Do you exercise during your period?

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  • gingerjen7
    gingerjen7 Posts: 821 Member
    Yes, I exercise during my period; I don't know why I wouldn't. I've heard that exercise helps with period symptoms, and I've certainly experienced more pleasant periods since I started paying attention to my diet and exercising regularly.
  • Zainia
    Zainia Posts: 59 Member
    Trying to but usually easier workouts on days its really bad.
  • RobinH66
    RobinH66 Posts: 2 Member
    I do, but I'm also being treated for endometriosis, which perhaps some of you have and don't know about. I used to have killer/lay on the floor wishing to die cramps a few days/month. Had to laugh when in college, I was taking the same painkillers as the college football center, who weighed over 300lbs. Finding a dr who had a clue what might be going on, having surgery, finding the right medicine (multiple tries), made life ok again. Also, finding an endocrinologist who put me on low dose thyroid made a HUGE difference. I always tested 'in the normal range' but the low end of normal. Please keep looking for some one to work WITH you so you feel better.
  • agentscully514
    agentscully514 Posts: 616 Member
    I always do. For me, I find that cardio reduces my cramps big time.
  • Jessicao33
    Jessicao33 Posts: 189 Member
    I did. Walking and light work out...
  • Sweetsugar0424
    Sweetsugar0424 Posts: 451 Member
    I always do. Throw some Ibuprofen down the hatch and head on down to the gym. There are no excuses for me, barring injury.
  • misschristinajoy
    misschristinajoy Posts: 3
    Definitely!!!!
  • Nieninque
    Nieninque Posts: 9
    I always work out during that time of the month. It keeps me from cramping and makes it go by a lot faster.
  • bet3120
    bet3120 Posts: 125
    hello...I actually exercise through my period, even though I don't want to, lol. If you are cramping, usually exercise relieves this, try taking ibuprofen or something prior working out. In my case i work out just so I am not eating everything in the fridge, haha

    i'm exercise through my period too, before the workout i eat a banana, that help me to prevent cramps and take a pill too, when you finish you feel better :)
  • gingerjen7
    gingerjen7 Posts: 821 Member
    Yes.

    I can't take credit for this hilarious statement. It's something one of my newest buddies JUST posted. "do you think women sat down on the oregon trail because they got their period! no. stop making excuses. sorry if this offends anyone, there may be a few extreme circumstances but for the most part i see this as an excuse!"

    Actually they probably stayed in the wagons on those days. They didn't have tampons or maxi pads back then.
    Are you serious? Ancient Greeks and Egyptians had tampons. Most women in the 1830 didn't use any sort of menstrual devices, but some women used homemade pads, and they became commercially available in the 1870s. Women didn't hide out during their period either. It was common to see blood on women's clothing. "The smell & sight of menstrual blood was probably much more common back then than it is today – however, women also probably menstruated much less frequently than we do today (because menarche started later in life & menopause came earlier; women spent a lot of time either breastfeeding or pregnant; and women were much more likely to be malnourished or sick)."
    http://myperiodblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/history-of-menstruation-part-1/
  • flannelbug
    flannelbug Posts: 23 Member
    Just some light walking, weight lifting, simple calisthenics- nothing crazy. I'm ~blessed~ with extreme cramps so I need to baby myself when it happens.
  • marycmeadows
    marycmeadows Posts: 1,691 Member
    yep working out during your period helps relieve cramping.
  • PixEm
    PixEm Posts: 190 Member
    I have no motivation or energy the week before my period, but as soon as it comes my energy flies through the roof!!!! I always workout through my period because it helps me feel better.
  • mommamellymac
    mommamellymac Posts: 205 Member
    exercise feels really good when i'm on my period. I get so fatigued and sluggish, I can't even do housework. Exercising pumps me up and gets me moving! And it relieves my cramps! But listen to your body! If you need to take a few days off (usually my first two are killer) then go for it!
  • xiamjackie
    xiamjackie Posts: 611 Member
    Exercise helps my cramps. Sucks at first, but by the end I feel better.

    Yep, this.
  • TheFinalThird
    TheFinalThird Posts: 315 Member
    I find that I exercise more during my wife's period. Anything to get away from her!!!
  • SarahCW1979
    SarahCW1979 Posts: 572 Member
    I find that I exercise more during my wife's period. Anything to get away from her!!!

    :laugh:


    Yes, I exercise all the way through, it helps me with the mood swings and cramps. Plus Id rather shout and swear at Jillian Michaels than my husband.
  • Terryism
    Terryism Posts: 314 Member
    Definitely do. Makes me feel better by improving my mood and energy.

    I also ride horses on the beach and only wear white. ;)

    Lol!

    Me too as far as the first line. The second line has options that just aren't for me...
  • tattedchic
    tattedchic Posts: 66 Member
    Lol just got my period today, and no, not making it to the gym. I usually don't work out the 1st or 2nd day as I'm too fatigued and achy, but definitely get back to the gym by the 3rd day. Sometimes I will work out through my entire period, but I'm slightly anemic and get really light headed that time of the month so sometimes I need a break.
  • SHANNIGON
    SHANNIGON Posts: 2
    "TOM" ...like that
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Yes.

    I can't take credit for this hilarious statement. It's something one of my newest buddies JUST posted. "do you think women sat down on the oregon trail because they got their period! no. stop making excuses. sorry if this offends anyone, there may be a few extreme circumstances but for the most part i see this as an excuse!"

    Actually they probably stayed in the wagons on those days. They didn't have tampons or maxi pads back then.
    Are you serious? Ancient Greeks and Egyptians had tampons. Most women in the 1830 didn't use any sort of menstrual devices, but some women used homemade pads, and they became commercially available in the 1870s. Women didn't hide out during their period either. It was common to see blood on women's clothing. "The smell & sight of menstrual blood was probably much more common back then than it is today – however, women also probably menstruated much less frequently than we do today (because menarche started later in life & menopause came earlier; women spent a lot of time either breastfeeding or pregnant; and women were much more likely to be malnourished or sick)."
    http://myperiodblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/history-of-menstruation-part-1/

    Sorry, but I don't consider rags to be the same as a Tampax or an Always with Wings. :tongue: :laugh:

    ETA: When my grandmother was a girl, she said they used homemade pads and that they did rest when on their period because it was considered sinful to work during TOM. That's what my grandma said. She was about two generations after the wagon train days.
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    Always!!

    I used to skip the that week, till it occured to me that I was letting someting really stupid take control of my body for 5 or so days EVERY month. It seemed more and more like a lame excuse (to be lazy and eat chocolate) the more I thought about it.....
  • cad39too
    cad39too Posts: 874 Member
    I only have a 2 day period, so yeah I workout during it.

    Luckily my body is really regular (never used to be) but on the night before I'm due I take two ibuprofen as it always comes in the night and as long as I take painkillers before the cramps hit I am not bothered by them for the rest of the time.
  • fletchleg
    fletchleg Posts: 116 Member
    I might take a day or two off (I take 1 or 2 days off a week anyway) if I get particularly bad cramps as it makes them worse (whoever said exercises eases cramps had obviously never had a period) but usually I just carry on as normal. It varies from person to person, I'm not gonna have a go at someone if they feel like they can't workout.
  • HogSandwich
    HogSandwich Posts: 146 Member
    Yes.

    I can't take credit for this hilarious statement. It's something one of my newest buddies JUST posted. "do you think women sat down on the oregon trail because they got their period! no. stop making excuses. sorry if this offends anyone, there may be a few extreme circumstances but for the most part i see this as an excuse!"

    Yes, but... for many women periods are massively debilitating. I come from a long line of irregular, messy, LONG period-having women and absolutely suffered through high school until I was old enough to go on the Pill. I'd have to skip two days of school a month, at least, and often had to have iron infusions during because I bled SO much. And there was nothing wrong with me, just - unlucky.

    And for those who's periods trigger migraines, light sensitivity, indigestion, headaches, etc.... no, don't exercise. treat it as you would any other illness.
  • annie7hudds
    annie7hudds Posts: 199 Member
    Yes.

    As others have already said, the week prior is not so good. If I run, I am very lethargic and meh!

    But during -particularly on that first day - I may not want to run/workout, but after about five minutes the pains have gone totally - and the effects last for a while afterwards too. So it is worth the effort.
  • lisha7997
    lisha7997 Posts: 185 Member
    All except the heaviest day. I have severe cramps (both back cramps and regular cramps) and I suffer from headaches sometimes migraines during the heaviest day so I hardly get out of bed on that day. oh and I also get nauseous (what a joy it is to be me).
  • lachesissss
    lachesissss Posts: 1,298 Member
    I don't. I find the exercise makes me less crampy and rageful. Plus the activity curbs my wont to stuff my face.
  • shanpwn
    shanpwn Posts: 66 Member
    I do, but I tend to retain weight for the week before and the week of regardless.
  • ejwme
    ejwme Posts: 318
    I take the first day off if I have to, and go easy the following days. Some months it feels like I've been hit by a train, some months I don't even notice.

    Women on the oregon trail weren't "exercising". They were attempting to survive the journey without dying of cholera or exposure, and without losing too many of their children. It's a little difficult to see the same urgency in a couple workouts... or anything in modern western life, really. Sure, in aggregate, our workouts will likely extend our lives and enhance our quality of life, but the urgency just isn't there.

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