How Hormonal Birth Control May Be Affecting Your Athletic Performance
Having a period is an inconvenient thing and the enticement of full ultimate Godly control by using hormonal birth control methods (like the pill) has been a life saver for some women. Knowing EXACTLY when your period will come, lessening the worse parts such as bleeding and cramping, and even for some completely getting rid of it. When you are planning an 18 week training cycle why would you not want to have that certainty and control? A while ago I wrote another blog about periodization for your period and how you can actually work with your cycle to take advantage of times of the month where you can really amp up training and other times where you need to back off and focus on recovery. Read all about it here . When searching the topic of hormonal birth control and athletic performance there surprisingly was not a lot of information available. I could find information about types of birth control, side effects, effectiveness, but nothing on how it might affect your athletic perform