Lattice Blog

Menstrual Cycle | Training Tips | Women's Training Series

How to Track Your Menstrual Cycle for Training for Climbing

Coach Maddy explains how to track your menstrual cycle with training for climbing in mind! How much does the menstrual cycle affect performance? The answer…

Read more >

Menstrual Cycle | Mindset & Mental Training | Women's Training Series

4 Tips for Fear: Anxiety & The Menstrual Cycle for Climbers

Our anxiety fluctuates with our menstrual cycle. This week, Coach Maddy gives us her 4 top tips for managing fear and anxiety throughout your cycle….

By Maddy Cope

Read more >

Menstrual Cycle | Women's Training Series

Should Climbers Train Endurance in the High-Hormone Phase?

Something we are seeing more and more is the headline: ‘focus on training endurance in the high-hormone phase’. But why is this, and what does…

By Maddy Cope

Read more >

Menstrual Cycle | Women's Training Series

Syncing Your Deload Week with Your Menstrual Cycle to Optimise Training

Syncing your deload week with your period can improve the consistency and success of your training, as well as your mindset. Coach Maddy explains how…

By Maddy Cope

Read more >

Menstrual Cycle | Women's Training Series

Training & Your Menstrual Cycle

Everyone’s menstrual cycle is different. Different lengths, different hormone levels, different experiences. Your menstrual cycle can affect your performance and may inform how you schedule…

Read more >

Menstrual Cycle | Strength & Power | Women's Training Series

Optimising Strength Training and The Menstrual Cycle (Part 2)

Previously we talked about the Gain and Maintain approach to strength training around the menstrual cycle. Gain the strength during follicular phase, maintain during the…

By Maddy Cope

Read more >

Endurance | Menstrual Cycle | Research & Data | Strength & Power | Women's Training Series

Optimising Strength Training and The Menstrual Cycle (Part 1)

In this article, Coach Maddy Cope look at the theory behind optimising the training we do during each phase of the menstrual cycle. Hormones fluctuate…

By Maddy Cope

Read more >

Menstrual Cycle | Women's Training Series

Female Climber Series: Training around the Menstrual Cycle – The Luteal Phase

There is a growing body of information out there about training around the menstrual cycle. Particularly, concerning the high and low hormone phase and the…

By Maddy Cope

Read more >

Menstrual Cycle | Training Tips | Women's Training Series

Female Climber Series: Managing Water Retention, During Your Cycle

Personally, I (coach Madeleine Cope) don’t suffer too greatly from PMS, but something I do suffer from is water retention. This is really common and…

By Maddy Cope

Read more >

Menstrual Cycle | Women's Training Series

Female Climber Series: Training around your cycle, is there a magic time?

Is there a magic phase in our menstrual cycle where athletic performance is at it’s best? In some ways it might be nice if there…

By Ella Russell

Read more >