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regorama's review against another edition
5.0
Absolute must-read for any woman athlete (an athlete is someone who exercises on purpose) no matter your level. Really gets into how your monthly hormone cycle affects your strength and endurance—and how to make that work for you!!
webswebswebs's review against another edition
1.0
I really wanted to like this book and I’m sure there are bits of truth and science in it (hormone changes impact how challenge certain exercises can be), but there’s plenty that undermines any science that is true and accurate. There are recommendations (drink cherry juice 3 days before flying East to combat jet lag) that come with no reason why, what the purpose is, or what science supports that practice. There’s support for debunked science (exercise and eating recommendations based on somatotypes) and supplements (emergen-c and airborne to combat travel fatigue - no scientific explanation why). There are statements that have no scientific studies backing them in the appendix (women who take oral contraceptives have a 50% higher chance of developing lupus). All of this undermines the credibility of the book and the author. Someone else put it perfectly - just another diet book with a muscular exterior.
estark16's review against another edition
4.0
If you are a woman who is into fitness, whether new to it or fairly well acquainted, chances are that this book will have something for you.
As the excerpt says, women are not small men. This should not be a revelation to most reading this, but unfortunately the fitness industry tends to lump all their training programs together without any accounting for the specific needs of women. Stacy T. Sims, PhD, who holds her PhD in Environmental Exercise Physiology and Sports Nutrition, saw this need in the market and put together what is perhaps one of the best and most easily digested books on how to train and eat as a woman. That said, of course something written as broadly as this book is (I said "easily digested") will not be without faults. Some of the statements regarding recent research were stated too generally to be entirely accurate (as noted by a few other reviews). But, overall, there is something in here for the bulk of women who are trying to learn to train smarter, instead of just harder.
As the excerpt says, women are not small men. This should not be a revelation to most reading this, but unfortunately the fitness industry tends to lump all their training programs together without any accounting for the specific needs of women. Stacy T. Sims, PhD, who holds her PhD in Environmental Exercise Physiology and Sports Nutrition, saw this need in the market and put together what is perhaps one of the best and most easily digested books on how to train and eat as a woman. That said, of course something written as broadly as this book is (I said "easily digested") will not be without faults. Some of the statements regarding recent research were stated too generally to be entirely accurate (as noted by a few other reviews). But, overall, there is something in here for the bulk of women who are trying to learn to train smarter, instead of just harder.