Exercise during your monthly? (for us girls)

I always exercise during my cycle. Strangely, it's the time I feel most motivated. Perhaps because I'm so bloated I want to workout. I read that you can burn an extra 500 cals while perioding, hence the reason we want to eat so much. I try to take advantage of that extra caloric burn && workout hard. However, I'm the weird girl that gets happier and nicer on my period. I had cramps like 3 times & I never get bxtchy. The only thing that happens to me is I eat& bloat! But for girls that do cramp, sex and exercise are great ways to alleviate period symptoms. there's lots of research on it.

My Training doesn't change during my cycle.. I am a little tired, but push through it. I find that lifting keeps the bloats away..

I work my *kitten* off even harder because I hate the bloating so much!

I second the no cramps thing. I normally have mind blowing, curl up in a corner and rock myself insane, kind of cramps.
However, since I have started working out and eating better, I am pain free.
But, it did delay Aunt Flo...by 20 days. (I just started working out, body adjusting still)

Still ran during. No changes in my daily routine.

Edited to actually answer the question.

If it weren't for the blood, I wouldn't even know it was that time of the month so I do everything the same. I have found that I'l lose about a pound a day when I'm on it though. Strange.

I was just thinking of posing the same question this morning... Get out of my head!

Period or not I exercise. The only time I don't is if I get a migraine the night before..

I exercise just as hard any time off the month and usually puts me in a better mood and it does help with the cramps. Most women it can help but I do know some women are in that much pain that exercise will make it worse - I was one of them before I had my kids.

Upping the exercise can alter your cycle in general and it can take a few months to settle down but it does not bother me. I also use a menstrual cup which I found amazing and wished i started using years ago - especially as I can have quite heavy days and dont want it to stop me exercising.

Do you exercise during menstruation? How hard?

Is it recommended not to do strenuous exercise during?

Do you find exercising during menstruation to be more painful?

Does it throw your cycle off?

Yes I exercise during - it helps me with the cramps and generally makes me feel better! I usually start with a walk and then do more depending on how I feel.

I've never heard of a recommendation not to do strenuous exercise, but I'd say do what you are used to.

I don't find it more painful, maybe a little uncomfortable at first, but no less than just sitting around feeling sorry for myself :]

I haven't noticed any exercise throwing off my cycle.

I don't do any exercise on the first day, simply because I always feel like curling up and reading a book, and generally resting. But on days 2, 3, 4 and 5 I just continue as normal. I guess it's an individual thing, just go with what you feel like doing.

I work out during my TOM. It has happened once where i was on a lifting day, and it made my cramps horrible. Other than that, no issues.

There is absolutely no reason not to exercise. Personally I don't go swimming when I get my period (because it makes me feel weird, not because there's any problem with it!), but I generally prefer running to swimming anyway, so that's not exactly a big deal.

All the endorphins released in exercise make me feel more awake and less b*tchy, and I'm much less crampy while I'm moving, even if it's a walk to the kitchen to make tea, than when I'm sat on my butt.

If it's more painful in terms of muscle stiffness etc then I put that down to the fact I workout more/harder than usual as it makes me feel better, so it makes sense that I ache more the next day. If it's too bad, I have a day off.

But then, I don't have a strict workout schedule anyway, if I really don't feel like exercising due to illness, muscle stiffness, extreme tiredness, whatever, then I don't do it, and make up for it on another day instead.

Do you exercise during menstruation? How hard?

Is it recommended not to do strenuous exercise during?

Do you find exercising during menstruation to be more painful?

Does it throw your cycle off?

I expect its different for every single girl, for example some months I get alot of pain, others I get really tired, get backaches etc.....I think it depends on how you are feeling each time.

Some people get it worse than others, I have found as I've got older(32) and also stopped taking any contraception drugs I'm extremely regular but also they are getting worse as I get older so I feel like crap alot of the time!

A nice walk is what I'd recommend if you are unsure about going too mad

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My energy is much lower but I power through anyway. It helps.

yup, I don't use much as an excuse to skip working out. Right now I'm 36 weeks pregnant and on bedrest and you better believe I'm using bands to stay limber and doing upper body stuff while sitting.