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Cycle Syncing
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items Cycle syncing is the practice of changing your diet, exercise, and lifestyle habits to align with the stages of your menstrual cycle.
Sections
6
Products
Menstrual
Follicular
Ovulatory
Luteal
Books/Resources
Products
Products to support cycle syncing
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Natural cycles is a FDA cleared birth control app. As much as I thought I knew about the menstrual cycle, this app has seriously taught me so much. There are only 6 days each month you can get pregnant, the app with confirm you fertile window using y...
Natural cycles is a FDA cleared birth control app. As much as I thought I knew about the menstrual cycle, this app has seriously taught me so much. There are only 6 days each month you can get pregnant, the app with confirm you fertile window using y...
Natural Cycles Birth Control | No Hormones or Side Effects
Wear your Oura Ring to bed, and let it measure your temperature while you sleep. In the morning, you can check your daily fertility status in the Natural Cycles app. It’s that simple!
Oura Ring. Smart Ring for Fitness, Stress, Sleep & Health.
Menstrual
Approx. days 1-7. The days you bleed. Hormone levels are low leading to low energy.
A gentle stretch, mat pilates, and mild yoga is what is needed during this phase
Yoga Mat
Use a yoga towel over your mat to avoid slipping
Yoga Towel
Follicular
Approx. days 6-14. Days leading to ovulation. Estrogen is rising creating higher energy levels.
Use your rising energy levels for some light weight training, running, and vinyasa yoga
Neoprene Weights
Use your rising energy levels for some light weight training, running, and vinyasa yoga
Running Shoes
Ovulatory
Approx. days 14-17. The days you are predicted to ovulate. Estrogen peaks leading to your highest energy levels of the cycle.
Energy levels are high! Use this time to book a spin class, boxing, pilaties, or anything that gets you up and moving.
ClassPass
Luteal
Approx. days 16-28. The days after ovulation. Progesterone is produced, peaks, and then drops leading to normal and then falling energy levels.
Start this phase off with more rigorous activities like weight training, vinyasa yoga, and pilates and as your energy levels decrease move toward light band workouts, daily walks, and meditation.
Resistance Bands
As your energy levels fall and your body prepares to enter a new cycle, use this time to reflect and clear your mind. Headspace makes meditation easy - try it for just 5 minutes a day.
Headspace: Meditation and Sleep Made Simple
Books/Resources
Eating to support your cycle can be daunting. Use this cookbook to find simple and delicious recipes that will support every phase.
The Moon Cycle Cookbook: A Holistic Nutrition Guide
Review:
3/5. This book a good for cycle syncing basics and some of the pathophysiology behind the endocrine system and why these methods work. TW: Disordered Eating. I think the approach from this book is a little extreme. At times I felt like the protocol she outlines is way too restrictive and not realistic for most people's lives. If you want to understand the basics and benefits of cycle syncing and are able to take the info that works for you and leave the rest I feel this is a good place to start!
In WomanCode, you will learn how to connect the dots between your symptoms, your biochemistry, and food. This prescriptive program over the past decade has successfully helped thousands of women regulate their periods, clear up their skin, lose weigh...
3/5. This book a good for cycle syncing basics and some of the pathophysiology behind the endocrine system and why these methods work. TW: Disordered Eating. I think the approach from this book is a little extreme. At times I felt like the protocol she outlines is way too restrictive and not realistic for most people's lives. If you want to understand the basics and benefits of cycle syncing and are able to take the info that works for you and leave the rest I feel this is a good place to start!
In WomanCode, you will learn how to connect the dots between your symptoms, your biochemistry, and food. This prescriptive program over the past decade has successfully helped thousands of women regulate their periods, clear up their skin, lose weigh...
WomanCode: Perfect Your Cycle & Amplify Fertility
Women have a important biological rhythm they experience every month that affects productivity, weight, sex drive, energy, and mood. It is essential to be aware of and take care of this rhythm, but it has been widely ignored by medical, nutrition, an...
In the FLO: Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage
This groundbreaking book sheds light on how hormonal birth control affects women - and the world around them - in ways we are just now beginning to understand. By allowing women to control their fertility, the birth control pill has revolutionized wo...
This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: Science