TRAINING WOMEN'S TRAINING
Shorts vagina and thrush
LAUREN DRINKWATER
Lauren is a certified advanced personal trainer and group exercise instructor, specialising in ante- and post-natal fitness. mumfitwonder.com
This was a subject I really wanted to cover as it's not often talked about in social circles but it's something many females, and in particular female runners and cyclists, regularly suffer from.
When I started to research how yeast infections specifically can be brought about by intense exercise – in other words, any exercise that causes us to sweat to the point of it affecting our nether regions – I came across the term ‘sports vagina’. So it does have a name and is morefitter and stronger! Brilliant. Let's hear more…