214. Unlocking the Secrets of Women's Health with Christine Yu

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🗓️ 1 January 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

We are sitting down with Christine Yu this week and she is talking with us about the science behind women’s health and how it relates to each of us as moms who want to be healthy examples for our children. Christine is the author of Up to Speed: The GroundBreaking Science of Women Athletes and she has a masters degree from Harvard University.

Christine is also a mom and she shares real life examples of the changes that her body has gone through and the mindset shifts she has had to make when it comes to the type of exercise she can do as she ages. She educates us on the role that hormones play in the way they affect the amount of fatigue we can feel when exercising. Christine also explains why there is so much more research out there when it comes to men’s fitness compared to women’s and the direction that women’s research is going.

We know that it is so important for our children to find a physical activity that they connect with when they are young. Christine talks about the importance of this, especially for young girls, and gives recommendations on what we can do as parents to foster this healthy relationship between our children and exercise. Even if you don’t have children yourself, you’ll be able to put yourself back in your shoes when you were a child and relate to so much of what we talk about throughout this episode.

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0:00.0	So the things that I need, you know, in my mid to late 40s in terms of training is very different from what I needed in my 30s.
0:09.2	Again, because my physiology has changed and or is starting to change in a way.
0:14.3	So I can't train the same way, as much as I really want to,
0:18.3	as much as I keep trying to compare myself, right, to my younger self,
0:21.2	but it's keeping that in mind and understanding that, you know, the stimulus that my body might need a different period of times is different.
0:31.0	I'm Amy, and I'm Abby and as women we are constantly comparing ourselves to others
0:37.9	But your life isn't supposed to look like hers being your best self means standing firm in your decisions and
0:44.8	always being willing to grow with a purpose. We get vulnerable and real with an
0:49.5	honest look into the challenges and triumphs we all face.
0:53.5	Every woman listening gets the opportunity to choose what life looks like for herself. We are beyond excited to bring you a conversation today with Christine you. So Christine,
1:09.4	she writes about science, health, women athletes, and today we really pull in her expertise on women
1:17.6	who are mothers who want to be healthy for us and also as role models for our children.
1:23.0	So just put yourself back into your shoes as a little girl or as a teenager going through puberty.
1:28.0	Or if you do have children in our few years postpartum, put yourself back into those pregnancy years and early postpartum days.
1:34.0	Like these are the times where things are changing.
1:38.0	We are constantly changing and there's a really fine line between giving
1:42.0	ourselves grace and pushing ourselves too far.
1:45.0	And Christine talks about this. She gives us advice and strategies and tips so that we can continue to change and grow and develop
1:52.0	without hurting ourselves, injuring ourselves, or pushing ourselves too far.
1:56.4	So Christine is the author of the book Up to Speed, The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes and has a master's
2:01.9	degree from Harvard University. So with that, let's get into our interview.
2:07.2	Christine, you have put so much time and energy into writing about health and fitness
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