Author of UP TO SPEED: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes. Freelance journalist—sports, outdoors, science, & health for NYT, SELF, Outside and others. Sci Comm. Pro napper. https://linktr.ee/cyu888https://bsky.app/profile/christineyu.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/christineyu.bsky.social/post/3lhualkm4ac2jLooking for researchers who study the effect of yoga on stress and sleep quality. If that's you, please reach out!10 Feb 2025 22:57 +0000at://did:plc:7yd3ragmxsrlz2sa3ctafgtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhualkm4ac2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/christineyu.bsky.social/post/3lgq5bxqt622dHelp me find some new podcasts? What are you favorite science (life, physical, biomedical) and health related podcasts?27 Jan 2025 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:7yd3ragmxsrlz2sa3ctafgtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgq5bxqt622dhttps://bsky.app/profile/christineyu.bsky.social/post/3lfs7co6ggs2g"This legislation would change the actual statute of Title IX to explicitly exclude transgender people from a federal civil rights law." If passed, it would revoke fed $ for schools (public K-12 + colleges/universities) that allow trans girls in women's sports https://19thnews.org/2025/01/transgender-womens-sports-house-vote-title-ix/15 Jan 2025 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:7yd3ragmxsrlz2sa3ctafgtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfs7co6ggs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/christineyu.bsky.social/post/3lf22fcgayk2kI didn’t quite finish a draft of my WIP by the end of the year. Combo of family, holidays, travel got the best of me. Thankful for @jamiattenberg.bsky.social and #mini1000 for jumpstarting my writing again and knowing others are too. Feeling excited and energized to finish this thing.06 Jan 2025 02:07 +0000at://did:plc:7yd3ragmxsrlz2sa3ctafgtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf22fcgayk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/christineyu.bsky.social/post/3lerd5bllt227Happy last day of college applications to all who celebrate! 😂🫠02 Jan 2025 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:7yd3ragmxsrlz2sa3ctafgtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lerd5bllt227https://bsky.app/profile/christineyu.bsky.social/post/3lcvnfpnpjc2iThere are plenty of videos promise that the secret to faster running lies in your technique. As Matt Fitzgerald told me, “It reinforces the idea that running form is important and that most people are doing it wrong.” Still, should you change your form? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/well/move/running-form-fitness.html09 Dec 2024 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:7yd3ragmxsrlz2sa3ctafgtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcvnfpnpjc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/christineyu.bsky.social/post/3lcoqruvbqk2rI determined to finish a draft of my WIP by the end of the year and have written 3600+ words this week. it's been a long time since I felt this excited (and joyful?) about writing and it feels good to immerse myself in a creative project that's just for me. Just need to figure out that ending! 😅07 Dec 2024 03:25 +0000at://did:plc:7yd3ragmxsrlz2sa3ctafgtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcoqruvbqk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/christineyu.bsky.social/post/3lcneccrsjc2lI'm sure that there are many business reasons for this move but as a fan of the sport, this move by HOKA is incredibly disappointing and feels short-sighted. It misses (ignores?) a huge brand storytelling opportunity esp as more women continue to run and run as they age. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Dec 2024 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:7yd3ragmxsrlz2sa3ctafgtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcneccrsjc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/christineyu.bsky.social/post/3lcks3ra42s2cHow do you hold on to something you love, that’s meaningful, without holding on too tightly that it escapes your grasp? That's what I've been trying to figure out lately (always?) and I wrote about some of those shifts in work/identity. https://christinemyu.substack.com/p/what-i-wouldnt-give-for-a-straightforward05 Dec 2024 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:7yd3ragmxsrlz2sa3ctafgtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcks3ra42s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/christineyu.bsky.social/post/3lcgszbdcdk2cToday's writing: 1000 words before work and during "lunch" and I got to write a really fun scene. OK, I'm starting to feel like I'm getting into a grove again. Just need all the other obligations in my life to go away for a bit so I can finish this!03 Dec 2024 23:44 +0000at://did:plc:7yd3ragmxsrlz2sa3ctafgtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcgszbdcdk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/christineyu.bsky.social/post/3lcdwzuug2k2hOK I've said all year that I'm going to finish this draft of my WIP. Actually I said that last year too. But with a month left in this year, no more futzing around. I'm going to get to THE END. So far today 12/2, I've written 500 words 😅02 Dec 2024 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:7yd3ragmxsrlz2sa3ctafgtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcdwzuug2k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/christineyu.bsky.social/post/3lbwyezjsjs27New study of 2022 Boston Marathon runners & relationship between fueling + performance 👟42.5% women & 17.6% men had indicators of low energy availability ➡️ Slower times + worse finishing place ➡️ Higher risk of injury/lost training days ❌ No relationship between BMI https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2024/11/11/bjsports-2024-10818127 Nov 2024 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:7yd3ragmxsrlz2sa3ctafgtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbwyezjsjs27https://bsky.app/profile/christineyu.bsky.social/post/3lbfykh2ajc2g“Throughout modern medicine, we’ve considered women just a little bit hysterical” when there isn’t an obvious medical explanation for symptoms, Dr. von Deck said. But “you can’t treat anything if you don’t have a name for it.” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/well/move/menopause-muscle-pain-body-aches.html20 Nov 2024 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:7yd3ragmxsrlz2sa3ctafgtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbfykh2ajc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/christineyu.bsky.social/post/3lbdjboiy5k2c$30M for girls’ & women’s soccer + more women coaches and refs. “She said the U.S. cannot maintain dominance without major changes to their youth system…’But this is not going to be permanent unless the entire sort of the pyramid structure and the ecosystem is there.’” https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/42483295/washington-spirit-owner-michele-kang-pledges-30m-us-soccer19 Nov 2024 22:46 +0000at://did:plc:7yd3ragmxsrlz2sa3ctafgtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbdjboiy5k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/christineyu.bsky.social/post/3lbbd4cevzk2nFinally getting set up here - hi! I’m a freelance journlist writing stories about sports, science and health. Work in sci comms. Women’s sports fan. Runner. Book lover & romance reader. Aggressive hand talker. I wrote a book about the gender data gap in exercise phys + sports sci research.19 Nov 2024 01:51 +0000at://did:plc:7yd3ragmxsrlz2sa3ctafgtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbbd4cevzk2n