The Science of Women Athletes: What We’ve Been Missing — with CHRISTINE YU, Author of Up to Speed

Send us Fan MailToday I speak with Christine You, a writer who investigates the intersection of sports science and women athletes. Her writing has appeared in Outside, The Washington Post, Runner’s World, and other publications. She’s a lifelong athlete and yoga teacher who loves running, surfing, and skiing. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.Christine is a mom of two boys (ages 13 and 16) and physical activity and sports have always been a part of her life. Going into pregnancy and postpartum, she felt like she had zero guidance, which was a big part of the reason why she wanted to address specific life stages in her book, Up To Speed. We talk about:-her experience running during pregnancy and postpartum-writing about women in sports and the intersection with science-lack of research about women in sport-educating youth coaches-accommodating developmental stages in youth athletes-expectations for 6 week postpartum visit-lack of research for perimenopause and menopause Time Stamps1:00 introduction3:40 returning to running postpartum4:50 deciding to write about women in sports10:03 needing women researchers14:15 intervention with young athletes18:55 the business of youth sports24:30 disparity between girls and boys rules in sports26:30 interviews in the book29:44 diving into the chapters33:25 previous research in pregnancy36:45 perimenopause and menopause43:15 biggest takeaway from writing the bookCONNECT WITH CARRIEIG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/Website: https://carriepagliano.comCONNECT WITH CHRISTINEIG: https://www.instagram.com/cyu888/Website: https://www.christinemyu.com/The Active Mom Podcast — a real mom's guide to pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause & beyond, for active moms and the professionals who help them get there.Quick-hit conversations with moms, providers, and researchers... because you don't have a lot of free time (you're probably listening at 1.5x right now).Follow so you don't miss an episode. Rate & review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ — it's how the next mom searching for these answers actually finds them. Share it with the friend who needs it.Questions or topic requests? DM me 💌