Should runners with a period track their menstrual cycles with the same attention to detail as HRV, nutritional intake, and sleep? Could period tracking really help athletes crack the code for a PR?

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No one likes to be surprised by their period, but there’s something especially terrible about it when you’re a teen. It’s that familiar sinking feeling: realizing it in the middle of class, ...

To track your period, note how long it lasts, symptoms, how heavy it is, and discharge. You can track your period with apps like Flo or MagicGirl, a calendar, or a notebook. Tracking your period helps ...

At first blush, period tracking apps seem like a convenient, simple way to track one’s menstrual cycle. After all, if you’ve upgraded your paper calendar to an app on your phone, it stands to reason ...

Since the Supreme Court decision to reverse Roe v Wade, women and people with uteruses have been scrambling to delete their period tracking apps in the hopes that their data will not be able to be ...

Tracking periods manually is a cumbersome task and there’s a high possibility of losing track of your flow cycle. If you still happen to use pen and paper for period tracking, it’s time you switch to ...

Are you safe to use period tracking apps since the overturn of Roe vs. Wade? The short answer is, in some ways, “yes,” though within certain limitations. And in other ways, definitely not. Given the ...

Period-tracking apps should be analyzed more thoroughly, especially after the overturn of Roe v Wade. After the U.S. landmark decision was changed by the United States Supreme Court, many women became ...

Period tracking will be smarter, easier, and more important in 2025. Here are the top apps Nigerian women are using to manage their cycles, fertility, and health with less stress. Period tracking is ...