About this episode

The episode features an interview with Lauren discussing her research on exercise and women's physiology, particularly around menstrual cycles and hormonal impacts on training adaptations.

A special interview episode: Trexler interviews Lauren about her research at the intersection of exercise, muscle physiology, and women. She explains how she backed into menstrual-cycle research after realizing it was a perceived barrier keeping labs from studying women at all, and why her finding that cycle phase doesn't much affect training adaptations should have opened the door to more research — before the internet "slapped her in the face." They cover which sex differences actually deserve attention (menstrual symptoms, PCOS, endometriosis, pregnancy, postpartum, menopause) versus the over-complication that markets special protocols off single-hormone claims. The heart of the episode is three practical questions — how to train around your menstrual cycle, how to think about hormonal contraceptives, and what to actually do at menopause — with the same nuanced answer each time: track your own response, adjust reactively rather than proactively, and match the tool to the goal. Front Page Fitness is proudly presented by the MASS Research Review massresearchreview.com Chapters 0:00 Why study exercise & women's physiology? 9:12 Which sex differences actually matter…

People in this episode

Host: Trexler

Guest: Lauren

Topics covered

• exercise
• muscle physiology
• women's health
• menstrual cycle
• hormonal contraceptives
• menopause

Keywords

• exercise
• muscle physiology
• menstrual cycle
• hormonal contraceptives
• menopause
• PCOS
• endometriosis
• training adaptations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MASS Research Review

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