Creatine, Muscle, and Female Metabolism: Why Women’s Fitness Advice Was Built Wrong | Dr. Abbie Smith-Ryan
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Women’s health and performance science is finally catching up—but for decades, much of the research guiding training, nutrition, and recovery was built primarily on male physiology. That mismatch has left many women feeling like they’re doing everything right—training hard, eating “clean,” tracking their metrics—yet still struggling with energy, metabolism, recovery, and body composition. In this episode of the Crackin’ Backs Podcast, we sit down with Abbie Smith-Ryan, one of the world’s lead...
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