Womb-Led Woman Podcast 8. Cycle Syncing Your Exercise with Laura Torbett
What does inability to lose weight, struggling to get pregnant, PMS/period pain, and lack of motivation around exercise all have in common?
You're not working out in a way that supports your physiology as a woman!
The way we've been brought up to lose weight, gain weight, maintain weight, and work out all supports the MALE body and has been applied to us as "small men."
But we're not small men. Our hormones and metabolism changes throughout the phases of our menstrual cycle, and if you're not adapting your movement to support each phase, it leads to the problems mentioned above.
So I brought on Laura Torbett, the Creator of the Lunae Collective, a roadmap of phasic workouts for menstruators. Laura is a movement enthusiast whose mission supports women from menarche to menopause with cycle-friendly movement practices.
We discuss:
- The benefits of cycle syncing your exercise
- The science behind how syncing your movement with your cycle helps reduce PMS and period pain
- Can it help you lose weight?
- Why most of what we've been taught about exercise (and working out fasted!) is SO wrong for the female body
- How to workout for each phase of your cycle and how to fuel yourself
- Why workouts over 30min can lead to weight GAIN for women
- How to prep and take care of your body for longer workouts
- More about Lunae Collective to take the guess work out of working out with your cycle!
Connect with Laura:
Explore the Lunae roadmap of workouts by signing up for a free trial of the monthly membership, and as a listener of the Wombology podcast, your first month is on us! Enter offer code WOMBOLOGY at checkout to get an additional 30 days on top of your 14-day free trial. Choose from a variety of movement modalities including yoga, resistance training, barre, pilates, HIIT, and cardio with beginner and low impact options available to meet you wherever you are on the journey to your health and fitness goals.
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