Episode 106 – “The Female Athlete” with Dr Kirsty Elliot-Sale
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Episode 106 of the Guru Performance ‘We Do Science’ podcast! In this episode, I (Laurent Bannock) discuss “The Female Athlete” with Dr Kirsty Elliot-Sale PhD (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
In this session we get into:
- Defining the term ‘Female Athlete’
- The ‘Menstrual Cycle’ and implications for training adaptations and performance
- Hormonal contraceptives: potential impact on training and performance
- Know your athlete: importance of talking to the female athlete
- The ‘Female Athlete Triad’ and ‘RED-S’
- The Evidence-base on female athletes
- Nutritional considerations for health and performance in female athletes
Key Papers / Resources:
- Episode 57 – ‘The Female Athlete Triad and RED-S’ with Kirsty Elliot-Sale PhD
- ResearchGate for Dr Kirsty Elliot-Sale
- Endocrine Effects of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport
- A perspective on current research investigating the effects of hormonal contraceptives on determinants of female athlete performance
- IOC consensus statement on relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S): 2018 update
- 2018 UPDATE: Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S)
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