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Women's TRAINING

Despite it being at the heart of your health and wellbeing, the menstrual cycle is often overlooked by many women in their training plan. Our hormones impact how we feel both physically and emotionally, but not always negatively as you might fear. What if we could use this to our advantage and manipulate our training accordingly, both optimising performance and recovery?

Tracking your cycles increases your awareness and understanding of exactly how it impacts you individually. By monitoring symptoms such as energy levels, cravings and mood, and also training capacity and recovery using RPE (Rate of Perceived Exertion) and heart rate, you

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