Ladies who lift

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  • claireychn074
    claireychn074 Posts: 1,670 Member
    Wow I actually got a tad tetchy there.
  • rosiorama
    rosiorama Posts: 300 Member
    edited February 2019
    claireychn074 wrote: »
    Wow I actually got a tad tetchy there.
    It needed saying. Thank
    -you.
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    I have one VERY heavy day every time and I don't know what my deal is but I can't get that stupid cup to not leak, no matter what I'm doing. I think it just fills up that fast. I just use tampons for that one day and the cup the other days.

    I have never heard of period undies LOL off to google. Sounds gross though. But then again so does a diva cup.
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    edited February 2019
    claireychn074 wrote: »
    hijacked2019 wrote: »
    How is talking on bleeds in wt. lifting? Rather disgusting and non subject related.. Get on focus.

    Ahhh bless. You do know that c50% of the world’s population are affected by this “disgusting” topic, right? And does that mean we a)shouldn’t lift during that time and b) not be able to reach out to others for advice?

    It’s an Internet forum - don’t read the stuff which grosses you out or annoys you!

    sad thing is, her profile says she's a female.
  • mrsgailowens1
    mrsgailowens1 Posts: 1 Member
    I had this problem, I got an ablation, but I am 46- so my periods stopped the best thing ever!
  • shantaymichelle81
    shantaymichelle81 Posts: 14 Member
    Hello ladies. How do I go about beginning a strength based workout? I have noooo clue where to start but its something Ive been thinking on...Its so much to consider do I have to take pre workout supplements, powders or shakes, counting macros, amino acids??? The list goes on and on about the science of weight lifting. Any help in the most simplistic form would be helpful.
    Thanks
  • ExistingFish
    ExistingFish Posts: 1,259 Member
    I just wanted to follow up, I got my Saalt cup and tried it out Wednesday. I had some very slight leakage, but not the noticeable leakage before? With my last cup, I could feel the leak, it was conscious and distracting. This was just a wee spot and I didn't feel my up running over.

    That said, it was squats not deadlifts, so I'd have to try it out with both for a solid comparison. But so far so good. This cup is different shaped and there was a bit of a learning curve (it sits differently than the shorter one).
  • gradchica27
    gradchica27 Posts: 777 Member
    [quote=Totally off topic but also on topic, I recently came across some research that suggested women were at their strongest during the follicular phase, which starts when you start your period, so you should not neglect heavy lifting during that week, it's a prime week strength wise. [/quote]

    I read an article about this same thing and it was like a lightbulb going off! I had noticed that sometimes I just felt like a limp noodle...I couldn’t make anything like my baseline lifts, but sometimes hitting a new max would feel like cake.it didn’t seem to correlate with rest days or eating or sleep or anything.

    Then I looked at where I was in my cycle and yup, high estrogen (phase 1) = feeling awesome. Around ovulation, when estrogen dips a bit = meh (phase 2). Phase 3, week or so before my period, low estrogen and high progesterone (very low and very high, for me) = limp noodle.

    Definitely worth tracking your body’s signs to maximize your lifting—I’ve found it helps not to be chasing a new high in phase 3–I just get annoyed. Waiting a week makes it much more doable and mentally pleasant for me.
  • ExistingFish
    ExistingFish Posts: 1,259 Member
    gradchica27 wrote: »
    [quote=Totally off topic but also on topic, I recently came across some research that suggested women were at their strongest during the follicular phase, which starts when you start your period, so you should not neglect heavy lifting during that week, it's a prime week strength wise.

    I read an article about this same thing and it was like a lightbulb going off! I had noticed that sometimes I just felt like a limp noodle...I couldn’t make anything like my baseline lifts, but sometimes hitting a new max would feel like cake.it didn’t seem to correlate with rest days or eating or sleep or anything.

    Then I looked at where I was in my cycle and yup, high estrogen (phase 1) = feeling awesome. Around ovulation, when estrogen dips a bit = meh (phase 2). Phase 3, week or so before my period, low estrogen and high progesterone (very low and very high, for me) = limp noodle.

    Definitely worth tracking your body’s signs to maximize your lifting—I’ve found it helps not to be chasing a new high in phase 3–I just get annoyed. Waiting a week makes it much more doable and mentally pleasant for me.
    [/quote]

    I was coming to the last week of my 9-10 month lifting program (NROL Strong) which would be my heaviest lifts ever. So I was going to do that the week before my period, so I said ahhhh let me take a deload that week (which turned into a kids-sick-can't-gym rest week) and do my heavy lifting after my period starts. So that's what I did. Not sure if it helped, or the mental aspect, but I did well on everything but OHP. OHP is really hard for me to progress on. But hit good PRs on deadlift and squat. And my chin ups are doing fab.

    Anyway the Saalt cup worked well it's first cycle, no significant leakage (tiny spotting though, but I had positioning issues).
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