Optimal Time of Day to Workout Based on your Cycle Phases

Let's break it down, shall we? You're not hitting the snooze button because you're lazy....you're just probably in your luteal phase! We wanted to share the optimal times to workout in your day based on the phases of your cycle with you! It's obviously not concrete but if you're feeling the slump, it's usually not for lack of effort on your part!!

1st half Menstrual Phase REST or MIDDAY

2nd half of Menstrual Phase MORNING

Follicular Phase MORNING

Ovulatory Phase MORNING

1st Half Luteal Phase MORNING

2nd Half Luteal Phase MIDDAY, EARLY EVENING OR REST

Why NO morning workouts for the Luteal & Menstrual phase!?

OF COURSE, you can workout in the morning during these phases if that’s the only time you can set aside (don’t feel like these guidelines are an absolute “necessity”).

But if you can make it work we challenge you to exercise later in the day to see the BIGGEST difference in energy and motivation!

Cortisol is naturally higher in the morning in the late Luteal Phase so we like to push our workouts to later in the day to not overstress our body during this time. Plus, it feels so good to sleep an extra hour in the morning in this phase when fatigue tends to be higher! With that extra Zzzzs, chances are we will be more motivated and ready to move our bodies midday or late afternoon rather than first thing in the morning.

When we move into our Menstrual Phase, the first few days of our flow are considered our ‘Flowcation’. We love to just RELAX and go with the flow. Sometimes we are still tired from the systemic drop in energy and sleep disruptions that often occur the phase before (late Luteal). Again, getting a little extra sleep might just be exactly what we need to fuel up for the day.

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