exercising during TOM

I walk. My periods are far from heavy and are relatively cramp free though.

I do the exact same exercise on my period as I do off of it. I lift and do HIIT, cardio kickboxing, etc. I don't get cramps, headaches, lethargy, etc, so I guess I'm lucky. I hardly notice my period other than the fact that I have to hide tampons in my clothes when I go to the bathroom at work.

I wouldn't worry about leaking in the pool unless you have a shockingly heavy flow. Put the tampon in right before you go and you'll be fine. I don't swim for exercise, but I've been in the pool on my period plenty of times and never had any leakage.

look, do what ever you do during the "not that time" and just wear dark colors and use maximum protection, now moving on.

I just keep doing my normal jogging/strength routines, but then I don't have much cramping and since I have been more active, I don't get that lethargy any more either.

My first day is full of cramps and sickness so I don't even get out of bed let alone exercise. By the second day though all the sickness just kind of, disappears into thin air...and then I exercise as normal. My overall preferred exercise is an hour walking.

I used to be on the swim team in high school. We couldn't just take a week off during our period. I was also a lifeguard for years. Tampons work fine, I've never had a problem. Don't worry about it.

I take the first day off or do something like walking or easy yoga because I'm in pain. After the first day I continue as normal.

I recently got my period back after having 2 kids and before that, years on the pill. While on the pill, I could just do whatever I did while not on my period. But now that I see what the real thing is? Yow!! I do a light workout on day 1, skip day 2 and 3, then get back to my workout on day 4. Cramps and fatigue and heavy flow are just too much for me, I am unable to workout during the core of it.

I do spinning and pilates, running and other workout videos

My general theory on periods is that they are a normal part of my life as an adult woman. I just get on with life. I don't have time to be out of commission once a month. Now I mostly bike for exercise. In high school, I was on the swim, track, and volleyball teams and practiced and competed through periods many times. I've even been scuba diving on my period.
Pop a couple of Advil or whatever, put in a new tampon if you're worried about leaking and dive in. I find that making myself do something active puts me in a better frame of mind.

Also I got a divacup.com several years ago and love it. Much more comfortable and very little, if any, leaking. You couldn't pay me to go back to tampons.

I do my normal routine. There is usually one day of that week that is pretty painful. If it's unbearable, then it becomes my rest day.

I do what I normally do - usually running and I'm very heavy (under docs for it). I use a mooncup which I've found much better than a tampon. Luckily I don't get bad cramp most months but have found exercise does help when they do decide to appear. However I do sympathise with those who get terrible cramps as i used to be the same and leaving the bed let alone exercising would be impossible.

Listen to your body but don't use it as an excuse just because.

I do my normal routine. Exercising actually lightens my periods so the tom never affects my workouts at all.

JenniDaisy wrote: »

I can't believe we're still talking about this in this day and age. Ride a white horse, sail a boat, go mountain climbing, have tampon adverts taught you nothing? Unless you're in physical discomfort, just keep doing what you usually do.
Worst case scenario, you learn to get blood out of something.

Isn't that why we are talking about it? Because of the physical discomfort? That's the ONLY reason why I wouldn't do what I normally do during that time...