Dr. Stacy Sims

So I'm not going to go push myself because I don't want to beat myself up mentally. Because women do this. They're like, I suck. I don't know why. but it comes down to that physiological variability and for a woman to track her own cycle, understand her own nuances.

So I'm not going to go push myself because I don't want to beat myself up mentally. Because women do this. They're like, I suck. I don't know why. but it comes down to that physiological variability and for a woman to track her own cycle, understand her own nuances.

If you're really onto it and you know when you ovulate, then you can take those molecular structures into play where you know you can hit your PR and you can really push it in the low hormone phase. After ovulation, you're going to, switch it to more endurance, maybe not so high intensity, but more tempo type work.

If you're really onto it and you know when you ovulate, then you can take those molecular structures into play where you know you can hit your PR and you can really push it in the low hormone phase. After ovulation, you're going to, switch it to more endurance, maybe not so high intensity, but more tempo type work.

And then about the four or five days before your period starts where your immune system's more compromised, you just kind of want to dial it down and use it as deload. So we can take the strength and conditioning ideas of building up macro, micro cycles and deload across the menstrual cycle.

And then about the four or five days before your period starts where your immune system's more compromised, you just kind of want to dial it down and use it as deload. So we can take the strength and conditioning ideas of building up macro, micro cycles and deload across the menstrual cycle.

So if we're looking from a cognitive and a physicality aspect, it's right around where that estrogen starts to come up. So around day six.

So if we're looking from a cognitive and a physicality aspect, it's right around where that estrogen starts to come up. So around day six.

To about day 13. Day 13. Yeah.

To about day 13. Day 13. Yeah.

From about day 23. Yeah. Yeah. Yep. As those hormones start to come down. Yeah. To 28. 28.

From about day 23. Yeah. Yeah. Yep. As those hormones start to come down. Yeah. To 28. 28.

Yeah, the very end. And the variation of those hormones coming down is what instigates a total inflammatory response. So if we're looking at inflammation, which drives the menstrual cycle to start the bleeding phase, we have a change in our immune system.

Yeah, the very end. And the variation of those hormones coming down is what instigates a total inflammatory response. So if we're looking at inflammation, which drives the menstrual cycle to start the bleeding phase, we have a change in our immune system.

Around day 28. So we say bleeding is day one in a cycle is day 28.

Around day 28. So we say bleeding is day one in a cycle is day 28.

Well, you know, the questions that are never asked is like, what is a typical menstrual cycle? Yes, we have a textbook, like from 1 to 28. That's very, very rare. Most women have a cycle that might be 21 to 40 days. The bleed cycle is something that's never talked about. What does a bleed cycle look like? Is it really six days? No, every woman has a different one.

Well, you know, the questions that are never asked is like, what is a typical menstrual cycle? Yes, we have a textbook, like from 1 to 28. That's very, very rare. Most women have a cycle that might be 21 to 40 days. The bleed cycle is something that's never talked about. What does a bleed cycle look like? Is it really six days? No, every woman has a different one.

And if you're tracking what that bleed is, maybe you have two heavy days, a light day, and another couple of days of spotting, and then a heavy day. That's your norm. When you start having changes in the norm, that's when you want to look and say, am I getting into low energy availability? Am I not recovering well enough? Or am I in my late 30s, early 40s and I started getting into perimenopause?

And if you're tracking what that bleed is, maybe you have two heavy days, a light day, and another couple of days of spotting, and then a heavy day. That's your norm. When you start having changes in the norm, that's when you want to look and say, am I getting into low energy availability? Am I not recovering well enough? Or am I in my late 30s, early 40s and I started getting into perimenopause?