The Gender Health Gap in Fitness and How This Harms Women With Dr. Jessica Shepherd
Podcast: The Wellness Mama PodcastPublished On: Mon Mar 09 2026
Description: Episode Highlights With JessicaWhat the gender health gap is and how this negatively impacts women The reason women weren’t included.. It wasn’t necessarily malicious, just assumed that the physiology was the same and just adjust based on height and weightWomen and men’s physiology is very different and this impacts a lot in medicine and fitnessHow hormones come into play in fitnessWhy functional training is especially important for women and how to strength train in functional ways The importance of the time between age 40-60 that impacts things later in lifeHormones are chemical messengers and how to understand female hormones to train differently Her personal and clinical 80/20 that she suggests for biggest impact for womenResources MentionedDr. Jessica's websitePvolve workouts - Use code wellnessmama for 15% off (limited time)HiyaHiya created a super powered chewable vitamin for kids that packs twelve organic fruits and vegetables plus fifteen essential vitamins and minerals into every dose. Try it at hiyahealth.com/wellnessmama for 50% off your first order.
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