Welcome to Journal Club!
Check out the 2025-26 schedule of researchers sharing their insights!
My intentions for starting Asking for a Friend, were to move away from factoids and surface level content in social media and provide more depth and context to the information that swirls on the internet.
One of the ways I hope to do that is through this Journal Club. I am excited to amplify the research and researchers that are driving the conversation forward. I am so thrilled to share the line-up of multi-disciplinary folks that have offered to come and share their work with us. Check it out
Times are 1 PM LA/ 4 PM NY/ 9 PM London/ 6 AM Sydney (the next day) unless otherwise stated (SEE RECORDINGS HERE)
July 20, 2025 - Lori Forner, PT, PhD-Symptoms of pelvic organ prolapse in women who lift heavy weights for exercise: a cross-sectional survey (NEW TIME: 1:30 PM PST/4:30 PM EST/ JULY 21st 6:30 AM Sydney) SEE RECORDING HERE
Sep 17 2025- Margie Davenport, PhD, Amy Moolyk, MSc, CSCS, CEP (note new date-This is Wednesday, Sep 17, same time!)- Maternal and Fetal Cardiovascular Responses to Acute High-Intensity Interval and Moderate-Intensity Continuous Training Exercise During Pregnancy: A Randomized Crossover Trial. AND Maternal and Fetal Responses to Acute High-Intensity Resistance Exercise in Pregnancy,
Nov 16 Natália Cardoso, PT, M.Sc., PhD(c )- Inefficient impact absorption and shock attenuation in female runners with stress urinary incontinence
Jan 18, 2026- Marie-Ève Bérubé, PT, PhD (c ), and Linda McLean, PT, PhD The acute effects of running on pelvic floor morphology and function in runners with and without running-induced stress urinary incontinence
Mar 15, 2026-Melinda, PT, DPT, WCS, ONCS, CLT and Micheal Steimling, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT: The Effects of Running Foot Strike Manipulation on Pelvic Floor Muscle Activity in Healthy Nulliparous Females
May 17, 2026- Lisa Woodroffe, MD, CAQSM Return to Running for Postpartum Elite and Subelite Athletes
Journal Club is a paid subscriber benefit. They will also have access to the recording archives available through navigation bar tabs on the Asking for a Friend (see picture below). So you can always pop-in and binge the recordings.
More details will be forthcoming! Some dates and times may need to shift to accommodate the time zone conundrum and researchers schedules. I hope to be able send along a copy of the article in time for you to read it before each date. Please bring questions and thoughts-be ready to engage!
Let me know if you have any questions- Paid Subscribers (you!) can always throw a question in the chat!
Looking forward to connecting in real time.
Take it easy-Julie
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