#88 - Training For the Female Athlete, advice from 13 years in the WNBL
Senior coach Tennille brings 13 years of WNBL experience to her first ever podcast, sitting down with Durham to talk training the female athlete properly. They cover why female athletes are statistically more prone to knee injuries (the Q angle matters), and why the fear of getting bulky from lifting hard is costing athletes real performance. Get the programming right and that fear disappears.
Show notes
First of all this is a great article and explanation of the Q angle and how it relates to knee injuries in females.
And when Durham talks about female athletes giving less effort in the gym due to fear of becoming too bulky (complete bogus if your programming is correct: intent does not increase hypertrophy, but that’s a whole other topic…) they are really missing out on a concept called the intent to move principle: we have spoken about it at length here.