Dr. Stacy sims

Differences Between Men & Women’s Approach to Fueling & Training

“What are their goals? Inherently you can bring someones goals down to three things. Are you trying to get stronger, and fitter, and faster for an event? Are you trying to improve aesthetics and body composition? or Are you just training for health parameters? and usually people will fall into one of those. Then you can find out what their overarching and driving goal is - that’s when you can have the conversation.” - Dr. Stacy Sims

Dr. Stacy Sims is a leader in research on differences between men and women in training. She has spent the last decade focusing on how to improve women's experiences, life, and the correct approach to training, recovery, and fuel your body.

Stacy is the author of ROAR: How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong, Lean Body for Life. ROAR is a comprehensive, physiology-based nutrition and training guide specifically designed for active women. This book teaches you everything you need to know to adapt your nutrition, hydration, and training to your unique physiology so you can work with, rather than against, your female physiology. Exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist Stacy T. Sims, PhD, shows us how to be your own biohacker to achieve optimum athletic performance. Women are not small men. Stop eating and training like one. In this conversation we get into all this and more......

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In this episode, we discuss:

Blanket training plans
Low energy states and the causes of them and how you can protect and prepare yourself -
Fuel for training and not fasted training -
The importance of having fuel in your body before you train.
What does that mean and can the meal the night before give you the fuel you need for the next mornings workout. -
The importance of understanding what your ultimate goals are and why you're training and why you're working out. -
Calories in calories out -
How men and women are different and how the approach to training, recovery, and fueling is different -
Being aware of your menstrual cycle and PMS and the ways that you can help minimize your reactions to it -
Addressing the myths and rumors about being on your period while racing and training. Sometimes you can have your best race while on your period -
Stacy's goal is to help women navigate through all the questions of how to train, how to exercise, and how to have the best approach to your daily life -
Stacy gives her perspective of what it takes to be a great athlete