Managing Your Fertility

06 - Mairead Suthoff: Cycle Syncing to Maximize Your Workouts


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Is it possible to sync your cycle to your workouts? 

Can you maximize your workouts while honoring your body? 

Do you hate your period and think it gets in the way of your workouts? 

Bridget sits down with Mairead Suthoff, Certified Athletic Trainer & Certified FEMM Instructor, to talk about the specifics of cycle syncing, if it's real, how it works, and how women can use this information to have better workouts and overall health. Mairead offers coaching sessions and trainings to help women understand their cycles and maximize their workouts through her business, Lumina Health Services. Her work is incredible and so needed in this space! If you're wanting to avoid "pushing through" a workout and actually enjoy your daily exercise/movement activities, this is the episode for you! 


Additional resources discussed: 

  • Lumina Health Services: https://www.luminahealthservices.com/
  • Dr. Stacy Sims: https://www.drstacysims.com/
  • Ted Talk w/ Dr. Stacy Sims - Women Are Not Small Men: https://www.ted.com/talks/stacy_sims_women_are_not_small_men_a_paradigm_shift_in_the_science_of_nutrition
  • How to Optimize Your Workouts to Your Menstrual Cycle: https://verilymag.com/2020/10/what-is-menstrual-cycle-syncing-workouts-tailored-20
  • WomanCode: Perfect Your Cycle, Amplify Your Fertility, Supercharge Your Sex Drive, and Become a Power Source: https://www.amazon.com/WomanCode-Perfect-Amplify-Fertility-Supercharge/dp/006213079X
  • ROAR: How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong, Lean Body for Life: https://www.amazon.com/ROAR-Fitness-Physiology-Optimum-Performance/dp/1623366860

  • Interviewee bio: 

    Mairead Suthoff is a certified athletic trainer and a certified FEMM instructor. She thrives in inspiring women to chart their cycles. Her business, Lumina Health Services, teaches women how to chart for health, body literacy, cycle syncing, and family planning. Her background in sports medicine makes her particularly passionate about helping active women achieve cycle health and sync their workouts to the phases of their cycle. 




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