Esther has her Masters in Sport and Exercise Physiology. Esther's final research project at university focused on the female athlete, where she investigated the effects of the menstrual cycle on running economy. But, prior to that to that she was an elite contemporary dancer. Esther is a sports scientist working for Orreco, a sports science and data analytics company. She primarily works in the daughter branch of the company that focuses on the female athlete known as FitrWoman. They created the world's first app to help women train in tune with their menstrual cycle. Fitrwoman is changing the way females train, prepare and recover. FitrWoman helps you track your menstrual cycle and provides personalized training and nutritional suggestions tailored to the changing hormone levels throughout your cycle. In this episode we talk about Esthers story as a elite contemporary dancer Female physiology The menstrual cycle Why our cycle matters when it comes to training and performance Training with the cycle Fuelling to support cycle, training and performance Why eating enough and food frequency matters How to track your period and train smarter "We never change training, or not train, It's about having the right strategies" - Esther Goldsmith Connect with fitrwoman https://www.fitrwoman.com/ @Fitrwoman You can connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amykatebowe/ Website: http://www.amykatebowe.com/ Email: [email protected] Music: Sorrow by Sappheiros https://soundcloud.com/sappheirosmusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SYGjI28nGec

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