492: How women should exercise as they age | Award-winning sports journalist Christine Yu

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 3 July 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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“Respect your body where it is,” says Christine Yu. Christine, an award-winning sports journalist and author, joins us to discuss everything women should know about starting an exercise routine, plus: - Christine’s personal & professional background (~00:15) - How women & men exercise differently (~02:46) - Why women tend to have more knee injuries (~05:04) - How to prevent injuries as you age (~13:21) - The importance of rest & recovery for kids (~17:48) - How to raise your kids to be good sports (~22:20) - How early you should start strength training (~25:44) - How to eat for hormonal balance (~30:42) - Where women have more strength advantages over men (~34:51) - How to enhance your mental game (~39:38) - Why so many people get injured playing pickle ball (~44:38) - How long you actually need to rest & recover after an injury (~48:07) - The importance of joy in exercise (~54:43) - The future of exercise research (~57:18) - The woman athlete Christine admires most (~01:00:51) Trigger warning: This podcast contains mentions of disordered eating. Referenced in the episode: - Christine's book, Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes. - mbg Podcast episode #404, with Maria Shriver. - Research on ACL tears in women. - A study on knee differences between female dancers & soccer players. - A study on female vs. male ultra-marathoners. Tale 15% off methylation support+ with code SUPPORT15. Cannot combine with gift cards or other discount codes. Apply code at checkout. We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the MyBuddyGreen podcast. I'm Jason Wackeb, founder and co-CEO of MyBuddyGreen and your host.
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0:37.2	Hey everyone, the well-being space needs to do better for women. The lion's share of health
0:42.4	and nutrition research is conducted on men. The biohacking space is brimming with
0:46.9	bros and the exercise space often feels male dominated. Well, Christine U is here to change
0:52.8	the narrative. Everyone's bodies are unique but women and men do have some fundamental differences
0:58.1	that can impact their exercise performance and yet most exercise advice takes a one-size-fits-all
1:03.8	approach often in favor of men. Christine is an award-winning sports journalist who focuses on
1:09.6	the intersection of sports science and women athletes and her new book Up to Speed is an
1:15.0	absolute must-read. As the dad to two young girls, I couldn't put it down. Tune in to hear
1:20.4	everything women should know about starting an exercise routine from your teens all the way up to
1:25.2	your 80s. Christine, welcome. Thank you so much for having me. I'm excited to be here. Great to
1:30.6	have you really enjoyed your book as the father of two little girls and a big fan of women athletes
1:38.0	in general. So let's start with you and your background and the why behind Up to Speed,
1:45.3	the groundbreaking science of women athletes. Yeah, so I'm a journalist. I cover sports and science
1:53.6	and health. I've been active all my life. I've played sports since I was little and so I've always
2:00.3	been interested in this, you know, not only playing sports, right, and kind of understanding how
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