What Colorado Springs Women Need to Know About Optimal Exercise and Recovery At Altitude

Podcast: Springs and Things: Your Insider's Guide to Colorado Springs Culture & Community · Colorado Springs Locals, Carly Ries and Lauren Ferrara

Opublikowano: 2026-07-07

Only 6% of exercise science research is done exclusively on women, so most of the training advice you've been handed (looking at you, TikTok) was never built for your body. This week Carly sits down with Dr. Marissa Baranauskas, exercise physiologist at UCCS and lead investigator at the 6% Performance Lab, to fix that. Fair warning: this one's for the women. If you run, climb, ski, or grind the Incline year-round in Colorado Springs, this episode is packed with practical, do-it-at-home science on how your cycle, altitude, fueling, and hormones actually shape your training. (Guys, you can listen too...