Up to speed : the groundbreaking science of women athletes / Christine Yu.
"How the latest science can help women achieve their athletic potential"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780593332399 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xxvii, 301 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2023.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: Mind the gap -- Where are all the women? -- More than just hormonal -- Period power -- Fast fuel -- The long game -- The dreaded female body -- Bounce control -- Beyond shrink it and pink it -- The phenom years -- Family matters -- The change -- Conclusion: Beyond the gap. |
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Subject: | Physical fitness for women. Sports for women. Sports sciences. Women athletes > Physiology. |
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"How the latest science can help women achieve their athletic potential"-- - Baker & Taylor
Disentangling myth and gender bias from real science, an award-winning sports and health journalist explains the latest research on helping women athletes excel and celebrates those proposing better solutions to improve the active and athletic lives of women and girls so they can reach their full potential. - Penguin Putnam
âUp to Speed is a roadmap and toolbox for athletes of all ages. Every coach should read it and discuss it with their athletes. I wish I had been able to read this book while I was competing.â âKara Goucher, Olympic long-distance runner and author of The Longest Race
How the latest science can help women achieve their athletic potential
Over the last fifty years, women have made extraordinary advances in athletics. More women than ever are playing sports and staying active longer. Whether theyâre elite athletes looking for an edge or enthusiastic amateurs, women deserve a culture of sports that helps them thrive: training programs and equipment designed to work with their bodies, as well as guidelines for nutrition and injury prevention that are based in science and tailored to their lived experience.
Yet too often the guidance women receive is based on research that fails to consider their experiences or their bodies. So much of what we take as gospel about exercise and sports science is based solely on studies of men.
The good news is, this is finally changing. Researchers are creating more inclusive studies to close the gender data gap. Theyâre examining the ways women can boost athletic performance, reduce injury, and stay healthy.Â
Sports and health journalist Christine Yu disentangles myth and gender bias from real science, making the case for new approaches that can help women athletes excel at every stage of life, from adolescence to adulthood, through pregnancy, menopause, and beyond. She explains the latest research and celebrates the researchers, athletes, and advocates pushing back against the status quo and proposing better solutions to improve the active and athletic lives of women and girls.