Being knowledgeable about, and discussing, the menstrual cycle with a female athlete is important due to the implications of the hormonal secretions and how it effects performance and well-being.
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What does Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson, and Sergio Garcia all have in common? Yes, they are all golfers on the PGA Tour in the top 100, but they are also ambidextrous. By that I mean, in regards to, Tiger, Jordan and Sergio they are all left handed but play golf right handed. Phil Mickelson on the other hand is right handed but plays golf left handed. This isn’t a rarity in golf either: Mike Weir, Johnny Miller, Greg Norman, Curtis Strange, Nick Price, David Graham, Byron Nelson, Bob Charles, Mac O Grady, and Ben Hogan also play(ed) golf on the opposite side.
So what are the benefits of this?
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According to legend, Mithridates IV, King of Pontus in Asia Minor 135-63 BC – known as Rome’s most successful enemy, got himself some protection against poisoning by ingesting sub-lethal doses of toxic material in progressively large quantities. This immunity got him into trouble later as he attempted to take his own life by poisoning, but failed having fortified himself against the drugs of others.
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My parents are steady drinkers they drink most days, it’s their generation, they have a six pm drink, Mum- vodka, Dad-whisky, wine with the evening meal, and sometimes a nightcap.
My generation think that’s weird & pointless, often abstaining from alcohol until a day in the week when they go… out out. It can be any day really, but often a Thursday and Saturday where they will drink everything their stomachs and wallets allow them to - lager, wine, spirits, shots…..the works, and they will not stop until they pass out, are asked to leave, or the body rejects it all through the mouth.