Coaching Female Athletes: USA Cycling Course
Coaching females doesn’t have to be guesswork. See how leading coaches work with females to achieve high performance from juniors to masters.
Stacy T. Sims, MSC, PHD, is a world-renowned exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist focused on revolutionizing exercise nutrition and performance for women.
She is author of ROAR, a science-based book exploring the differences between training and nutrition for women and men of all ages, and formed the basis of her famous TEDx talk, “Women Are Not Small Men”.
Dr. Sims has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers and several books and is a regularly featured speaker at professional and academic conferences, including USA Cycling and the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Stacy currently holds a Senior Research Associate position with SPRINZ- AUT University, supervises PhD students, writes academic papers, and is on the advisory board of some cutting edge companies including Tonal Strength Institute, WILD.AI, and EXOS. She also has her own business where she creates and delivers online learning material focused on women training with their physiology across the lifespan.
She currently resides at the beach in Mt. Maunganui, New Zealand with her husband and young daughter.
Coaching females doesn’t have to be guesswork. See how leading coaches work with females to achieve high performance from juniors to masters.
In this research digest Dr. Stacy Sims highlights some of the most pertinent female-specific research that every coach needs to know.
Dr. Stacy Sims gives her advice on how to coach women through all stages of menopause.
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When it comes to coaching female athletes there’s an abundance of myths and misconceptions. Physiologist Stacy Sims sets the record straight.