Periodize a training block across the menstrual cycle aligning higher-intensity work with the follicular phase and recovery-prioritized programming with the luteal phase, applying current research on female physiology.
## CONTEXT The menstrual cycle is the most physiologically distinctive aspect of female training, yet it has been the most under-researched element of strength and conditioning literature until the last decade. The two primary hormones, estrogen and progesterone, fluctuate predictably across a 28-day cycle (with…
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