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Coaching Females

Women can be very complicated, many women aren't familiar with their own phases of the menstrual cycle or how their hormones physiology...

The Role of Hormones in Females and Males

Other than genetics and the difference in genitalia, arguably the largest biological difference between women and men is in the relative...

The Consequences of Hypocortisolism

What is Hypocortisolism? Hypocortisolism is when levels of cortisol itself switch from being chronically elevated to being too low....

Fat Loss With High Stress Levels.

If you are embarking on a fat loss journey and you are starting off already with high levels of chronic psychological or life stress,...

Gender Differences In The Response To Stress Before Exercise Is Added To The Equation.

While all stressors cause a relatively similar stress response (hormonally at least), there are gender differences in how the system...

How Cortisol Affects Bodyweight

While obesity can lead to an over-activated hypothalamus , stress and cortisol also play a major role in the overall control of...

Cortisol

The hormone cortisol is actually one of several hormones that are grouped under the heading of corticosteroids but I will refer to them...

What Is Stress?

Stress can be defined as anything that throws your body out of allostatic balance. Stress comes in many ways: INJURY - STARVING - TOO HOT...