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These are (a)\u00a0encouraging researchers to pursue high-quality research on female physiology\u2013endocrinology in the exercise\u2013sports science setting, (b)\u00a0the need for exercise\u2013sports science educational curriculums at the university level to embrace the study of female physiology\u2013endocrinology area, and (c)\u00a0the need for innovation in the study of this topic. As such, we propose using research design models involving supraphysiological hormonal states in vivo, that is, pregnancy and in vitro fertilization treatment, to gain new insights on sex steroid hormonal actions in women. Herein, we provide the rationale for our recommendations as well as a brief physiological overview of these clinical states. We acknowledge, exercise sports sciences need more studies on women! 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