The book also seems to promote a bit of fear-mongering. There were several times in the book when the author made it sound like women HAD to do this thing immediately or our health would suffer e.g. ACL injury-preventing exercises without any explanation as to what these are. When I googled it I found lunges and squats were both excellent exercises for this and I don't know any active woman who doesn't do these moves! I just found it crazy how the author hadn't mentioned this or given any help as to how many to do etc and it just felt very insincere and like a scare tactic. women's health and providing reliable, evidence based information. She is colleague, a friend and somebody whose information I would trust! Dr Rupy Aujla, MBBS, BSc, MRCGP, Founder of The Doctor’s Kitchen This book is wonderfully empowering, it has given me huge insight into how my body works and how I can help myself be stronger, fitter and healthier. My only wish is I could have had it as a teenager when I very sadly gave up competitive swimming because I didn’t like the way it made me look, and had no clue how immensely important it was to me both physically and mentally. I can’t wait to give it to my daughters, so they don’t make the same mistake.

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The Female Body Bible

Whether you read cover to cover, dip into chapter headings or keep as your reference guide it will change your coaching of girl and women athletes. This isn't just a book, it's a movement - a call to action. Every woman deserves to know more about her body and everyone, regardless of their sex, needs to know more about women's bodies to remove the vestiges of secrecy and shame once and for all. This is the playbook of all the elements that go into getting the most out of your body, and a selection of strategies that you can try to find out what works for you and your incredible body. Authors, Baz Moffat, Dr Emma Ross and Dr Bella Smith started writing this book in 2021, and has been a couple of years in the making, and they can hardly wait to share it with you!

Each chapter is carefully set out to guide you, supported by the authors sharing lived experiences from themselves and their clients. Baz, Bella and Emma are my go-to experts and with The Female Body Bible, they can be yours too. Judy Murray, tennis coach This book is wonderfully empowering, it has given me huge insight into how my body works and how I can help myself be stronger, fitter and healthier. My only wish is I could have had it as a teenager when I very sadly gave up competitive swimming because I didn't like the way it made me look, and had no clue how immensely important it was to me both physically and mentally. I can't wait to give it to my daughters, so they don't make the same mistake. Louise Minchin, journalist and author of Dare to Tri

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The authors seem to want every woman to wholeheartedly love their period and verged on toxic positivity. Women do not have to love their periods and body neutrality is proven to be a much better approach as there are less extreme emotions and shame. It's fine to hate your period. They are painful, messy and an inconvenience but this book feels like an always commercial where every woman is skipping through fields so happy to have her period! It's not helpful. The webinar you ran for our colleagues must be one of the most, if not the most, well received event of its kind that we've had at Tate! In the follow-up survey we sent around to staff, the session received an average star rating of 4.7 out of 5. ' Fleur Kaminska: Learning & Development Coordinator, Tate Britain

I turned 40 this year. I read this book switching between thinking, why am I only just finding out about this stuff that specifically related to my physical body, and feeling incredibly downhearted and disappointed that the patriarchy still massively hampers women in so many different areas; in the case of this book, women in sport. We have thoroughly enjoyed working on this project (The Well HQ) and long may it continue. Professor Joanna Wakefield Scurr, University of Portsmouth

The book is very anti-anything to control your periods and after a whole chapter trying to dissuade you from using any medicine says "do what's best for you" when the author is clearly very against that. Not really a positive message for young girl or anyone to be reading This book is a must for all sports coaches and exercise professionals. It takes you on a journey to understand the female body and performance. How to work more effectively with girls and women, supporting them, creating coaching conversations, challenging your thinking and practice. What has been so rewarding working with Emma Ross is how she was able to make any audience be prepared to think differently when it came to the development and support of the female athlete. David Faulkner OLY: Head of Performance, The FA, Women’s Professional Game, Para and Futsal Team Leader GB Women’s Football – Tokyo 2020 Olympics