High-intensity exercise is not inherently bad for women, and concerns often stem from data on women in a caloric deficit performing extreme exercise.

“Now, people are so worried about high-intensity exercise being bad for women. Like the problem with that statement is it doesn't encompass the nuance there which is essentially that all stems from data showing that women in a calorically deficit state that are doing extreme types of exercise whether it's very long duration endurance or very high volume high intensity training that you know is kind of like if you're in this calorie deficit then you can you can have a pretty strong effect on hormones and that's the problem I think.”