Dr. Stacy Sims

From a molecular standpoint, we know that the low hormone phase being day one is the first day of bleeding up through ovulation, which is midway through your cycle, you have a greater capacity for pulling in and accommodating stress, physical and mental stress. So if we're looking at doing heavier loads, we're looking at doing high intensity work, we're looking at motivation,

From a molecular standpoint, we know that the low hormone phase being day one is the first day of bleeding up through ovulation, which is midway through your cycle, you have a greater capacity for pulling in and accommodating stress, physical and mental stress. So if we're looking at doing heavier loads, we're looking at doing high intensity work, we're looking at motivation,

From a molecular standpoint, we know that the low hormone phase being day one is the first day of bleeding up through ovulation, which is midway through your cycle, you have a greater capacity for pulling in and accommodating stress, physical and mental stress. So if we're looking at doing heavier loads, we're looking at doing high intensity work, we're looking at motivation,

then that low hormone phase is really optimal for trying to hit a PR or trying to hit a new speed because you can take on that stress and your immune system handles it, your muscles handle it, your core temperature, everything handles it.

then that low hormone phase is really optimal for trying to hit a PR or trying to hit a new speed because you can take on that stress and your immune system handles it, your muscles handle it, your core temperature, everything handles it.

then that low hormone phase is really optimal for trying to hit a PR or trying to hit a new speed because you can take on that stress and your immune system handles it, your muscles handle it, your core temperature, everything handles it.

It is day one of bleeding up through mid-cycle.

It is day one of bleeding up through mid-cycle.

It is day one of bleeding up through mid-cycle.

The sticky point comes not every woman ovulates. And this is a thing when we're looking at general pop. We have lifestyle stress, we have nutrition stress. We know that women, for the most part, have four to five anovulatory cycles a year. So this is where when you're looking at that high hormone phase... we can't say you're definitively in the high hormone phase.

The sticky point comes not every woman ovulates. And this is a thing when we're looking at general pop. We have lifestyle stress, we have nutrition stress. We know that women, for the most part, have four to five anovulatory cycles a year. So this is where when you're looking at that high hormone phase... we can't say you're definitively in the high hormone phase.

The sticky point comes not every woman ovulates. And this is a thing when we're looking at general pop. We have lifestyle stress, we have nutrition stress. We know that women, for the most part, have four to five anovulatory cycles a year. So this is where when you're looking at that high hormone phase... we can't say you're definitively in the high hormone phase.

So this is where we need women to track their own cycles and understand their own patterns. Because in an ideal world, we know that in the luteal phase, this is where we have the most change, where we have a pro-inflammatory response from the immune system. We have inability to access carbohydrate as well. We have a higher sympathetic drive.

So this is where we need women to track their own cycles and understand their own patterns. Because in an ideal world, we know that in the luteal phase, this is where we have the most change, where we have a pro-inflammatory response from the immune system. We have inability to access carbohydrate as well. We have a higher sympathetic drive.

So this is where we need women to track their own cycles and understand their own patterns. Because in an ideal world, we know that in the luteal phase, this is where we have the most change, where we have a pro-inflammatory response from the immune system. We have inability to access carbohydrate as well. We have a higher sympathetic drive.

So there's lots of things in there that aren't so fantastic for accommodating stress.

So there's lots of things in there that aren't so fantastic for accommodating stress.

So there's lots of things in there that aren't so fantastic for accommodating stress.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.