There are a lot of unspoken, even unrecognized, assumptions when we think about how individuals respond to training. Regarding gender, we think we know how females will adapt to training compared to males, but are these assumptions valid? In episode 250 of the podcast, I sit down with Lauren Colenso-Semple, a PhD in muscle physiology, and Kanchana Venkatesh to chat about Lauren’s work and the larger body of literature examining how females adapt to training. We also single in on the menstrual cycle, specifically how fluctuations in hormones influence the adaptive response. #philosophicalweightlifting #podcast #female #strengthtraining #genderdifferences #weightlifting #science #menstrualcycle