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I wanted to share a few simple ways to keep your spirits up, lower stress and improve anxiety – no supplements or mindfulness in this newsletter.
We’re all in it together. We are facing risk factors to emotional and mental well-being. We are also facing opportunities and risks to our physical health.
We’re ahead of the SAD season. However, preparation is key. Humans often end up in a place then think their way out of a sticky wicket – rather than planning ahead and getting some key areas boxed off.
Calls to eating disorders helplines are up 30% during this year of lockdown. You might have a low-grade version or be in need of closer medical support, so be sure to reach out to your GP if you are in need of closer medical support.
The menstrual cycle is controlled by hormones. In each cycle, rising levels of the hormone oestrogen cause the ovary to develop and release an egg (ovulation). … Levels of oestrogen and progesterone fall, and the womb lining comes away and leaves the body as a period (the menstrual flow).
Estrogen is vital for fertility in women, for immune function in both men and women, it’s also vital for bone and tendon health.
Welcome to a series of blogs centred around working with active females. This should be useful if you are female and active, an athlete or someone who takes their training very seriously – or a coach working with a cross section or exclusively female teams or athletes.
Don’t pander to the modern shortened attention spans by shortening them further for people – push people to learn more, concentrate harder and involve themselves in activities which stretch their capacity.
When making athletes, fitter, faster and stronger there is always a level to go to after you’ve covered the basics properly. Basics include but are not limited to; fitness, optimal body composition, quality diet and nourishment, energy availability and hydration. This blog is not about these essentials, it’s about digging a bit deeper and supporting your nervous system and using other ergogenics (natural performance enhancers).