Female Athletes - DON'T be afraid to eat, especially carbs!

LEA - low energy availability - do you know what this means? It means you are not giving your body the fuel (energy) it needs to do a workout to your best ability or perform the next day workouts.

Well…new research would beg to differ (as would I!). Pound for pound, active women have the same energy requirements as men, and active women overwhelmingly miss that mark—especially when it comes to carbohydrate intake.