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The Menstrual Cycle and Contraceptives: A Complete Guide for Athletes

What You’re Getting Yourself Into: ~6,100 words, 15-25 minute read time.  However, it’s arranged topically, so if there are topics that don’t interest you, feel free to skip over them. Key Points: 1. Performance varies across the menstrual cycle in some women, related to severity of premenstrual and menstrual symptoms, while purely physiological variables are largely unaffected. 2. Contraceptives largely don’t impact performance or trainability, but can affect emotional and sexual well-being in some women […]

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