So, there’s this thing called cycle syncing. Isn’t it glorious how someone decided that women should plan their workouts based on hormonal changes throughout their menstrual cycle? Because, you know, we’re all lining up our schedules perfectly to match our ovulation phases. Who doesn’t want to tailor their entire existence to a calendar? Forget spontaneity. Because, apparently, the universe falls apart if we do HIIT when we’re not ovulating. Anyway, this specific text suggests it’s good for optimizing hormone balance and preventing injury or burnout. Right, because I’m sure that exact thought is going through anyone’s mind when they’re stuck in traffic or trying to dredge up the willpower to leave the couch.
Imagine trying to remember which day is best for what exercise because your body decides it wants to be unpredictable. Let’s just blame it all on hormones because accountability is overrated! What happens if we miss our luteal phase yoga? Do we combust or just melt into a puddle of hormonal imbalance? Probably neither, but cycle syncing would have you believe the world hinges on it.
Anyone feeling this stressful yet? No pressure at all, right? Just another example of turning something simple like exercise into a convoluted chaos map. Anyway, back to pretending other people actually care about this topic for more than five minutes a month. Whatever.