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HOW DOES THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE AFFECT PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES?

 74% women reported their menstrual cycle negatively affected their active & sporting performance. 75% had never discussed their menstrual cycle with their coach 72% received no education regarding exercise and their menstrual cycle* Most of us can recall being in school and playing sports at school, and having to  contend with our periods. Often starting during high school years, changing into sports gear at school, battling PMS and cramps whilst also pretending everything was fine.  Even now in adult years, you can feel a difference in your pilates or yoga classes, or out for your morning run when you're menstruating, and if you're in tune with your cycle you can feel differences at all times of the month. So how do...

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THE TABOO OF WHITE UNIFORMS IN FEMALE SPORT

White is often the most avoided of colours when on our periods. The taboo of wearing white jeans, skirts, and even our bed sheets are often something that we want to keep white and are notorious for getting ruined due to a leak or a drip or one tiny dot to make them less than desirable to wear; so we just don’t wear them when we’re menstruating, or at least not until you’re over halfway through. And yet, some of our top international female athletes around the world are forced within uniform regulations and rulings to wear white, no matter the time of the month, and be expected to still focus solely on the game in hand!   WEARING WHITE...

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