was fats and protein. :) I think the reason why it is not being investigated, is that no-one have really thought about it before. I don't think anyone is doing it to hurt women, or because women are not important. Hope to learn more about this!
We've always known women respond differently to training and nutrition, this is precisely why they are often excluded from studies. Ideally there would be just as many studies looking at only women as there are looking at only men but since men make up the majority of athletes and the majority who people are willing pay to watch they get most of the spotlight. From a coach's perspective it sucks that there is so little research on women, we do the best with what information we have available and sometimes this means using data from men and assuming it to be similar for women until we have reason to believe otherwise. This is slowly changing though as women are getting more involved in sports, particularly strength sports but it'll no doubt take a long time for research to catch up.
We have to stop shaming women for being women. It’s ridiculous. I talk about my period like I talk about the weather. Normalize what it’s like for more than half the human population. Love you ladies!!🎉❤
Wow. This is mind opening. I've always seen period as an obstacle when it comes to sport. I tried to "fight it", working out while having it. Which in my case ended badly. After watching this first time I see it in more positive way.
I couldn't work out on it! Especially on my first day. I feel too tired, but also, the idea of just a huge mess doing crunches or something scares me (I know it probably won't happen, but it's a nightmare that still haunts me).
I was an over exerciser all my life- skier, runner, lifted weights, swam, aerobics, biking on and on and dieting now I’m 50 and I can’t move- fibromyalgia, adrenaline gland depleted, chronic fatigue- I went from going 100 miles an hour to not being able to hardly moving- I’m wondering if, as a women, there’s any connections there and if there are any other women that had this happen to them.
farmerbob96 I also have found that doctors don’t understand or know what to do with me and I’m mainly just chasing butterfly symptoms. I guess this is the gist of her talk. My issue is that I fixed a lot of my issues by exercising and now, I can’t.
farmerbob96 thanks for that info! I tried the keto diet and people warned me not to- I heard her kinda frown on it in the video but wow it’s been the absolute best I’ve felt in years (held out for 1year) then I went off of it and my health declined greatly so I know there’s something to what you just typed - there’s a connection somewhere- it’s just so hard to eat like that forever- but I’m going back on- I just got thinking I didn’t need it
Silvergirl7 I so relate to your story about exercise fixing the body. I’ve had lifelong back problems, but after starting as Landscaping laborer, I’ve erased back problems. Of course, being around co-workers that dont eat keto-carnivore, I now have a gut and inflammation. Sweet spot, here I come!
Silvergirl7 Have you looked into the Autoimmune Solution by Amy Myers, MD? It's used to lower inflammation and definitely helps me when I'm on it - even though I've never done it in its stricter form. ( I have fibro myalgia and muscular spasms) Honestly I think the thing that has helped me the *most* has been doing about 30 min of stretches everyday or every other day coupled with figuring out my daily limit on specific movements - and then forcing myself to meet it. The thing that hurt me the most was babying myself in fear of making the pain worse. I know, you probably get as much advice as I do lol, but sometimes learning what has worked for others can help. Good luck hun😊
I was born in the early 1950s, got my 1st period at age 12 the summer after 6th grade.
My father, a physician, had given me a book on the facts of life, a gift from my grandfather (a physician) for my 11th birthday. The title "The Facts of Life".
I truly appreciated this gift although the book read more like a medical textbook than anything applicable to getting my 1st period.
It showed the biomedical mechanics of the male and female reproductive systems, mentioning the menstrual cycle and how a baby forms.
Zero guidance on how it feels to get your period or how to reckon with it.
My mother never prepared me for what to expect or do until I actually told her I'd gotten mine and asked what to do.
She offered me a sanitary belt and pads with little explanation.
It felt like something shrouded in shame.
Since my mother used pads, it was all she knew. And she had nothing further to add, no pep talk or silver lining.
Later, I was at my friend Kerry's house when I got my next period.
I felt so embarrassed to ask her if she had a spare pad.
She said no, she used tampons and asked if I wanted to try it.
I didn't have any details at all about tampons except magazine ads showing a nondescript box.
Then Kerry got her mom who explained everything in detail in the most open, kind manner without a hint of embarrassment.
She answered my many questions.
She even told me that light physical activity like walking helped calm cramps and strong emotions.
Her explanations were golden and so helpful. I was so grateful because it dispelled a lot of my concerns about what is normal.
When I left Kerry's house, I was wearing a tampon and had extras to figure out if they were for me.
I told my mom about the whole experience when I got home.
All the questions and concerns I'd had and the answers given.
I wanted her to know how this advice helped me.
I knew more about tampons than she did. When I realized this, it gave me compassion for her, a 37-year old school teacher who didn't know much about such things even after 17 years of marriage and giving birth.
This is when I began to truly understand how repressed many of the so-called Silent Generation were (my parents born after WW1 during the Depression).
They were too afraid to even ask questions. I can only imagine why that silence existed.
So interesting.
Thank you for sharing this story. ❤
Your empathy towards your mom as a teenager is so kind. It just healed something inside me. Thank you!
Sadly it has been like that for many women. I imagine pads and even tampons have been invented by men. Pads made me feel incontinent, like wearing diapers. Tampons dehydrate and thus can easily cause headaches. Since I started using a menstrual cup, live has been so much easier. I can do everything, even swim, go on holiday or to festivals without ever worrying about leaking, toilet bins or packing materials to refresh. It's still a topic people don't often talk about, but I found this change to be lifechanging. What if we handed out cups to poor women around the world. 9% of all waste is diapers. We could do so much better for ourselves.
@@sigridkingma961I love menstrual cups!! Wish they were more normalized. So much better for your bank and the environment too.
Women are not "difficult to study"...we make up half of the population and this is just the way we are. Thank you Dr. Sims for your work and for being a force of change!
If you think about it, it will in fact be more difficult to study women because of the cycles. It looks like our needs differ depending on where we are in the cycle, whereas men have the same needs constantly Because we need to take into account our needs as a function of the cycle, this will be more 'difficult' to study. But of course thats not a reason not to study it! We need way more health studies on women.
*I've worked as an EMT and it's disturbing how little research there is on women's specific medical complications too, for example, the differing symptoms during cardiac events.*
Or the lack of education for pregnant and postpartum women. Also an EMT 🚑
PMS is also pre menstrual not during and is happens to men a few days a month (about every 28 days). PMS itself is a strangely western phenomenon.
But everyone can be a woman, how do you study that when thanks to the left any man can declare himself a woman and be one?
@@ADerpyReality why do you say that?
I've worked in traditional Aboriginal communities in Australia and they talk about PMS (they don't use the same words but it's the same symptoms) I know people in Asia and Africa who talk about it too.
ADerpyReality it’s not a western phenomenon.
“we don’t study women” truer words cannot be spoken by health scientists. Ready for change. Thanks for your research 🙏🏻
Who is "WE", I thought women were being studied this entire time.
Wait then what's "women's studies?"
@@hangukhiphop looks like she needs to make a different poster now for the protest...
hangukhiphop mostly sociology and history, not health or necessarily biology. Which is a shame...
@Markfield Park most medical research is done exclusively on men, even at earlier stages even "mouse modelling" is done on male mice....
A lot of research that is classified as being for women is in obstetrics and is about securing better infant rather than maternal outcomes... So it really isn't about the women themselves....
Women and men are not the same. Crazy this has to be said on any intellect level... Great speech!
The important bit is where you go with this claim.
@@absentminded7230 Perhaps the best solution is, everybody is different, so do what you want, but don't forcibly drag everybody with you.
TrulyStupidNewb can you furnish your claim with a concrete example? So I can better understand where you’re coming from.
I really, really wish the medical community would listen to this. Did you know they didn't even test the pill on women before releasing it? Because the hormones would get in the way.
A RUclips doctor even said women's medical issues aren't taken seriously because of the way women talk, and that WE need to fix this, not doctors needing to listen to their patients.
It has not been politically correct to point out ways that women are different from men. This focus on men alone seems like an accidental conspiracy.
Not having your period is so normalized in sports, it's scary
It's the same amongst vegans. It isn't healthy.
@@birgittabirgersdatter8082 it is not normalized among vegans, women lose their period because they eat too little no matter diet and lifestyle. Stop spreading lies.
Daniel Jokela lol
@@littleDainolf there are actually a lot of vegan youtubers who think that the period is just detox and when you dont have it anymore you are "clean". I think freelee started that bs a few years ago, but I've seen it in other videos as well...
@@birgittabirgersdatter8082 Extreme straining is not healthy, for womens and for mens
Women are NOT small men. So simple. So brilliant. So true.
Women are generally smaller than men though can you agree?
Josh Mcaloon we are generally smaller than men but that had nothing to do with us being smaller versions of men 😂 I don’t know if you understand that
@@SoniaAnastasiaaa women aren't smaller than men anymore!
@@ronnyraygunz8718 lol, does it matter?
@@caim3465 just clarifying!
This is a much broader problem in science. Most studies are conducted with men only to avoid irregularities, even though often those irregularities could be important for what is being studied.
I thought the exact same thing. I really hope this changes soon.
It's not a problem at all if you only go by men. Just make another test for women.
Considering women with periods are not an "irregularity" they should not be controlled out. If they're concerned about how it effects the data they should just track the cycle so they can manipulate the data with controls the same way they do for other variables.
@@CZ-dg7te why dont you do it claire if its so easy
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Do the same test with both genders yeah.
The fact that women and men have different physiology seems intuitive to me. I am genuinely shocked that acknowledging women have periods and training should be adjusted to accommodate them is breaking new science.
Not just training- women aren't getting the correct medical attention. Medicine is tested on men. There are certain drugs that are based on weight, and women will literally be given the "small man" dosage.
@@MissMiserize I will add to this - there have been some tries to make a male birth control pill. EVERY TIME it gets cancelled due to it causing the same issues that the female equivalent ROUTINELY does
I had a pulmonary embolism several years ago. A male doctor gave me a 30 minute speech about what to expect when taking blood thinners, yet failed to say anything about how being on blood thinners would affect the fact that I bleed every month. It was weird and unsettling.
@@bluenuttefly8813
Or even very minor issues compared to women's contraceptive drugs
This is the reason why I want to study women’s health. People always say what is there to study about women. I say EVERYTHING if you look at almost all general case studies and scientific research regarding the human mind and body a mass majority of the research is going to have been originally based on men or entirely based on men and equally applied to women with little to no adjustment. I don’t understand how scientists and physicians can deny the fact that the biological differences mean something and thus affect us different. Down to our genetic makeup we are different and we should have the same studies done to make up for those differences. Not to mention the studies that pertain only to women that still haven’t been done. We have so many questions that people either ignore, give simple solutions and brush off, or often we are given the answers based off a mans study and wonder why our result is not what was expected.
" People always say what is there to study about women"
Literally NO ONE says this.
Couldn't agree more. A good example is the fact that many chronic illnesses (like chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia), and many autoimmune issues, affect more women than men... yet somehow, virtually nobody has investigated why this is, or how women's hormones are likely affecting these health issues. It's ridiculous!
@ name one study about women in physical science. It's pretty much across the medical board that women are treated as small hormonal men, and men are used for women's product studies all the time due to how supposedly we are too complicated to study. One of the reasons we're to complicated to study almost entirely comes from medical boards across the platform say "why study women when there's so much we don't know about men?"
There's even medical studies about uterine cancer that's treated on men. Who've never had or never will have the organ that is the uterus. Nobody was saying women weren't as strong or as equal they're saying they're different, and shouldn't be expected to take the same medical advise as men and consider it the same quality of care because the same things were applied.
gender studies destroyed women
@google owns you Well you're right that they're not focused on much, but even within the research that's been done so far, the role of hormones, especially in women, has been almost entirely overlooked. I've only seen one stud that came out recently that tried to factor it in, even though women make up a really large chunk of people with the illness. That's what I mean to say.
This was perfectly said. Women are women. My wife has been through the same thing that I think most wives have been through. Their husband can lose weight easier and it discourages her. We need more information like this so she can do what her body is supposed to do.
It depends on each person. Let’s stop generalizing
@Doven Ro Galus she didnt say she was perfect, hun
100%! I worked out with a guy, who gained tons of muscle.. I ate healthier, ate what I “needed” to gain muscle and it was so much slower gains. Like :(
Hormones are very much the difference between our bodies.
@@pugtortuga3406 wtf is wrong with you did you even watch the video
Pug Tortuga Different metabolisms matey. You're incorrect.
"Women are not small men" women are women, we have cycles, early in our cycle we can work hard, later in our cycle we need to rest more. We need to work with our bodies not against them!
loki don't be a dummy.
Megan, rightfully so knowing how your body works and using it not going against is the only way to reach you full potential.
We are so disconnected from our cycles and even worse, have no respect for them. In the some cultures, periods are celebrated and sacred. They dont try to ignore that something is happening. They dont try to numb and fight through it. They look at what is going on, see what needs to change to make it less painful(healthwise), they slow down and rest when it's appropriate. We need to respect our bodies! Something I am teaching my children.
@@denisebatalha3552 stefi cohen juices and is hot and strong.
The talk that women become manly on steroids is bogus.
@Loki Nebula someones appearance doesn't change how smart they are or how qualified they are.
rather listen to someone who went to school, got a PhD on the topic they are talking about than some random dude who cares so much about appearance.
everything you said about her appearance is subjective
@Loki Nebula don't know why everyone is on your case,,, she does look like a man... large brow ridge, wide shoulders, broad and flat chest, no waistline, narrow hips... that's a masculine body type
I didn't notice you saying it bothered you either, just made an observation, subjective maybe, but it fits what most people define as a masculine body type. So she's explaining why women don't typically look masculine EVEN when training... and blaming it on gender bias(?), as in this is how a female body works differently than a male body
'Women are Not Small Men'
what a time to be alive...
Yeah, cringeworthy
@TJD 512016 Wow, what your professor said is scary :o
@Loki Nebula Why are you lying?
@Laura Ball "women have period" ;)
Laura ball is right because all she was saying is common sense if we wanna look at it technically. She’s not just saying wamon wamon wamon, she’s saying that men and women are different, which is something that radical left people wouldn’t necessarily agree with. So she’s more on the side that y’all idiots are claiming to be on...
If only this was concerning just sport and nutrition... almost all medical and psychological studies are done with the subjects being only men or men and women who are on hormonal contraceptives. Meaning the results are applicable to men and women who take hormonal contraceptives.
Why? Scientists want to avoid fluctuation to get clean results. The only problem is, that there IS fluctuation within the menstrual cycle and we HAVE to take it into consideration if we want to treat or analyse women.
This is so needed. Women are made to feel inadequate in so many ways and forced to ignore the ebb and flow of our cycles (which is our greatest connection to nature). This essentially cuts us off from the wisdom and intuition that is our birth right.
Not to mention how we beat ourselves up for not having one of those bodies that snaps back into shape after childbirth.
The women's body is miraculous. We grow tiny humans inside us.
Judge Judy once said " You can choose to be defined by others or you can choose to define yourself". I dont know how you've been made to feel inadequate because you're a woman however, I suggest you ignore the influeneces which lead to those negative feelings.
@@MrSmokingpope very true but I think we all have trouble doing that from time to time
@@MrSmokingpope It's not that easy, though. We're social animals. We are much healthier mentally and emotionally when we have the approval and acceptance of our chosen in groups. When we don't have those, it's very distressing and for some people it can lead to self-destructive behaviors. There is enormous pressure on individuals to conform to group norms.
Telling people to ignore the social conditioning they experience from birth doesn't really address the issue: the social conditioning itself is harmful.
That's the problem that needs to be addressed here: the narrative that female athletes should eat and train like male athletes and that interrupting their menstrual cycles is just the price female athletes have to pay for high performance.
Real talk from real women. Love it!
Please we need to move this research forward! Women's bodies are uniquely different from men and must be acknowledged.
No there's no difference at all! We are equal, do you get it bigot!
@@brute9867 of course you are pretending not to know that equality is not about being the same biologically.
Yesss! Agreed! Literally have been dealing with this problem, trying to lose weight and it seems like each time I cut back on calories I lose my period (or there was that really fun time I have 3 in one month) and become really weak, fog brained, and irritable. My husband kept trying to convince me to do intermittent fasting to lose weight, and then I found some info that this type of fasting is not as effective with women and can even be harmful and cause infertility. There's so little info out there about it, I kept trying to do it and was probably just making myself sicker and more frustrated that I was left worse than I started off.
@@florzinnha There is no such thing as equal in biological beings. There is only equal opportunity.
@@florzinnha Don't worry, you won't have to worry about this "problematic" issue much longer will all be androgynous clones one day
A week before my period my body gets really hot. So when I'm working out. I find myself over heating much faster. So I have to slow down and my husband is like catch up. And I'm like I can't😥.
Same. I will actually wake up in the middle of the night sweating in the air conditioner! And low carb at that time of month will make me feel like I am literally on my death bed.
I know. We should all stop our reproductive cycles completely. We don't need any more children. We can replace ourselves via immigration.
@@LEO-xo9cz replace yourself with who ever you wish Sir. I'm sure immigrants would love to be you.👍 As for the rest of us. No We're good💅
@@trishse4030 Dear Trish it was sarcasm.
If you knew anything about women working out, you would skip the gyms! That's right women are not men, so stop gyming like you all are! It impacts on a woman's fertility and joints and cartridge later in life, good luck with them future knee replacements in your 50s. . Seems a world away to a misinformed 20 something, 30 something, 40 something
The maker of Nike the brand, cattle like to Don, died because of his keep fit fad.
Bodies are not made to be put through the grinder, like Hitlers wet dream of an arian superfit race, would have had us believe.
The damage you and millions of other women are doing is detrimental and forever, good luck!
Clicked because of the muscles, stayed for the speech.
Same
Lol yeah, those are impressive. Was gonna say on a woman, but naw, that tone is enviable. I’m not quite there yet myself
@Joe Bee She's an athlete. What do you expect?
@Joe Bee lol
clicked to see if I should tease Trans Rights Activists with it. those have people in their ranks that want schools to teach about transwoman periods(yes, women, not let transboys and men know it's ok to have a period)
My Husband and I have been training for years... after about 15 years of trying different things, I found I need to eat, and eat well, carbs as well... Weight training and cardio evenly help me. Just after ovulation I get extra hungry for carbs, and I found that by adding some rice to my protein and veges helps me through a good workout. I find my best time for exercise is the week of my period. The worst is after ovulation and is kind of continues until I get my period. My husband never seems to fluctuate, and I get that. I understand my needs, and I use it to my advantage when I can.
Oh yes same! I'm super lucky to not have period cramps. But my workouts are also always the best during my period.
This is so interesting! Thank you for sharing.
Same!
Coaches who work with female athletes should be required to learn this information, especially in the NCAA collegiate system. It's been so gratifying to help the current generation of female athletes navigate their menstrual cycles through training with information in Dr. Sims book ROAR. Very excited for the updated research she will be releasing
me too!!!
“Taking her own physiology and working with it” ... words to train by 😻
literally as soon as she said that i went to write it in my journal
@MegaMarkolio Sometimes obvious things don't occur to us, especially when everyone is doing the opposite.
Even in feminine sports like ballet losing your period is a sign of good sportmanship so we can all agree that it's not just the obese white males giving us a hard time, there's a cycle of toxic femininity and ignoring our body's basic functions to be addressed as well
She didn't say anything about them being white.
Omnipitous maybe not, but that's always the narrative.
A lot of people genuinely don't know, so they perpetuate a myth out of ignorance, not toxicity. As she pointed out, there is very limited research done on female athletes.
Ballet is not a feminine sport.
@@jusmaku Isn't it ironic. The zeitgeist throws in the word white as if it were a natural continuance. That is a problem, and it is insidious.
Expanding on your message, I'd like medications to be tested on woman as well as men. I am not a small man, I am a small woman.
yes! amazing and work equipment for women too!
To test it on women, women have to VOLUNTEER. So, volunteer yourself.
@@jackdeniston9326 Since I am physically healthy and not on medications, what am I supposed to volunteer for? Prostate cancer?
@jord heinz Why would self identify as a man? I am a grandmother and totally female. And further more, I don't trust the AMA or Big Pharma. I hope poking fun at me has brought you joy. May you come back as a female in a male dominated world.
I'm a dude, 175 lbs, sensitive to meds. Just sayin'.
I have learned more about women in the last 13 minutes and 45 seconds than i have in the last 40 years. We need to put a Stacy Sims in every school, not just for the kids but for the teachers to learn from too.
I agree!!! Check out her book called Roar it is amazing!
📌Finally a one from Canada
People from Canada
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‘Women have periods’. The fact that this needs to be said is disturbing. Great talk.
right?
Now a days men can have periods too 🤣
I dont think anyone needs to say this... but they do
thank you science. nobody knew about menstruation prior to today. you're truly doing God's work.
@@sumdumbmick
It baffles me that some women feel the need to make this a career.
My daughter dropped out of sport at 13 and I just didn’t have words to help her navigate through it. We’re going to watch this together.
Women and men are biologically different. I think all sane people can agree on this.
Yes sane people! But today we have trans Men competing in women's sports. Seems they don't give 2 shits about our biological differences.
@@iamthat7351
Your dear presenter is a big supporter of that
@@iamthat7351 I don't think you understand the full scientific history of trans athletes in sports.. you're embarrassing yourself.
@@iamthat7351Trans men are bio female. What you meant is trans women and they are such a small population, and even smaller in sports, that it isn’t a point of worry.
I remember an anatomy class in med school 8 years ago: the high expert (male) teacher was explaining the trajectory of some muscle and suddenly said "there's an anomaly to this because in women this muscle..." So apparently all women having a variation from male anatomy was an "anomaly"... 🤦
In the 21st century. Shameful. It isn't named!!! Run out Latin phrases.
@@deacondawg1416 What exactly you call shamefull?
@@MaestroCipher He was explaining the trajectory of a muscle: from x bone to y bone, over z muscle and whatever. Then he said "there's an anomaly to this trajectory. In women (as in ALL women) this muscle divides in two and attaches to 2 different points in the bone..."
@@MaestroCipher That they still use Victorian standards despite all our medical technology. Dont get high and mighty with me!
@@Zzmora I agree, that is a poor choice of words (at least). Teacher should say: this one women muscle have a different structure than men and so on.
Women and men are different. Nothing wrong w that
Jim Kennedy you got that right !
Yep! Only thing wrong is that no one wants to really look at the physiological differences!
@@woodenkat8971: No...they're too busy denying any differences at all. Did you know, that according to a Democrat presidential candidate...trans women need access to abortions!?!
unless you are a tucute
There's also variation between women. And I wouldn't have a problem talking about difference if the follow on comment from many wasn't "yeah and that's why women aren't as good". It's extremely annoying.
Boy, this is Truth! I'm 61, I have always acknowledged my periods, and eaten good healthy meals. Now I do strength training and high intensity 60 min workouts a couple times per week, I add pilates, stretching and 30 min cardio after a high protein lunch on 4 other days. I get plenty of rest. I'm strong and have good balance. I've dropped 15 kilos in the past 2 years so I wear the same size 8 as in my 20s. But I think my waist is smaller now because of the standing ab work! 😊 Thank you for researching women's workouts and talking about it.🎉
So great that this is finally out there for girls and women!
Jasmine Carlson yesss!!! Me too!
me: ted talks are hit or miss
sees this woman's physique: i'm pretty sure she knows what she's talkin about
S.A.M.E
White Wild why are you the way that you are? are you lonely? do you feel like the world has let you down? i’m guessing you have never known love. best of luck in overcoming your mental impediments, sad and small stranger
@White Wild ohhhhhh boy, you got a big storm comin'. Go off, but we will tell you how awful you sound.
@@christinawoosley2802 WW is clearly a misogynist, as evidenced by his view of women. That "keep her in the kitchen" mentality has thankfully faded for the most part over the past half century, though not without consequence. I will tread lightly here as there may be room for misinterpretation, and there are always counter arguments. The aging population of western countries is a direct result of empowered women. That is not to say that women should not have the ability to choose their own path, but someone needs to be caregiver. (Stay at home dad? Yes please.) Do we not have an obligation to procreate? Seems rather selfish to think otherwise. Family structure is almost absent these days. Two parent(gender irrelevant) households are necessary to teach young children how to treat one another. There are benefits to having both male and female role models, but that's another conversation entirely, and aunt/uncle/grandparents are viable substitutes in non-traditional households.
Now that I've given a brief overview of how I feel on the subject in that long winded unrequested paragraph(feels good to vent sometimes), I'd like to address you directly.
Is there any benefit to knocking someone down the way you did? Though you were quite polite in the most passive aggressive way possible, you took time out of your day to insult a stranger that hadn't addressed you at all. It seems as though you are implying that this person is potentially an incel of some sort. Even if that were the case, how would insulting him help at all? Isn't it possible that a few kind words could potentially change his opinion of women? Not likely, but something to think about.
Why are you the way YOU are?
You go girl 😁
Having a 7 yr old girl has giving me a goal of the next four years to make sure I know everything I can about periods and sport ect so I can empower my children to make the right choices for them! Thank you Dr Stacy Sims, as a PT in training I will hopefully be specialising in women's training, specifically post natal but essentially all women! Thank you for bringing this to light!
Thank you for bringing up peri and post menopause. I am getting there and have completely lost the plot on diet and exercise. Things that had worked for me for decades do NOT work for me in the slightest and I’m fatigued, bloated, easily injured and gaining weight. I hate it so much after being a very fit person my whole life.
You may also benefit from reading 'What your Doctor may not tell you about Pre-Menopause' by Drs John Lee and Jesse Hanley..excellent book.
I appreciate that there's someone out there doing this research. Will be reading your book, Dr. Sims!
Louder for the folks in the back! Your book is the go-to resource for the women's triathlon team I coach. Thank you for all you do to move the needle in understanding the amazing puzzle of the female athlete!
What's her book?
Francesca Taphophilia ROAR - highly recommend!
"why do we need to study women separately?"
uh, because they're separate i-
@ ...we are equal as people but we are not the same, physically.
Cristian Proust dude, the brain is part of the organism and women and men are uniquely different, no matter how equal or unequal their brains are.
@ dude what are you smoking
I feel overwhelmingly grateful that I've never really experienced shaming about my period. It was a very accepted thing in my childhood household, my guy friends didn't seem bothered or unsympathetic, my dad was accepting and kind... My mom was a nutritionist and personal trainer but also a big believer in taking cues from your body. So all athletic endeavors would be tweaked according to whatever variables we were dealing with that day. I'm glad there is more concrete knowledge of women's physiology being researched.
I have never had anyone shame me either. It might contribute to why I'm embarrassingly open about it. Like, if I have horrible cramps I am more than happy to ask anyone for panadol, and if they ask why I'll honestly tell them.
I'm never ashamed to go to the counter to buy any products. And the one time I ordered them online with other groceries I also bought chocolate and they got delivered together in a little bag, so I think people are more understanding than we think.
You are blessed. It's not this way for too many girls and young women.
First of all, I didn't feel like this was a 13 minutes talk at all! She knows how to speak and everything she says is so interesting that I could listen to her for hours. Second, I would like to thank Stacy Sims for this talk because I have never thought about most of what she talked about. I always wanted to ignore periods and act like women don't have them. I was wrong. We need to talk about them and take them into consideration when planning out our lives, our exercising routine, our nutrition... Thank you again.
Thank you for not giving up on researching women and our uniqueness despite so many telling you that you were essentially crazy for even considering this line of research.
As a female athlete, this is GAME CHANGING! Allowing women to reach new heights within our sports
I've always wondered about why I followed the same routines as men but they never worked for me. I decided that I would just follow what my body wants but still this video is extremely informative. I used to play volleyball for a few years and after that I switched to swimming but as I started to go into puberty I gave up. I love being active but I don't feel good at all times.
weights are the key to muscle for women and actually upping the calories and not avoiding healthy fats. look at female powerlifters they can be very curvy but with flat abs. as a gym instructor i would actually say most women do way too much cardio when it should be more like an hour of weights and like 15-25mins cardio. i had my fiance trying to lose weight so i actually told her to not cut her calories and even eat more but just train weights 4 days a week. no cardio at first then add it in bit by bit to get to a stable bodyfat that is good for hormones not bad. the best way to train is upper body then lower 2x a week with a good routine slowly increasing strength.
Im a boi but ima preserve this video so dat my sis can benefit from it if she goes into sports
@@djsubliminalreeve Jesus, at least one guy gets it. My husband keeps trying to tell me I should do all the same stuff as him to lose weight and then acts like I'm doing it wrong is why it's not working for me. We went long distance a little under a year, and I lost 20 lbs, and now we're living together and he's keeping buckets of sugary foods all over the house and I've gained all the weight back and steadily gaining more... and he keeps telling me I need to do intermittent fasting, and I lose my cycle (i know sry, tmi) which is like.. a sign of starvation! Anyway, I am just going to ignore him and do my own thing, now.
It's amazing that when my wife & I saw that doing identical things wasn't working for her. We decided do try changing it for what works for her. Low and behold, what works for me doesn't for her.
I wish my husband would give me the benefit of the doubt. He keeps telling me I should try intermittent fasting to lose weight, and I've gained more weight, lost my period or had 3 in one month, have horrible mood swings, fainting, etc. He just says I need to stick with it longer, and apparently at the expense of being able to have children !
@@miamazingness I don't know what your intermittent fasting consists of but mine is more of an eating window. First I did a seven day egg fast. Eggs any cooked any way for 7 days.w/cheese for fats. About 4-6 per day, 1 time. After that my intermittent fasting is 2 meals between 3-8 pm ( mostly veggies & meat or maybe subway) & as close as a gallon of water per day. Including 32-64oz of that first thing in the morning & coffee( blk) or tea. Egg fast 10 lbs. Intermittent 20lbs more gone. Carbonated water helps fill u up also...pellegrino
Arielle Macuch There is a great Thomas Delauer youtube video about why women shouldn’t intermittent fast everyday!
@@ronaldk.wileyjr.5476 Yeah, I was alternating between different length eating windows. I've heard of some women having luck with it, but in the morning if I don't eat pretty soon after I'm feeling the hunger pangs I will get nauseous and actually vomit green stuff (HAHA fun stuff, tmi). But my mom only eats one meal a day, so it could also just be an individual thing.
@@blueseptember2174 I'll have to check that out. Was thinking maybe I'm doing something wrong!
This was soooo interesting. As a man I never even thought about the impact of periods on woman regarding sports (I never had one lol).
I think most men are in the same group!
crooks d. jango try to see where else you can use your imagination
This is important information for all men with girlfriends, wives and daughters to know to help ensure they are the healthiest they can be a family members.
It was my first thought, I was honestly surprised it wasn't mentioned until so far in. I can't work out on the first day of my period (although already struggling to maintain iron makes everything harder too).
@@policious you're so smart... here's a cookie
Thank you so much for this talk. It made me cry because I‘ve been there and done that and always felt bad about myself and my body.
me too!!!!
The least talked about difference between men and women, and yet it is the MOST significant. Thank you for bringing awareness to women and the scary word... period. 🙏🏼
This woman is inspirational. The information she gives has really opened my eyes. Its about time women were seen for who they are in sport and science.
Hormone , blood count , body structure , even brain structure is little bit diff for man and woman...we are surely diff than each other..
Hehe I can tell you've done some work in the blood bank gurl. Love it
The real question is where do you draw the line of equality, for a hamonious co-existence.
@@sourabhs14 If you want equality will all have to be androgynous clones.
Step one, we as a societee need to stop seeing the difference between men and women as a competition and simply acknowlege it as the reality of genetic predisposition.
Hate speech!
@@sourabhs14 equal rights and opportunities..simple
Damn, I for real always thought that women just had harder times losing weight cuz of biology, thats just how we are. 😥 thank you for schooling me and reminding me that women need more research done on them in general. And I'm glad its all happening now too, so major pluses there :)
Even if you do use your cycle to help with your training the fact that women will lose weight and gain muscle slower than men will always be true.
Isn't your original presupposition still true though?
@@winstonz reality doesn't matter to misandrists.
Totally amazing, a revolution has begun. This woman is the first (I know of) that has brought this incredible info into the world! Thank you so much! You have changed many female lives and will change 1000s more!
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Dr Sims is a pocket rocket of knowledge. She has a rare gift of being able to transfer scientific studies and physiological concepts to accessible, everyday application. This TED talk with only whet your appetite for learning more. As a woman and a mum of two girls, I’m so grateful for the info that Dr Sims conveys that has been a game changer for me and will influence my kids. Women everywhere- athlete or not-can benefit from Dr Sims’ knowledge and insights.
Outstanding. This woman applied common sense to understand the difference between men and women
Haha! It's strangely uplifting to me as a young 21 year old lady, common sense or no common sense ;)
Unfortunately it's not commonly known, which is why this information is such a big deal. How much of what she shared did you already know?
@@amandasmith1198 As far as where kids are getting there ideas of how to act and the sheer numbers of porn...i didn't know. But I'm 39 so we learned the old school way.
@@amandasmith1198 - I think many of us recognize that men and women are physiologically different, though pop culture insist the differences are merely cultural. A case of politics overwriting science.
So.... what does she tell transwomen?
As a running coach and therapist working on body positivity, I find this information so valuable. Thank you!
Someone needs to make every computer, phone, play this to the world. It's much needed.
As a conservative man, this is enlightenment, certainly changes my perspective
Hopefully, human physiology can be apoliticised entirely.
Changes it to what?
Huh? I'm pretty sure the conservative position has always been men and woman are different biologically and need to be treated as such.
Skizilla ya I think liberals want to blur the lines or sum, actually in fact I don’t think anyone considers women as lesser men😂 that’s just a fake target
@@daytonfoster5565 Maybe not as lesser men, but lesser people for sure. I've met many conservative men who on one hand said that the differences between men and women are super important, but on the other they laughed at women's nature like their different characteristics are not that good after all. It brings a lot of mixed signals. That's why I like to stand in the middle bc I'm tired of both sides, conservatives and liberals. They both tend to jump into extremes sadly.
Thank you forever for initiating this change in female sport.
Dr Stacy Sims and her science/research/recommendations have been a total game changer for me!
Alison Scofield
Oh yeah?
Can you elaborate?
People stopped cheering for her when she shifted from "women can do anything" to "women are not men."
Joker Right? I like old school feminism because I think women should be treated with the same respect as men. But women cannot do everything a man can and vice versa. We are not men. We menstruate, give birth, have differently wired brains, etc. New wave feminists just don't get it
@@Itsmeyourdad666 Agreed. I call good, old fashioned feminism equalism because of how toxic new wave feminists are. We are equal but different and there's nothing wrong with our differences.
Absolutely love her book 'ROAR' and her nutrition advice for perimenopausal women like myself ❤️
So shocking that we need to have a Ted talk about this (smh)🤦♀️ I hope it helps...
Seriously. Salute
In 2019!
You don't NEED it.
But it sure is informative
It sucks but at least we're finally spreading the word about it :) better late than never
Not if you look into anything to do with the medical community. They really, really don't study women, and never have.
Bravo! This all makes so much sense after listening to Stacy, but I've never thought about it until then. Just ordered her book - can't wait to read it and start training and fueling the best way for a woman!
Yes I agree!!!
Can you give a 'review'; is it easy to understand, and does it contain a lot of specific information? :)
This is truly eye opening for me. I'm 50 years old and have always been active. I can't believe I didn't understand this before.... it's like a light bulb went on in my head!
So happy to have Dr. Stacy Simms as a resource for women's physiology and performance!
Menstrual health is important, and it should not be ignored! After years of problems, I finally got to see a doctor about my debilitating pain, and now I have an answer. I received the news yesterday. It's not exactly good news, but at least I know what's happening to me.
Thank you so much for educating us Dr. Sims, you are truly making a huge impact.
Dr. Sims is such a tremendous asset to female athletes. I have been adding her protocols to my training and am seeing positive impacts in body composition, recovery and fitness. Women are NOT small men.
Very important and powerful speech! Thank you for your work Dr. Stacy Sims!!!!!
Incredible talk. As a young female athlete, this all resonates with me, especially as I am on the journey of getting back to optimal health. Too much training, without understanding the consequences, I really want to be able to help prevent other women from experiencing this too. We are different! And there are a lot of factors to consider for the female athlete. So, thanks for your work and I will keep learning from you!
Being a personal trainer and specializing in women’s health... she is one of the best to follow. Women need to realize and own that they are different then train and feed their bodies accordingly. Love this movement!
Dr Sims is awesome! May the foolish blinders and male prejudice of our social behavior ever be dampened by reality and research.
This talk and the book Roar are starting to change my life in terms of training, and how much my menstrual cycle impacts my life. It doesn't have to be a burden or something to dred every month! So grateful for the work Dr Stacey Sims is doing and I can't wait to learn more!
I agree that women should find their own way in sports. Women are not men.... Women should not "aspire" to become men. So, I guess she is right... they should have a different path in sports.
They shouldnt have to compete against biological men for one thing. What a (sick) joke
@@HumanimalChannel Yes I agree, thats a mockery of sports women. Only mentally unstable people can do such a thing, to transition to become "women" while still practicing a sport, they will get payed for... like it or not that's a double incentive. This community proves that it doesnt want just to be accepted by society, as they and many others claimed for decades. The more you give them, the more they demand, and they probably wont be satisfied until majorities bow down to their way of life, and majorities change their own lives for all kind of micro minorities...
@@L2Xenta
If You actually wanted to know what the Trans community wants, you might have found out that that was a highly controversial topic in the trans community. A LOT of trans people think that trans women should not be allowed to enter sports. The most well reaserched sources I found say that whether or not there is an advantage for trans women depends on the type of sport.
But leaving this aside, how is it mentally unstable to want to pursue your dreams of excelling in a sport, despite being trans? Sure, it might be unfair, but it is understandable. I am curious if you would call Maria Sharapova mentally unstable because she took an unfair advantage by doping ON PURPOSE.
@@cassif19 What I think, to be blunt and honest. Is that trans people should find ways to cope with living in the body nature gave them. Rather than mutilating themselves in pursuit of challenging nature itself. That being said... Yes I do think that people like Sharapova, or Lance Armstrong are sociopaths.
Well sure Im not a judge over others, but this doesnt mean that majority population has to adapt to live according to rules imposed by tiny minorities, of any type.
@@L2Xenta so true Adrian and in fact, I don't know the term for it...but we DO not end up with equality but a playing field, so to speak, where certain minorities have MORE rights and privileges than do others.
This is a wonderful speech. It resonates on every level.
The time is NOW. No more can I sit and listen to you beg me to pull food away, put your hand up to suffer to see a lower number on the scales, ignore the fact that your period is irregular, painful, and inconvenient, see your performance decline as your weight disappears, agree to a meal plan that makes you feel less anxious, or tell you your skinfolds are not in "the excellent range" against a population standard.
Every one of my female athletes and clients need to watch this because the sooner you realise women are NOT small men, the sooner we become STRONG WOMEN and in the words of Maya Angelou "Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women." Thankyou Dr. Stacy Sims for jumping up and down!
This is how I practice, so be prepared when you enter my clinic I am 100% focused on the science of nutrition to help you as a FEMALE who is individual, powerful, trainable, and able to work synergistically with her body's gifts to unlock your most secret weapon you have had all along. A must see for everyone!!!
YES, PLEASE, AND THANK YOU!! We need MORE of this. All of this. Research. Advocacy. Support. Amazing talk from an amazing woman. PERIOD.
This definitely resonates. If only I could travel back in time and take your research results and wisdom with me when I was racing pro elite, and yes, being trained as if I were a small man. Ever since coming across your interview on Sparta Chicks Radio, I have wondered how my race career would’ve been different, better and doubt that it would’ve ended with adrenal fatigue? I am so glad you are committed to making a big change and stepping into the spotlight to become a visible expert to spread this important gospel Dr. Sims!
And, in the now, I look forward to digging further in your book to see how what I learn will improve my race season next year.
Karley Cunningham yess!!!! So glad you are watching this too 💗
It's scary but also not shocking that physiological science excludes women just so they don't have to work out any variables. Men are easier bc they function more at a constant than we do but bc we are more complex you'd think it would be a more exciting undertaking but I guess it's too vast and hard 🤷♀️
Its more likely not exclusion, its that sports are dominated by men as a population, therefore science tends to focus more on them. That's changing, and its a good thing
Here's a radical idea: get a STEM degree, become a scientist and conduct your own studies! Wouldn't that be something?
@@jaythefordman I'm glad it's changing as well 👍
@@SabatSch95 totally. It would also be something if scientists who have already dedicated there lives to uncovering knowledge in their fields to include both genders in their studies. Don't get so triggered, dude 😊
@@HeyitsBri_ You don't get to tell other people what to do. If you want things to be different, do it yourself instead of whining about it on the internet whilst contributing to the very problem you claim to oppose by _not_ becoming a scientist yourself.
Furthermore, the idea that women are somehow excluded from studies is patently absurd, and any scientist worth their soul would never make a univariate analysis that deliberately doesn't take into account the biological differences between different people.
It's very clear you don't know anything about science or how studies are conducted in the first place. How about you educate yourself instead of projecting your insecurity unto other people? Please...
"women are an annomaly" lmao
They kinda are.. too. . .
...Really. . . . . .
Yeah, the ignorance in that statement is deep. Not seeing that it is not only inappropriate to say but obviously wrong. Half the population, by definition, is not anomalous.
"Aren't men the anomaly, and they don't know it yet ?"
I chuckled too
jay not so much anymore
I’m passed peri Menopause into menopause. It is rough, the worst thing outside of night sweats is the insomnia.
Sheebles J I know, I always say I feel like sawdust all the time. All we can do is hang in there. I’ll take having my horrible periods over this stuff.
Raven Le Faye read the research on HRT as many people including GPs are going on the Million Womens Study published 2003, partly discredited. For most the risks are not significant and there are even health benefits. Besides that I’m sleeping, almost no flushes (after 10 years flushing) and stable happy mood. I suspect another example of largely male doctors not bothering to keep up properly with crucial developments only affecting women.
Fran H I will. Thank you.
Teal Swan taught me this. Find her vid on menstruation. Changed my life. I don’t work out at all, but I do intuitively follow my cycle. I work more and eat less on the good weeks, I schedule as little as possible and eat more on the ‘bad’ ones. It’s a really basic 2 high drive 2 low drive weekly schedule which means I basically live by the month and not by the day.
Men, men live by the day. Their cycle follows the sun. We follow the moon. We have to ebb and flow over 28 days, not 1.
Be wary of Teal. She's a cult leader and a born psychopath.
@@ZekeMan62 really?
esnutaliah teal swan is insane and as a previous comment said a cult leader
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Teal Swan is a psycho. I’m generally into new age concepts but that chick is harmful.
i want her to be my trainer, love that she explains everything so thoroughly
me too! Read her book it is amazing
There are some great opportunities for research here. The scientific community needs to take note.
Julia Labovsky
This woman doesn't even look healthy.
LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK!!! Dr Sims’ advice will change your life!
It’s a shame that people have had to use the “women are just like small men” in order to legitimize women’s athletics, but now we have to tear down that false idea.
Thank you so much for all the work you are doing Stacy! This talk was so full of information and enlightening and it's less than 15 mins! I can hardly imagine all the good that can be added to the Anthropocene with you in it :)
Dr Sims is an inspiration! Thank you!!
Brilliant as always by Dr Stacy Sims. Women need to watch this please!!!
As a coach, it's great to have science backed roll models like Stacy leading the conversation and providing education at all levels from teenage girls getting into sport, to coaches helping their athletes perform.
Kudos to this woman for taking the initiative to figure out what women need instead of just leaving it up to men to do. I can't believe it's 2019 and women are still leaving it up to men to figure out their biology.
That is about the dumbest comment I've ever read. It's 2019, I cannot believe animals are still leaving it up to humans to figure out their biology. We need more animal scientists
Dr Sims is incredible! Thank you for posting this talk! If you like this video and haven’t read her book Roar you NEED to pick up a copy. Can’t wait to take her course in November!
Agreed!
Thanks for the recommendation. I will check it out.
Lindsay Glassford
Incredible?
She looks worn out, not healthy at all.
THANK YOU! Finally actual science for women.
This is actually a really interesting concept! I would have loved to hear some more specific examples on *how* to work with your physiology though; the only thing I caught was fats and protein. :) I think the reason why it is not being investigated, is that no-one have really thought about it before. I don't think anyone is doing it to hurt women, or because women are not important. Hope to learn more about this!
She has a book called Roar. Stacy Sims
@@donnawitcher5445 thank you Donna!
We've always known women respond differently to training and nutrition, this is precisely why they are often excluded from studies.
Ideally there would be just as many studies looking at only women as there are looking at only men but since men make up the majority of athletes and the majority who people are willing pay to watch they get most of the spotlight.
From a coach's perspective it sucks that there is so little research on women, we do the best with what information we have available and sometimes this means using data from men and assuming it to be similar for women until we have reason to believe otherwise.
This is slowly changing though as women are getting more involved in sports, particularly strength sports but it'll no doubt take a long time for research to catch up.
As a woman of 49 going through the menopause this is so helpful! Thank you 🙏
We have to stop shaming women for being women. It’s ridiculous.
I talk about my period like I talk about the weather. Normalize what it’s like for more than half the human population.
Love you ladies!!🎉❤
Wow. This is mind opening. I've always seen period as an obstacle when it comes to sport. I tried to "fight it", working out while having it. Which in my case ended badly. After watching this first time I see it in more positive way.
totally!
I couldn't work out on it! Especially on my first day. I feel too tired, but also, the idea of just a huge mess doing crunches or something scares me (I know it probably won't happen, but it's a nightmare that still haunts me).
We do need to study women separately
Did you even listen to the talk?
I was an over exerciser all my life- skier, runner, lifted weights, swam, aerobics, biking on and on and dieting now I’m 50 and I can’t move- fibromyalgia, adrenaline gland depleted, chronic fatigue- I went from going 100 miles an hour to not being able to hardly moving- I’m wondering if, as a women, there’s any connections there and if there are any other women that had this happen to them.
farmerbob96 I also have found that doctors don’t understand or know what to do with me and I’m mainly just chasing butterfly symptoms. I guess this is the gist of her talk. My issue is that I fixed a lot of my issues by exercising and now, I can’t.
farmerbob96 thanks for that info! I tried the keto diet and people warned me not to- I heard her kinda frown on it in the video but wow it’s been the absolute best I’ve felt in years (held out for 1year) then I went off of it and my health declined greatly so I know there’s something to what you just typed - there’s a connection somewhere- it’s just so hard to eat like that forever- but I’m going back on- I just got thinking I didn’t need it
Silvergirl7 I so relate to your story about exercise fixing the body. I’ve had lifelong back problems, but after starting as Landscaping laborer, I’ve erased back problems. Of course, being around co-workers that dont eat keto-carnivore, I now have a gut and inflammation. Sweet spot, here I come!
Research prolonged fasting. 30 days. No eating.
Life changing.
Silvergirl7
Have you looked into the Autoimmune Solution by Amy Myers, MD? It's used to lower inflammation and definitely helps me when I'm on it - even though I've never done it in its stricter form. ( I have fibro myalgia and muscular spasms) Honestly I think the thing that has helped me the *most* has been doing about 30 min of stretches everyday or every other day coupled with figuring out my daily limit on specific movements - and then forcing myself to meet it. The thing that hurt me the most was babying myself in fear of making the pain worse.
I know, you probably get as much advice as I do lol, but sometimes learning what has worked for others can help. Good luck hun😊
I had no clue that studies a lot of our methods are based didn’t include both men and women... thank you for the work you do Dr Sims
Not just sport. Same in the blue collar trades too. Girls are expected to keep up with, or excel beyond, men's efforts.