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Awesome article on women in sport

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FusionChefGeoff · 30/11/2020 09:09

Hope this link works, really thought provoking but not unsurprising how women's bodies are ignored when it comes to sports science.

Jaw dropping note at the end how Ireland rugby launched their new jerseys with male rugby stars to promote the male version but female MODELS rather than players for the ladies shirts.

www.telegraph.co.uk/womens-sport/2020/11/26/sports-science-constantly-reminds-female-athletes-guests-sporting/?fbclid=IwAR3L9CastOQpSr12GPtiXBtUFtE1uHS1-NW-x7gJNYtorHtauwKovxTbYNE

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SeasonallySnowyPeasant · 30/11/2020 09:14

Great article (the link works fine).

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ErrolTheDragon · 30/11/2020 09:15

Good piece , thanks!

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MichelleofzeResistance · 30/11/2020 09:30

Lovely article, so rare you hear female bodies celebrated in this way! Or the very clear points made as to why female bodies and female sport is not just a side tack on from the default male sport.

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persistentwoman · 30/11/2020 09:33

What a good article - and the odds she has overcome. Awesome woman.

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ErrolTheDragon · 30/11/2020 10:38

This chimes with a section I'm listening to now on woman's hour re women footballers and the greater damage of headers - insufficiency of data mentioned, possibility of variation of damage dependent on menstrual cycle, difference in physiology.

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PopperUppleton · 30/11/2020 11:46

Good god some of the comments are hideous!

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scrappydappydoooooo · 30/11/2020 12:14

I really like this article on how women should train to take advantage of their physiology rather than just train like small men. It really made sense to me as I had fallen into a way of weight training that suited me, and I was seeing really great results despite every thing I'd read telling me I was doing it wrong.

mennohenselmans.com/why-women-should-not-train-like-men/