Chelsea to become first club to tailor training to menstrual cycles

[NeurotrashWarrior]

Very interesting article.

A few years ago I did wonder if sport science considered this as I had started having issues with hypermobility and my cycles and so wondered if science considered these effects on athletes. And if I could glean any self help from the research! There wasn't much I could see at all.

Clearly biology does matter hugely.

I also wonder if any contraception levels the hormones out for athletes and so improves the ups and downs?

www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/02/13/exclusive-chelsea-become-first-club-tailor-training-menstrual/

“It is fair to say, I am a female coach in an industry where women have always been treated like small men,” she said. “The application of anything from rehab to strength and conditioning to tactical all come from the basis of what men do.

The starting point is that we are women and, ultimately, we go through something very different to men on a monthly basis. And we have to have a better understanding of that because our education failed us at school; we didn’t get taught about our reproduction systems. It comes from a place of wanting to know more about ourselves and understanding how we can improve our performance.”

Of course the shitty sexist comments beneath demonstrate why this sort of research is open to abuse.

Bloody loving the app. And it's free.

When women do science and tech eh?!