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colleen_stearns's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
hilary_weckstein's review against another edition
4.0
Similar concept to “Invisible Women” but focused on sports science. Infuriating that the main reason for excluding women from scientific studies and clinical trials appears to be laziness because our bodies are more complicated
joanna1905's review against another edition
4.0
This was a pretty fascinating read, I really enjoyed how Yu spoke about so many different sports because it really helped highlight how these issues are systemic and not just a football problem or a gymnastics problem etc. It was, however, a pretty depressing read to really see just how deep misogyny runs in every aspect of life - particularly in science and medicine. The system has well and truely been rigged against us.
I appreciated the consideration of trans and non-binary athletes - it was very limited but understandably so given the lack of available research.
My one gripe would have to that this book gets spoken about and recommended constantly in discussions about female footballers and ACL injuries (which was why I bought it) - however it only briefly mentioned this issue 1-2 times and while it provided valuable background context I had hoped we’d get some more substance discussing this specific issue.
So I would recommend this for anyone with a more general interest or wanting a foundation of knowledge but not if you want to learn too specifically about football and ACLs (or any single sport and it’s accompanying injuries).
I appreciated the consideration of trans and non-binary athletes - it was very limited but understandably so given the lack of available research.
My one gripe would have to that this book gets spoken about and recommended constantly in discussions about female footballers and ACL injuries (which was why I bought it) - however it only briefly mentioned this issue 1-2 times and while it provided valuable background context I had hoped we’d get some more substance discussing this specific issue.
So I would recommend this for anyone with a more general interest or wanting a foundation of knowledge but not if you want to learn too specifically about football and ACLs (or any single sport and it’s accompanying injuries).
ginnybrooks's review
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Learned so much about women in sports-- reflected a lot on my own experience growing up as a soccer player, and on how I relate to sports now.
Biggest takeaways/notes to self
• athletic prime is still ahead!
• kids should play a range of sports at a reasonable level (hrs/week = age)
• perimenopause sounds terrible
• pelvic floor recovery post giving birth is *really* challenging and there's not enough care or attention given to the "fourth trimester"
• pronation is normal for women runners and doesn't need to be corrected (?!)
• Women's Ultrarunning success is most likely sampling bias (since 23% of participants are women and on average entrants are well-trained which cannot be said of all the men participating 🫢)
• Women are more likely to prepare well for races, less likely to wing it than men are
• When asked to predict their race times, men overestimated their times by 9%, women underestimated and ended up surpassing their estimates by an average of 7.6%. Women also paced themselves more evenly throughout the race.
• Strength training strength training strength training !!! For injury prevention, for bone health, and for success in sports!!!
• pronation is normal for women runners and doesn't need to be corrected (?!)
• Women's Ultrarunning success is most likely sampling bias (since 23% of participants are women and on average entrants are well-trained which cannot be said of all the men participating 🫢)
• Women are more likely to prepare well for races, less likely to wing it than men are
• When asked to predict their race times, men overestimated their times by 9%, women underestimated and ended up surpassing their estimates by an average of 7.6%. Women also paced themselves more evenly throughout the race.
• Strength training strength training strength training !!! For injury prevention, for bone health, and for success in sports!!!