Hello, folks. Welcome back to the WOOP podcast, where we are on a mission to unlock human performance.

I'm your host, Will Ahmed, founder and CEO of WOOP. If you don't know what WOOP is, check us out at WOOP.com.

We build wearable technology. All right. On this week's episode, WOOPVP of Performance Science,

principal scientist, Kristen Holmes, is joined by exercise physiologist and nutrition

scientist, Dr. Stacey Sims. Dr. Sims is a women's health expert who has directed research

programs at Stanford,

AUT University, and the University of Wicato,

focusing on female athlete health and performance and pushing the dogma to improve research on all women.

Dr. Stacey Sims is a member of the WOOP Scientific Advisory Council,

and she's also published

over 70 peer-reviewed papers, several books, regularly featured speaker at professional and

academic conferences, including those by USAC and USA Cycling.

Kristen and Stacey dive in on how men and women have different profiles for building strength,

having conversation with young girls around puberty and how it changes their training,

women training throughout different stages of their menstrual cycle. This is really interesting.

One is the optimal time to train with heavy lifting or hit workouts and knowing when the body should be recovering.

I think women will enjoy this.

Tips on how to maintain energy levels during the luteal phase.

How to train while going through parimenopause and during postmenopause.

And how Dr. Sims relies on adaptogens when she is traveling and

dealing with circadian disruption. So keep in mind, she's traveling from New Zealand to Boston

to Amsterdam to D.C. over the next plus week. So you're going to hear how she manages all of that.

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