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How to plan your workouts around your periods – and improve your fitness in the process
Olympic sprinter Beth Dobbin and sports physiologist Esther Goldsmith explain how to use fluctuations in your cycle to your advantage
Beth Dobbin: ‘Managing my period around training takes a lot out of me’
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Most women remember their first period. “I think mine was rather iconic,” says British 200m sprinter and Tokyo Olympic hopeful, Beth Dobbin. “A lot of my friends had already started theirs, and stupidly I was desperate for mine because I felt so left out at school. I was 13 and watching the film
How women are supercharging their fitness with period tracking apps
From educational guides to nutritional advice, the rise of FemTech is allowing women to have enhanced authority over their bodies
Downloads of FemTech apps have increased during the pandemic
“Women are not small men” is the title of a TEDx talk given by Dr Stacy Sims, a human performance innovator specialising in sex differences in training and nutrition. It is a good synopsis for the phone conversation I’m having with sports scientist Esther Goldsmith as the rain pours down on a gloomy Richmond morning.
Goldsmith, a former professional dancer, is telling me about FitrWoman, the free period-tracking and training app that she works on. It’s the first time that I’ve spoken about periods and menstruation for so long and in so much detail – but I am far from the only one interested.