Dr. Stacy Sims

I think there's different time periods, which we've mentioned before, PCOS, hypothalamic amenorrhea, time periods where you're not making estrogen or making it reliably, you can get away with less.

And so we want to protect a little bit of that.

But when it comes to exercise...

Variety is the name of the game.

You want to adapt so you shouldn't be doing the same thing every day.

That doesn't mean you can't have a plan.

There's seven days in a week.

You don't have to move every single one.

But you should pick these different activities based on your life, your schedule, what you want to accomplish.

And it will vary some in different phases of your life because your goals are going to be different.

And so when it comes to exercise, we always have to think about that.

What needs to happen?

Are you somebody who is overweight and needs to lose weight?

Are you somebody who's underweight and is trying to gain weight?

Are you trying to get pregnant or going through fertility treatments or in menopause?

So there's nuance to it, which always makes it hard.

But there's not a one, do this one exercise every single day.

That's pretty much not the answer.

In addition to the fact that for proper hormonal health, if you think about inflammation coming in, it's like static on a walkie-talkie.

The brain's trying to interpret your hormones, and when inflammation's coming in, it's making the signals really hard to hear.