Michael Easter

But if you have to compete and or cut weight in the luteal phase, there's extra preparation.

I think that needs to be accounted for.

So you may need to try to diet and get your weight a little bit lower.

You may need more time to prepare for something like that.

So

If you're like, oh man, okay, if it's got to be this day, like I need at least three months because I don't want to be on too strict of a calorie deficit.

Otherwise hormones start to shut down.

I've experienced this multiple times where I've dipped into amenorrhea.

So I like completely lost my cycle.

What does that feel like?

It's horrible.

You're just super tired or what?

Yes, it's exhausting.

I mean, you're exhausted in a fight camp anyways, but hormonally, very flat.

I guess it's the ways you just feel extremely like, bleh.

It's really hard to get...

there or present in a fight or to care about much of anything because you just feel like a bit of a zombie.

And then the worst part of it is the aftermath of trying to get back onto a normal hormonal cycle, just letting your body regulate itself.

Because again, it takes 28 days before you get to try again and see if it's any better.

It takes a while for those things to come back, even in men.