with targeted messages tying their worth to
their looks. They are time poor and inundated
with often contradictory information,
and marketing and social media-fanned
misinformation, about health.
We have to teach our female clients how
to make great choices for their bodies as
often as possible. Each decision will impact
her hormonal profile and therefore her
overall health and wellbeing.
Some of the key things that can negatively
impact a woman’s health are:
• Chronic stress (and associated poor
coping strategies)
• Nutrient poor diets high in manufactured
sugars and fats
• Nutrient poor diets where there is low
energy availability (e.g. dieting, detoxing,
not eating enough calories)
• Poor liver health
• Excessive bouts of exercise, or long
periods of exercise, coupled with low
energy availability.
It’s time to start giving female clients the
attention they deserve. It’s time to train
women like women – knowing full well that
they are more than capable of being fit,
strong, powerful, fast and whatever else
they want to be.
This means taking advantage of her
monthly hormonal shifts over her menstrual
cycle, paying attention to how the sex
differences impact her ability to get results,
using strength training to mitigate the
effects of age-related decline, and delivering
individualised, nuanced training programs.
Let’s help women unleash their potential and normalise all aspects
of being a woman.
Nardia Norman
An award-winning presenter and educator, Nardia has 20
years’ experience in coaching, education and personal
training. Recipient of FILEX’s Presenter of the Year Award
2018, Personal Trainer of the Year 2014 and an Australian
Institute of Fitness Legend, her passions lie in business
coaching for female fitness professionals, and educating
trainers on how to work with women clients more effectively.
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