Course Description
When a female body is chronically stressed, cortisol is released over and above it’s normal ranges and time span. There’s a “downstream” effect on other hormones, and a state of chronic hormonal imbalance can develop. Exercise is another form of stress, but it is also another form of stress relief. This session aims to deliver the trainer a basic understanding of the female hormonal system and how stress affects it, how exercise can increase or decrease this imbalance, and the powerful side effects of managing chronic stress through movement in our female clients.
Learning Outcomes:
- Refresh your learning on the primary hormones involved menstrual cycle and menopause
- Dive in to cortisol – when it’s healthy, what it’s function is, how it’s made, it’s relationship with other hormones and hormone receptors on the cells
- Understand the basics in how hormone dysfunction is a circular feedback loop and how your movement prescription can break the cycle rather than feeding it
- Get the red flags of hormone imbalance, when and why to refer to their GP
- What kinds of movement and tweaks to your training can break or mitigate the chronic stress cycle
1 CEC with AusActive
1 CPD with NZ Reps
This course is available as a PDF download, and will take 1-2hrs to complete.
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