Post by max23 on Mar 29, 2022 21:43:00 GMT -5
There's lots of articles on the internet about the effect of periods on athletic performance. The interesting thing about this one is that it goes against anecdotal evidence that performance declines once an athlete's period starts. The article mentions Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui, who made headlines in 2016 at the Rio Olympics for telling a reporter she had not performed well due to her period starting the night before her event.
According to the article, exercise scientist Kurt Vogel is conducting research with female athletes at Lions FC (the Lions play in a national competition, the Australian Football League). "Three times a week, he tests [the players'] maximal strength and maximal speed while tracking changes through the menstrual cycle. '[It's] quite interesting to see that during the period, after the first day, generally there's an improvement in performance, he said. It is prior to that where the performance tends to decrease.'"
By using the words "prior to that", does he mean that a decline in performance is confined to the first day of a player's period, or is he saying it declines in the lead up to the player's period? I'd be interested to know, but unfortunately it's not really clear from the article.
"Research 'gaps' about periods, the pill and female physiology affecting women in sport": www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-13/research-gaps-in-sports-science-affecting-women/100865596
According to the article, exercise scientist Kurt Vogel is conducting research with female athletes at Lions FC (the Lions play in a national competition, the Australian Football League). "Three times a week, he tests [the players'] maximal strength and maximal speed while tracking changes through the menstrual cycle. '[It's] quite interesting to see that during the period, after the first day, generally there's an improvement in performance, he said. It is prior to that where the performance tends to decrease.'"
By using the words "prior to that", does he mean that a decline in performance is confined to the first day of a player's period, or is he saying it declines in the lead up to the player's period? I'd be interested to know, but unfortunately it's not really clear from the article.
"Research 'gaps' about periods, the pill and female physiology affecting women in sport": www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-13/research-gaps-in-sports-science-affecting-women/100865596