Kerry McGawley, PhD (part 2) | EP#410

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Fitness, Ironman, Endurancesports, Run, Sports, Cycling, Triathlon, Swimming, Health, Bike, Swim, Sportscience, Health & Fitness, Running

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Kerry McGawley is Associate Professor at Mid Sweden University, a coach and coach educator, and a very good age group triathlete. In this interview, we discuss the current science on the female athlete, where we need to do more in both academia, in sports organisations and in society, and practical takeaways. This is part two of a two-part interview, where part one was about Kerry's own training as an age-group 70.3 World Champion. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Mother-athlete challenges -Menstrual cycle phases and performance -Menstrual health literacy and barriers to coach-athlete communication -Amenorrhea and associated injury risk and performance outcomes -Next steps in academia, organisations and elsewhere SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts410/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/ SPONSORS: Precision Fuel & Hydration help athletes perform at their best through their online tools, patented Sweat Test and range of electrolytes and fueling products. Use the free Fuel & Hydration Planner and receive a personalised plan for your carbohydrate, sodium and fluid intake. If you want further help, book a free 20-minute video consultation to chat through your plan. Listen out for the code in today's show to get 15% off your first order of PF&H electrolytes and fueling products. If you missed the code, just email hello@pfandh.com. FORM Smart Swim Goggles give you unprecedented real-time feedback in your swim training through a display on the goggle lens. See every split to stay on pace, track your stroke rate and don't let it drop, use heart rate to become more scientific and precise with your training (through integration with Polar HR monitors) and analyse more in-depth metrics post-swim in the app. You can also use a vast library of workouts or training plans, or build your own guided workouts. Get 15% off the goggles with the code TTS15 on formswim.com/tts. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Kerry's Twitter, Instagram and Research Gate Kerry McGawley, PhD (part 1) | EP#408 The menstrual cycle and oral contraception – impact on exercise performance with Kelly McNulty | EP#280 Improving menstrual health literacy in sport - McGawley et al. 2023 Tick-tock goes the biological clock: Mother-athlete challenges facing elite Scandinavian cross-country skiers - Bergström et al. 2023 Influence of Menstrual Cycle or Hormonal Contraceptive Phase on Physiological Variables Monitored During Treadmill Testing - Taipale et al. 2021 "Do Elite Sport First, Get Your Period Back Later." Are Barriers to Communication Hindering Female Athletes? - Höök et al. 2021 The FENDURA project RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/ CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

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0:00.0	That Traathlon Show, 410.
0:18.4	Hey, what's up, everybody?
0:20.4	Welcome back to another episode of That Traathlon Show, the podcast
0:24.0	presented by Scientific Traathlon.com. I'm our host Michael, and on today's episode, we have
0:29.1	part two of my interview with Professor Kerry McGaulay, and this part is all about the female
0:33.8	athlete and recent research on that topic that Kerry has been involved in.
0:38.0	Just as a reminder, we had part one of this interview two weeks ago in episode 4 and 8.
0:43.5	And that was all about Kerry's own training and from the perspective of she's a physiologist and an exercise scientist and she has a lot of knowledge about training and coaching.
0:53.8	So how does she train?
0:55.4	Because she was recently, she became the 73 world champion in her age group.
1:00.2	She also won the British Middle Distance Championships and the World Traathlon Long
1:04.3	Distance Championships in Ibiza in May.
1:07.8	So basically the question is how does somebody with her knowledge kind of use that
1:12.2	and how does it influence her training and yeah, what does her training look like to achieve
1:16.6	those successes at an age group level? But this is part two. This is about the female athlete
1:22.9	and we have practical takeaways, but we also have more of the scientific side of things here
1:28.6	before we get into that though big thanks to our sponsors precision fuel and hydration they help
1:33.4	athletes perform at their best with elect light and fueling products and with free online
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