Ep. 135 How to Cycle Sync Your Workouts, Nutrition, and Self-Care for A More Productive, Fulfilling, and Healthier Life Part 1

Our bodies and brains are different during each phase of our cycle, so our food, exercise, and self-care should ideally be different each week, too.

If you’ve been living in a ‘same-thing-everyday’ way, you’re not alone. I used to believe in having the same routine every day. And it is definitely a widespread cultural belief, especially within “hustle culture”, that we are supposed to repeat the same rituals every 24 hours- have the same morning routine, exercise the same way each week at the same times, eat the same things…

I even used to preach and coach that way. But I have since then learned that this insistence on doing the same thing day-in and day-out only caters to the male hormonal biological rhythm. Men follow the same predictable pattern everyday: the 24-hour circadian rhythm clock.

Women’s menstrual cycles are on a different clock- the “Infradian Rhythm.” As opposed to the Circadian Rhythm, the internal clock in both men and women that creates hormonal shifts over the course of a 24 hour period that helps us toggle between sleep and wake… The Infradian Rhythm is unique to women’s bodies, and is a ~28 day internal clock.

Think of the circadian rhythm as the sun, and the infradian rhythm as the moon. Men are simply the sun, while women are complex moons.

But so much of what is put on as a society - how we work, how we show up day to day - was created based on a society where men did all the work. They could show up the same day after day. But obviously that isn’t the case anymore - women now account for more than half of the college-educated labor force in the United States, overtaking men, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data in 2023.

That’s why it’s so important and empowering as a woman to be in tune with your body and take steps towards better health! When you ditch the idea that you’re supposed to live the same every day, and you live in sync with your cycle, you can become the badass business women you want to be, you can actually show up as the mom, sister, friend you know you are, and you can look and feel your best.

In Part 1 of this 2 Part Series, I'm going to give you the real sex education class we should have had growing up. I'll explain each of the 4 cycles, define PMDD, and what we've been taught vs what's actually true. Stay tuned next week where we dive into the strategies and tactics for each phase of your cycle!

Time Stamps:

(1:00) Talking Cycle Syncing

(5:28) Explaining Our Cycle

(7:56) Cortisol is Higher in a Specific Phase

(9:55) Media on Busy Achievement Driven Women

(13:50) Omar’s Perspective

(20:00) Defining PMDD

(24:05) Cycle Syncing

(27:00) Overview of Each Phase

(30:30) Menstruation Phase

(31:05) Follicular Phase

(32:38) Ovulation Phase

(34:28) Luteal Phase

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