Cycle Syncing

The language used to discuss menstrual cycle syncing in fitness rarely contains the necessary depth or nuance a topic as important and under discussed as women’s health deserves. We have plenty of room to improve in how we handle women’s health education and as I write this I have half a mind to declare myself “hysterical” in the sense of a Victorian diagnosis so I might be prescribed time at seaside. —- Time outside, time to play outside? Anything that discourages you from doing what brings you joy sounds like bad advice to me. Time to Improvise+Adapt+Overcome. Understanding our moon cycles provides us with a better comprehension of our true nature and ability to accommodate the energetic needs of our soul’s vessel.

Please enjoy the best commercial from my youth where Mia Hamm and Michael Jordan go head to head in athletic challenges:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcGGdiDsyM

I come to fitness and sports with a level of legacy not everyone is lucky to have, I’m not even the first generation of women in my family to play a college sport. My mother was an NCAA D1 Equestrian and captain of her team. My grandmother played sports while in College at St. Johns but she had to play for her church. When did St. John’s begin a women’s team? The 1974-75 season.

When was Title IX? June 23rd 1972

I bring this up to acknowledge that there are women all around us who experienced the dawn of funding for women’s sports and we do a disservice to the opportunity to PLAY if we see our cycles as a source of limitation.

“In 1977, a Food and Drug Administration policy recommended excluding women of childbearing potential from Phase I and early Phase II drug trials”

https://orwh.od.nih.gov/toolkit/recruitment/history