IRON and the female athlete: Symptoms of iron deficiency, iron in your diet, heavy menstrual bleeding and warnings around needless supplementation
In this episode we speak all about iron metabolism and symptoms of iron deficiency in female athletes, as well as how to include iron naturally in your diet. Plus considerations if you are a heavy men...
12 Jun 202049min
BREAST HEALTH: Boobs, breasts, bras and busting the taboo
In this episode we discuss breast health; boobs, bras, breasts whatever you want to call them! We speak to lecturer and researcher Dr Nikki Brown about her work in the area including how she hopes to ...
4 Jun 202055min
Karen Carney MBE: Reflections on life as a footballer, how the game has changed and why the conversation around the female athlete has to open up
This week we speak to a trailblazer in women's football, former England midfielder Karen Carmey, MBE. We ask Karen all about her experience of living and breathing life as a top level female athlete f...
29 Mai 202050min
Women's sport kit and why we should have the choice: Laura Youngson's journey to making women-specific football boots and why feeling good whilst playing sport is SO important
In this episode we speak to Laura Youngson, co-founder of Ida Sports (a company making women-specific and the world's most comfortable!) football boots. She is also chief organiser of Equal Playing Fi...
21 Mai 202032min
CONTRACEPTION (Part II): Emelia Gorecka's journey on taking ownership of her body and using the pill as a 'quick-fix' for her acne
We're back for part II of contraception. This week we speak to middle-distance runner Emelia Gorecka around her experience with the oral contraceptive pill. Emelia tells us how she first took the OC...
8 Mai 202049min
CONTRACEPTION (Part I): The different types, how they work and the story of long-term OCP use from marathon runner Jess Piasecki
It's the one a lot of you have been waiting for! CONTRACEPTION. This is such a big topic in female health and performance that we decided to break it into two parts. In this episode we talk about the...
1 Mai 202057min
Athletes in lockdown: How elite female athletes are adapting their lives, goals and training regimes
Whilst we're all still staying at home, in this episode we speak to GB triathlete Georgia Taylor-Brown and GB hurdler Jess Turner around how they've been finding lockdown and adapting their lives, goa...
17 Apr 202043min
Stress, menstrual symptoms and the coronavirus: Advice on how to look after yourself during the pandemic
In this episode we speak about the knock-on effect stress can have on the menstrual cycle during this time of uncertainty and speak to Sport and Exercise Medicine consultant Dr John Rogers around how ...
10 Apr 202045min
