The Female Body Bible: The Sunday Times bestselling guide to women's health and fitness

It's no exaggeration to say that this book could change your life! Chapters, packed with accessible, practical and fascinating advice, include:'Mastering your Menstrual Cycle', 'Your Body and Birth Control', 'Perfecting your Pelvic Floor', 'Supporting Your Breasts Well', 'Bodies That Move Well', 'Eating Well', 'Sleeping Well' and 'A Woman's Brain'.Having worked and coached in the fields of sport and fitness for over 25 years, I now have a 'go to' resource with all the current best practice and information in one place. Plus, it's easy to follow, lighthearted in places, highly readable and engaging.I will be recommending this book to all the girls, women and sports coaches in my life!

If only this book could have been written 30 years ago, it would have transformed my life. It is full of factually based information that every female should know about her body. Empowered with this knowledge we can all lead healthier, more enjoyable and more active lives. But it isn't just for women, I am going to make sure my son, my husband and my male work colleagues know this stuff too! I love the style, brilliantly written and easy to read.

Nice and informative

This book is filling the gaps in the understanding of women’s health, wellbeing and fitness.From cover to cover you are learning about areas of women’s health and well-being that for so long haven’t been spoken about or that you felt too embarrassed to mention or that you should “just get on with it”Did you know women need more sleep than men? Did you know you are more prone to injury at certain times of your cycle? How much do you even know about the impacts of your cycle on your training…?Nutritional needs for women are totally different than men’s as well as the way we adapt and recover from exercise and injury.Whatever your age, status, levels of activity and training, read this book!It’s brilliant!!

Well written from 3 different authors’ perspectives. I thought I was pretty well-informed but wished I had known just how important a role female hormones have on so many different body functions at so many stages during one’s life. I wish there was more about older-than-menopause age. Perhaps when the authors get to that point in their lives they will add to what’s already published. Should be dished out to every woman so that they can then better understand what’s going on!

Such an amazing and eye opening book. Demystifying all the facts and dispelling all the myths around female bodies. Let’s face it women are not a niche group and all this info should be out in the open and talked about. A great resource for my sports club roles, as a parent and quite frankly as a women with an ever changing body. Did a one sitting speed read and will go over it all again to make sure the facts stick. #thefemalebodybible

All women should read this. Gives you so much food for thought where women fit/don’t fit in the sports and exercise world.

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.It’s packed with tips and approaches to immediately impact your sessions and coaching practice; which influence your planning and design.Each chapter is carefully set out to guide you, supported by the authors sharing lived experiences from themselves and their clients.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.As a coach of women, my only regret is that the book wasn’t published a decade ago. It’s a great book to share with athletes as it provides a safe space for conversation and allows you to explore topics and have quality coaching conversations using the book as the ‘stimulus’. It’s added to my coaching toolbox.