ROAR, Revised Edition: Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong Body for Life
About this product
The groundbreaking book that revolutionized exercise nutrition and performance for female athletes, now freshly updated Women are not small men. Stop eating and training like one.
In ROAR, exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist Stacy T. Sims, PhD, teaches you everything you need to know to adapt your nutrition, hydration, and training to work with your unique female physiology, rather than against it.
By understanding your physiology, you’ll know how best to adapt your lifestyle and build routines to maximize your performance, on and off the sports field. You’ll discover expert guidance on building a rock-solid foundation for fitness and everyday life with tips for determining your high-performance body composition, gaining lean muscle, and nailing your nutrition. Because a women’s physiology changes over time, you’ll also find full chapters devoted to pregnancy and menopause.
This revised edition includes a wealth of new research developments, expanded recommendations based on those findings, and updates to reflect the changing landscape of women's sports, including:
An updated action plan for peak performance across all phases of your menstrual cycle, as there is never a bad day to perform at your best
A fresh understanding about the impact of hormonal contraception on training
A look into why you need more protein than the average woman and how these needs change across your lifespan
The reasons why sleep is your most powerful recovery tool and how to manage disruptions to your internal clock
A deep dive into saunas, cold plunges, and other training and recovery techniques as they apply to female physiology
Insights into biohacking and what works (and doesn’t) for active women
No matter what your activity is—Olympic lifting, general fitness, endurance, or field sports—this book will empower you with the personal insight and knowledge you need to be in the healthiest, fittest, strongest shape of your life. Read more
Editor's Take
Amazon reviewers say this revised edition is highly informative, relevant, and full of practical advice for active women, with many praising the updated research, extensive bibliography, and actionable guidance. Reddit users give a more mixed but still interested response: some like the ideas and revision, while others question how well some claims are supported. A review blog describes it as especially useful for female recreational or serious athletes and for its coverage of training, nutrition, and women-specific issues. Goodreads shows a large community response overall, indicating broad reader interest in the book.
For YouTube, actual results surfaced for this specific title, including a review video and a book overview, so there are real video sources tied to the product. The search results also included broader interviews and related appearances by Stacy T. Sims, which suggest the book is actively discussed in video content.
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| Topic | Nutrition |
Product Details
| Publisher | Rodale Books |
| Publication date | January 9, 2024 |
| Edition | Revised |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 400 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 059358192X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0593581926 |
| Item Weight | 1.47 pounds |
| Dimensions | 7.52 x 1.06 x 9.06 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank | #3,407 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #4 in Stretching Exercise & Fitness #9 in General Women's Health #15 in Nutrition (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (947) |
