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The Effect of Your Menstrual Cycle on Your Training
The Implications of Female Sex Hormones – A Review of Current Research Many female climbers who contact us here at Lattice Training have concerns and…
Jemma Powell
December 5, 2024
What should women train for rock climbing?
In 2021, Lattice COO Dr Dave Giles published a paper exploring the anthropometry (body proportions) and performance characteristics of female climbers, specifically looking at a…
Lattice Training
November 25, 2023
Strength Training for Menopausal Climbers
The menopause is an age-dependent physiological change that results from the decline in estrogen and progesterone, resulting in cessation of the menstrual cycle. The period…
Lattice Training
October 21, 2023
6 Tips for Climbing Your Best in the Late Luteal Phase
Advice from coaches Maddy and Ella, based on their experiences! What is the late luteal phase? The luteal phase is the portion of our cycle…
Maddy Cope & Ella Russell
June 28, 2023
Climbing on your period: How to use the toilet at the crag!
A personal insight from coach Ella! Climbing on your period… I often find that the logistics of going for a wee or being on my…
Ella Russell
June 21, 2023
Dietary Iron for Climbers who Menstruate
Dietary iron recommendations are higher for women and people who menstruate due to blood loss during our period. Iron levels affect our health, as well…
Mina Leslie-Wujastyk
May 31, 2023
How do hormonal contraceptives affect your training?
We often post about the menstrual cycle to help people figure out how it might affect their training. However, how does this information change with…
Ella Russell
May 24, 2023
Your Period Is A Marker of Health: RED-S & Energy Availability
Have you heard the phase: “your period is a marker of health”? As research into RED-S and energy availability in climbing has developed, this phrase…
Maddy Cope
May 17, 2023
Climbing Training with Diastasis Recti | Pregnancy & Postpartum
What is Diastasis Recti? The two sides of your rectus abdominis (the ‘six-pack’ muscles) in your abdomen are held together by connective tissue, called the…
Joy Callie Black & Maddy Cope
May 10, 2023