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Girls are you still able to work out on your period or do you just take the week off? Talking from a pain perspective
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Anonymous 3w

i still work out. it reduces pain for me. i do skip jiu jitsu sometimes though

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Anonymous 3w

Yessss

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Anonymous 3w

My cramps are bad so I just take medicine 30 ish minutes before my lifts. And I give myself some grace too. I try to get my fav pre workout in and take my time during lifts.

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Anonymous 3w

Sometimes I have to just take the week off depending how many other things Im doing/how bad the pain is/how much meds are working/etc etc. the workout isnt really the issue its the getting there to do it

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Anonymous 3w

definitely. mine are pretty manageable cuz my birth control has over time made them less annoying and painful (i rarely have them but when i do it’s not bad at all). but i’d go either way lol. got advil on me at all times

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Anonymous 3w

I have a copper IUD so my periods are super heavy and painful but working out is the best way to help with that (in my experience)

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3w

I also find it can be frustrating though because I tend to drop about 5 lbs across all my exercises at that point in my cycle so sometimes I just wanna avoid the bad mental

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