Do you exercise during your period?

My cramps are so bad for the first 2-3 days that I have collapsed in stores crying in pain and sat on the bathroom floor clutching my stomach practically wishing I'd die. I can't take narcotics and I haven't found anything that works otherwise so no I don't work out during my period. The last 3 days of my period aren't as painful but I'm so exhausted from barely sleeping and being in constant excruciating pain for 3 days that I don't have any energy to work out and normally have to spend that time catching up on all the work I missed while sick with my period. My Doc just put me on a new pill that's basically supposed to stop your period from coming more then a couple times a year so hopefully that helps cos I go through complete hell every month

Try a lighter, longer workout if your usual bothers you. The hormones in your body will actually support a very long walk or run if you can do it. But don't stop just because your bleeding!

Go by how you feel. It's hard for other women to give advice on this since we all experience different severities of it. I have days where I just want to lie in bed all day or I'm almost in tears from the pain and I definitely sit out those days. Most of the time I just work through it. I have left the gym in the middle once though because I was having a crappy workout due to it and wasn't getting anywhere. My mom used to have to stay home because she couldn't get out of bed while others seem to not experience much pain.

Just give it a try and do some light exercise. Sometimes it helps with the pain but if your feeling really bad, don't let others make you feel like you should feel guilty about taking some time off.

I rarely have cramps or any kind of pain during my period. So yes, I still work out.

I do. Usually there are two days that are the worst for cramping and feeling generally tired and uncomfortable and on those two days, I may or may not; if I do, sometimes I just cut the workout in time or intensity.

I do most of my yoga while I'm on my period and sometimes it helps the cramps go away. There are some poses in yoga that can actualy make the cramps worse, anything that compresses your belly and inversions are not recomened. Check into it, there is tons of info on the web. Maybe a light walk might help

Yep. As long as I have 2 or 3 ibuprofen in my system I still work out. It was ROUGH when I was off the pill for a few months (I forgot how much my periods suck without it!) but I'm just about to start it back up. Can't wait for mother nature to be a little easier on me again!

I do but HATE it. Women unite- it sucks! this TMI but I stumbled upon the Tampax Ultra and it is a lifesaver. Larger than the super plus. Sorry if TMI, ladies...

These saved me, too. Always need MORE the first couple days, and these are Heaven sent! If it's tmi... well, sensitive people shouldn't wander into questions about periods, right...?

take some midol and push through it,thats what i do.lol.

If the ibuprofen helps then yeah I do