LEARN WITH NANA
Understand more. Second-guess less.
For a long time, women were given general advice and expected to figure out the rest themselves. But your cycle, training load, recovery, symptoms, fuelling and life do not exist in isolation. The more context we have, the more useful the guidance becomes. Consider this your growing guide to female physiology, fuelling, training and health. What we know, what we’re still learning, and how to make sense of it for the athlete that matters most: you.
Understand your body
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Female athletes, hormones and training
Why female athletes deserve better than “male default” science — without replacing it with another one-size-fits-all rulebook.
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Hormones and athletic performance
Short answer: they can influence how you feel. They do not automatically decide how well you perform. Oestrogen and progesterone act on several systems at once. Here’s the nuance nobody…
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Menstrual cycle and athletic performance
21–35 days is the normal range. About 13% land on 28. Let’s kill a myth right away: the “textbook” 28-day cycle is basically a unicorn. Only about 13% of women…
More on this topic soon.
Fuel your training
First article coming soon.
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Stay healthy and strong
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RED-S: what every female athlete should know
What is the biggest lie we have been taught by the diet industry? “Move more, eat less!” You may be surprised to hear this but physiological studies have shown us that this exact approach not only doesn’t support long term…
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See how Nana thinks
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Individualised Training for Female Athletes: Why Your Menstrual Cycle Is Only Part of the Picture
Same workout. Same cycle phase. Different human. Good training advice starts with the athlete, not the calendar.
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