Level Up: Contraception, Women’s Health & Steroid Use:

Level Up With Sharelle and Dani

Today we had an extremely in depth conversation with Victoria Felkar who is a practitioner, consultant, author and educator.

She specialises in women’s health, hormones and steroid use in the female athlete. Which also includes hormonal contraception.

Victoria also has an incredible story behind her drive and passion for research and education, which really shines through in the episode.

There are two parts to this conversation.

1. Menstruation & contraception (0:00 - 60:07)

2. The health consequences of steriod use in bodybuilding (Start 60:07)

Enjoy this informative episode!

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Anghami: https://play.anghami.com/podcast/1023776104

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ep-95-contraception-womens-health-steroid-use-with/id1490923468?i=1000536065246

Spotify: https://anchor.fm/luwsd/episodes/Ep-95--Contraception--Womens-Health--Steroid-Use-with-Victoria-Felkar-e17jsc7

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LoCo Fit: Menstrual Cycle Health

I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to chat with my very good friend and colleague, the one and only Laurin Conlin - Owner of @teamlocofit, IFBB Bikini Pro, MS Exercise Science, and all around badass.

This video is the first in a two-episode video podcast on women’s health. Specifically, we discuss women's menstrual cycle health, regularities and irregularities and more.

Enjoy!

Audio version:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-36-menstrual-cycle-health-with-victoria-felkar/id1475160059?i=1000470187065

Learn more about Laurin and LoCo Fit
www.teamlocofit.com
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OPD Podcast - Female Hyperandrogenism

OPD PODCAST #38

This week we were lucky enough to sit down with specialist Victoria Felkar to deep dive into multiple issues a woman may face in their health and physique development journey including birth control, hyperandrogenism and new research in female hormonal health.

EPISODE LINK:

https://www.jjphysique.com/podcast/2018/9/23/female-hyperandrogenism-ft-victoria-felkar

Podcasts App: Optimal Physique Development

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwDgypolfVG3nCfZf_N3XIg

ITUNES:

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/optimal-physique-development/id1265819314?mt=2

PLAYER FM:

https://player.fm/series/optimal-physique-development

Learn more about Optimal Physique Development Podcast
https://www.jjphysique.com/podcast/

Joe Jeffery
IG: @joejefferyuk
Email: joejefferyuk@gmail.com
www.jjphysique.com

Austin Stout
IG: @austinst8 
Email: datas4@aol.com
www.integratedmandh.com

Dean St Mart
IG: @deanstm 
https://www.youtube.com/user/Deanstm
www.trainedbyjp.com

EliteFTS: Menstrual Cycle Myths

Menstrual myth busting with the help of @elitefts. I’m so grateful to @underthebar and EliteFTS for providing me with a platform to talk about one of the biggest barriers to women’s health.

It’s easy to blame “stupid” coaches for manipulating women’s hormones, or point the finger at #fitchicks for perpetuating nothing more than rubbish rumours about periods and PCOS. Getting to the root of the problem is the hard part.

Overtime numerous myths and misconceptions have shaped our knowledge and understanding about women – their health, hormones and lives. Today, these myths continue to linger within most aspects of society, including medicine, science, and fitness. Although I'd like to believe that the cute infographics posted by the #fitfam are done with good intentions, the truth is, often these do more harm by continuing to produce, reproduce, and magnify not just bad - but wrong information, about women's health.

For the last two decades, there has been an epidemic of hormonal disturbances within women’s life cycles. Oral contraceptives use, enivornmental toxins, eating or training too much or too little, layering stress on more stress, and A LOT of other variables and triggers are contributing to this. My goal is never to simplify the situation or reduce it to any one factor. The body is really, really complicated and there are no easy or unified solutions. It always must come down to the individual in question. It should always be about her. Her body, her health, her life in context today, years past and those still to come.

With that being said, we must start recognizing that when it comes to women's hormones and menstrual cycles, there is a lot that we think we know, don't know and may never know.

Breaking down myths, speaking to the knowledge gap, and critically thinking about the information you read and receive will go a long way in helping to improve the current state of women's health. Blissful, willful and reckless ignorance won’t help the situation, or the women affected by it. Get informed, get critical, and let's start building knowledge by breaking myths.

Check out the write up: https://www.elitefts.com/educa…/watch-menstrual-cycle-myths/

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FB: @elitefts
IG: @elitefts
YT: Dave Tate

Advices Radio: The Menstrual Cycle

Advices Radio with Scott McNally #58

This podcast makes me smile. My good friend, Scott McNally gave me a huge challenge to cover the menstrual cycle in a concise, easy to digest way that would provide listeners with a practical understanding of an incredibly complex process. Thank you Scott for providing me with another opportunity to do what I love!

Within the podcast, we explore the shifting kaleidoscope of hormones that are part of the menstrual cycle. The goal of this program is to help promote a better understanding of what is actually happening, which is a difficult task since every female body is unique.

EPISODE link:

https://www.advicesradio.com/track/episode-58

 

ITUNES: 

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/advices-radio/id1104299645?mt=2#

 

Stitcher: 

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/scott-mcnally/advices-radio/e/53953022

Learn more about Advices Radio:
www.advicesradio.com
FB: @advices.radio
YOUTUBE: Advices Radio

Ask Me Anything E2: Periods, Training & Hormonal Adaptations

Ask Me Anything

Can you breakdown the stages of a women’s menstrual cycle, and how training volume/intensity should be adapted to their cycle?

I tackle this question by discussing why in my opinion you can't actually adequately adapt training to an individual's menstrual cycle. To do so, I cover all of this and more:

• Menstrual life cycle & the huge degree of individual variance
• The influence of various hormonal adaptions such as birth control, exogenous hormones & training
• Why lab work is hard to do
• Training for your own individual menstrual cycle including controlling inflammation
• Some key biofeedback markers to track and follow

In this episode I tackle the question: Can you breakdown the stages of a women's menstrual cycle, and how training volume/intensity should be adapted to their cycle? I tackle this question by discussing why in my opinion you can't actually adequately adapt training to an individual's menstrual cycle.

If you like what you see, feel free to share. If you have any questions you'd like me to cover please feel free to shoot me a message.

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Video by: Alora Griffiths
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