Women Are Not Small Men

It's not common knowledge that the vast majority of sports science research is carried out on men. But, women are not the same.

It sounds obvious but in fitness women are treated like smaller versions of men because it’s convenient. Women’s data is discounted from the results of science research (or not even tracked in the first place) because women have periods and it messes up the data! The results are inconsistent. So, instead of figuring out why that is, they remove them. Much neater!

But there are obvious and not so obvious differences in physiology between men and women. Hormones play a key role in everyday life as well as when you're exercising and eating.

I will be going into more detail about the differences over the coming weeks.