'Training on Cycle': Hitting the Weights Frequently (5x/WK), Alone, Very Unlikely to Trigger the 'Female Athlete Triad'
The squat was not part of the training regimen in the study at hand - that's bad because it would certainly have made the workout more intense and might thus have affected the results. If you don't remember what it was, I suggest you (re-)read the classic 'SuppVersity Athlete Triad'-Series ( read it )... and if you don't have the time to devour those classics, here's the gist: While it is often accompanied by eating disorders, the athlete triad can also arise in periods of either low energy availability or high training loads. Next to an ongoing decline of physical (and eventually also cognitive performance), the main features of the female athlete triad are amenorrhoea / oligomenorrhoea (no, or a disturbed menstrual cycle, respectively), and - in the long(er) run, i.e. after months and years - an often highly significant decrease in bone mineral density (osteoporosis and osteopenia). As et al. point out in their latest paper, the female athlete triad ...
