Featured Guest on Fully Free with Ashley

If you are a female athlete, have high androgens, possibly PCOS, this episode is very insightful and was what I was looking for when I felt my story was different than many of those with the typical "PCOS diagnosis."  This episode was one I was looking forward to for a LONG time. I connected with my mentor Vince Pitstick, Functional Medicine Consultant, Coach and founder of "Nutrition Dynamic" based out of the USA. He also went on to found "Nuethix Formulations" which contain high-quality ingredients, with high potency, because he was tired of seeing the opposite in the fitness world. Today Vince and I discuss the following and more:

- Vince's story

-Some of the fitness industry pitfalls

-Western Medicine and what it's missing for healing chronic health issues

-Why weight gain can be a SYMPTOM of underlying dysfunction

-Weight gain with under-eating and over-training

-Women's hormones on testing

-The Law of Thermodynamics 

-Intro. to Women vs. Men's physiology and training

-Yo-yo dieting

-Metabolic Dysfunction from dieting, over-exercise and increased stress

-Hyperandrogenism on tests such as DUTCH (connected to histories of over-training, lack of training cycling and more)

-Ectomorphic females and bloodwork

-Why SLEEP is the most important

-Daily movement > lifting/stressing the body regularly

Featured Guest on The Excellence Cartel

Episode 18: Troubleshooting Female Hormones

Today we invited Vince Pitstick, holistic wellness coach and owner of Nutrition Dynamic on the show to talk about menopause and its effect on hormones progesterone, estrogen, testosterone, along with the thyroid.

Vince leads off with what he has seen work and not work with pre, peri, and menopausal women in both competitive and general population categories.

While this episode wasn't enough time to truly cover these complex topics, we hope it at least opens your mind to exploring your hormones and becoming an advocate for your own health.