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No one had taught me that my period and menstrual cycle were two different things#nzpodcast #running

June 28, 2024 / 01:00

This episode covers female athlete physiology, menstrual cycles, and the impact of appearance on performance. The guest discusses her personal journey of understanding her body.

The guest reflects on her experiences as an athlete, realizing that her focus on appearance was detrimental to her performance. She emphasizes the importance of consistency in training and how injuries can hinder progress.

At age 27, she began learning about her menstrual cycle and hormonal fluctuations, expressing shock at how little she knew about her own body as a woman athlete.

The conversation highlights the lack of education around female physiology in sports, stressing the need for better understanding among women athletes.

Overall, the episode aims to raise awareness about the connection between female physiology and athletic performance.

TLDR

A female athlete shares her journey of understanding her body and the impact of menstrual cycles on performance.

Episode

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and that's when I realized like everything I'm doing to myself is based on my appearance and why do people care

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what my appearances and how is that connected to my performance and it's clearly not working because the key to

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being a good athlete is consistency and if you keep getting injured or sick then

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you can't get consistency to make progress and so I took a hard look in the mirror and realized that this is not

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good and ended up just starting to learn about my female physiology for the first

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time ever it was around 27 28 I learned about my menstrual cycle and I learned about

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the fluctuations of my hormones and I was just like completely shocked by how little I knew about myself and not just

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myself as a woman but a woman athlete where my body is my tool and it's my career and no one had taught me about my

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period no one had taught me that my period and my menstrual cycle were two different things I literally thought

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they the same thing

Episode Highlights

Learning About My Body
At 27, I discovered the complexities of my menstrual cycle and hormones.
“I learned about my female physiology for the first time.”
@ 00m 27s
June 28, 2024

Episode Quotes

I was completely shocked by how little I knew about myself.
No one had taught me that my period and menstrual cycle were two different things#nzpodcast #running

Key Moments

Realization00:22
Shocking Truths00:39