tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44472491235196583472024-03-16T08:08:59.659+01:00SuppVersity - Nutrition and Exercise Science for EveryoneWhere BRO- and PRO-Science Unite in the Spirit of True WisdomAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-15787060676790957422012-10-28T17:10:00.000+01:002012-10-28T17:16:24.482+01:00The Female(?) Athlete Triad - Part III/III: Road to Recovery! Step #3 = Reinvent Your Training Regimen
You don't have to wonder that you get lost, when you embark on a journey without food, a map and as you will soon realize no definitive destination.
After I did not have time to write the third part of the Road to Recovery, which is Part II of the SuppVersity Female(?) Athlete's Triad Series, my guilty conscious has been plaguing me, so that I will simply take the time, sit down and write downAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-57320567674012053922012-10-14T18:51:00.003+02:002012-10-14T19:09:09.422+02:00The Female(?) Athlete Triad - Part III/III: Road to Recovery! Step #2 = Accept There is No Magic Macronutrient Ratio
No need to raid another tomb, Lara, the quest for the one and only ideal macronutrient composition that will yield optimal results for the rest of your life ends here (img courtesy of Paramount)!
I am not planning to bore you with a longish summary of the previous installment(s) of this series, here. Still, I don't want to head on to the 2nd step of the "Road to Recovery", which is going to Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-5410073450465909052012-10-07T18:19:00.001+02:002015-07-22T10:21:35.450+02:00The Female(?) Athlete Triad - Part III/III: Road to Recovery! Step #1 = "Increase Your Energy Intake"! Plus: Learn How to Calculate Your Resting Energy Expenditure (BMR)
You don't have to eat Burgers and French fries all day, but it's almost certain that you got to eat MORE than before. In this installment we will thus take a look on how much you'd minimally to function in your regular everyday life.
I have to admit I did underestimate the workload that would be associated with the SuppVersity Female(?) Athlete Triad Series. When I wrote the first part of thisAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-19098921171181625302012-09-30T18:15:00.000+02:002012-10-16T21:01:27.432+02:00The Female(?) Athlete Triad - Part II/III: LH, GH, IGF1, Insulin, Ghrelin, Leptin & Co Form a Self-Perpetuating Vicious Cycle
I usually rant against pizza and beer, but once the athlete triad has struck, they can be an occasional part of the "healing protocol".
In last Sunday's first installment of this series we have taken a look at the prevalence, etiology and fundamental cause of an entity that is, and I am repeating myself here, profoundly mislabeled as the "female athlete triad". In fact, it is, as we have Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-21161751945339311802012-09-23T18:31:00.001+02:002016-02-01T04:59:36.937+01:00The Female(?) Athlete Triad - Part I/III: How An Evolutionary Advantage Can Turn Its Ugly Face On Both Sexes!
The cover of the Vogue is usually not the place to turn to, if you are looking for role-models, but let's be honest: Do you believe Hope Solo or Serena Williams suffer from amenorrhea or their fellow Olympian Brian Lochte from low testosterone? I don't think so. So, there must be something "real" athletes do that way too many weekend warriors, who are in it, often to look just like their stars Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.com