Abbie Smith-Ryan PhD

@asmithryan

Professor. Exercise Physiologist & Sport Nutrition Researcher. Mom. Fitness Enthusiast.

Chapel Hill, NC asmithryan.com Joined March 2013

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Women can gain muscle at any age.

The female muscle responds to resistance training. The variables may need to change with age, training history, hormones, and recovery, but the underlying biology is still there...muscle has no age limit💪

Abbie Smith-Ryan PhD @asmithryan Oct 16

If you gain a couple pounds after starting creatine, that doesn't necessarily mean you've gained fat.

Creatine pulls water into the muscle. That increase in intracellular water is part of how creatine works.

What other questions do you have about creatine?

Abbie Smith-Ryan PhD @asmithryan Dec 1, 2023

Science in action Conor Kerr! Kudos to @healer_of_heels and @SamMooreStrong for supporting translation @UNCEXSS @UNC_Basketball

UNC College of Arts and Sciences @unccollege Nov 30, 2023

On basketball game days at Carolina, Conor Kerr is always close to the action.

Kerr, a junior, founded the Sports Analysis Intelligence Laboratory to team up student sports statisticians and athletics at UNC: college.unc.edu/2023/11/conor-…

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Abbie Smith-Ryan PhD @asmithryan May 19, 2023

Had to come all the way to MSP to hang & learn from @AC_Hackney. Incredible talk- always learn so much. @CPSDA @GPPartner @UNCEXSS

Abbie Smith-Ryan PhD @asmithryan Feb 11, 2023

@SamMooreStrong this will be a fun one. Science & sport coming together #WomenInScience #womeninsports

Notre Dame Sports Performance @ND_Performance Feb 10, 2023

📢 📢 NEW SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 📢
@asmithryan and Sam Moore have been added to the lineup for the 2023 Sports Performance Summit: The Team Behind The Team. Sign up now to learn from them at und.com/splt/performan…

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