The Untapped Edge in Women's Sports: Your Hormones
Lessons I Learned the Hard Way as a Former Athlete
What if the key to unlocking your peak performance as a female athlete wasn’t another supplement, tougher training plan, or recovery hack—but understanding your own cycle? For too long, women in sports have been taught to train like smaller men, sidelining the powerful role hormones play in energy, endurance, injury risk, and recovery.
In college, I fell victim to this approach—and it cost me my athletic career. I had no idea how much my cycle and hormonal health impacted my performance, recovery, and overall well-being. Like many female athletes, I experienced sport-induced amenorrhea.
It wasn’t until my bones started breaking while competing as a Division I runner that I finally had a wake-up call. My training-induced loss of period was no longer something I could ignore.
I was prescribed birth control as the quick “fix” to protect my bones and restart my cycle. But like so many women, I quickly learned that hormonal birth control wasn’t addressing the root cause—it was masking it. My body needed more than a pill. It needed to heal.
If I could tell my younger self one thing, it would be this: your cycle is a vital sign, not a nuisance. Learning to listen to your body and adjusting your training to support and sync with your hormones can make you a stronger, healthier athlete. Supporting a healthy cycle isn’t just about performance—it’s about ensuring long-term sustainability. Birth control won’t support your training, but your body will—if you take the time to listen and honor its rhythms.
Through fertility awareness, you can learn valuable information about your body, optimize your training, and protect your long-term health. It’s a smarter, more sustainable way to train—and it honors what makes you uniquely female.
Whether you’re an athlete, raising sport-involved daughters, or passionate about women’s health and performance—this article is for you.
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