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

Female Climber Series: Late Luteal Phase, PMS & Tracking

The late luteal phase is the phase we often associate with PMS symptoms, and can be framed as the “lesser” phase when it comes to…

By Maddy Cope

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Endurance | Menstrual Cycle | Training | Women's Training Series

Female Climber Series: When and Why Might We Shift to Lower-Intensity Training?

There is a lot of information now about reducing the intensity of training, during certain phases of the menstrual cycle… such as when high-intensity training…

By Maddy Cope

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Menstrual Cycle | Training | Women's Training Series

Female Climber Series: So You’ve Tracked Your Menstrual Cycle, Now What?

Hopefully by now, we are all on the way to becoming more clued up when it comes to tracking our menstrual cycle and how useful…

By Ella Russell

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Menstrual Cycle | Training | Women's Training Series

Female Climber Series: Do You Suffer From Menstrual Cramps?

In the lead up to or during menstruation, cramps can be a really uncomfortable, painful and debilitating symptom for many women. From non-existent to very…

By Mina Leslie-Wujastyk

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Menstrual Cycle | Nutrition | Training | Women's Training Series

Female Climber Series: Disrupted Sleep in the Late Luteal Phase

We know how important sleep is for recovery, cognition, wellbeing, and sports performance. For sport performance poor sleep may lead to increased RPE, reduced coordination,…

By Madeleine Cope

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

Female Climber Series: Late Luteal Phase

A question which often comes up as we learn more about how our physiology changes during the menstrual cycle is, how can we perform in…

By Ella Russell

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Menstrual Cycle | Research & Data | Women's Training Series

Female Climber Series: RESEARCH | The Menstrual Cycle & Injury Risk

This week coach Maddy discusses a longitudinal study (4 year period) that has just been published, showing the impact of the menstrual cycle on injury…

By Maddy Cope

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Menstrual Cycle | Women's Training Series

Female Climber Series: Tracking For A Deload Week

One really useful change that comes from tracking, is to be able to match up a deload week with the phase of your cycle where…

By Maddy Cope

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

Female Climber Series: Should We Stop Training During The High Hormone Phase?

There are studies that have shown adaptations to strength training to be better in the follicular phase (rising estrogen and low progesterone) compared to the…

By Maddy Cope

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Menstrual Cycle | Women's Training Series

Female Climber Series: Going Climbing on your Period

We all know this can be a tricky one to navigate! Especially at busy crags in the summer. Many of you will have already got…

By Ella Russell

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