Hello everyone welcome back to Fit Buddy Happy Joints. My name is Shannon. Today we are talking about cycle sinking your workouts.

This is hugely popular right now and basically what it means is that you're adapting your workouts

based on where you are in your menstrual cycle.

I think there's a lot of misunderstanding about what's actually

happening from a hormonal perspective and that's a recovery perspective and I think that what's going on in social media is kind of giving recommendations that aren't actually in line with what's happening in your physiology.

So today I want to give potentially a more effective way to cycle sync.

I'll talk about why to consider cycle sinking and how it can improve how you feel and it can improve your results.

We'll talk about what is changing in your body

during your cycle from a hormonal perspective. We'll talk about where social media is kind

of missing the mark when it comes to cycle sinking. And then lastly I'll give you some recommendations on how to

cycle sink your workouts, whether you're on no hormonal birth control, if you are

on the pill or if you have an IUD because the recommendations may vary slightly

depending on if you're using hormonal birth control and which one you're using.

So why should we cycle sync?

The biggest reason to cycle sync is so we can optimize our strain to recovery ratio.

Because you may recover differently depending on the phase of your cycle.

So you can adjust your routines so you're working within your own capabilities of recovery.

When you can understand that your physiology doesn't need more stimulus to adapt optimally,

it needs better stimulus.

You can see better results and sustain them because you'll also

feel better. Again, it's this whole working with your body instead of against it thing.

And this really comes from an understanding of how force is traveling through your body

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