Comments on: Hormonally-Appropriate Workouts

By: Yvette

Yvette — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:42:10 +0000

This is too funny. I literally just googled “exercises to perk me up when I’m hormonal” it it brought me straight here.

Fuck hormones right up the ass! And good advice to Katy about keeping your mouth shut. Over the past two days, I think i’ve already pushed everyone away. bleh.
Looks like weights and the rowing machine are calling my name, cuz i’m so getting a chocolate cupcake afterwards!

By: Katy Newton

Katy Newton — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:34:21 +0000

I love this post. I love it. Incidentally, I realised a long time ago that saying what I thought about, well, anything during the week before my period would RUIN THE REST OF MY LIFE, so for the last year or so I’ve been putting an asterisk in my diary for the week leading up to my period to remind me to hold my tongue and make no major decisions until the following week.

By: MJ Too

MJ Too — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:44:36 +0000

Hormonally appropriate for me would be to skip all jumpy things, along with any “partners” stretching because of the gas issue. I might be the only person to mention it so far, but let’s face it, some of us lucky gals get the gas/fart/bloat situation going on just prior or during the Big Event. So, if I look slightly green, due to my respectful holding back of the unmentionable tootilege and I stare hatefully at you when you make the “find a partner” call, just look the other way as I slink out of the barn in search of private, ventilated, quarters.

By: Shari

Shari — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:54:12 +0000

Hey, how about the chocolate work out? We can bench press the 10 pound bar. Unless you ate that.

You are so fucking funny when you are hormonal. Menopause is going to be a hoot!

By: MJ

MJ — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:38:26 +0000

I try to avoid ab work when I’m so puffy I can barely see the waist of my shorts for my stomach. Running (small rack) is ok, biking can be tolerable, weights utterly depend - can feel STRONG or can barely be able to lift it off the floor. And for the current extended PMS, may I suggest chocolate to make sure you’re getting enough magnesium? (chocolate cupcakes work if there’s enough chocolate in them)
So are you writing down the a-hole behavior so you can review it in a few days, or are you going to cut them some mercy once you’re feeling better? (doves???)

By: dragonmamma/

dragonmamma/ — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:46:01 +0000

My lower back gets all PMS achy, so I like to avoid squats, deadlifts and ab work during that time.

And I really, really hate it when weekly bootcamp coincides with my “heavy” day. My cycles are very irregular (that time of life) so I never know when it’s gonna happen till it’s happening. I’ve been lucky so far, but I have bad visions of making the gym look like that scene in The Shining when the elevator doors open.

By: Michele

Michele — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:22:27 +0000

“I can sometimes do a workout that I swear will make you bleed, and sometimes even from the correct orifice.”

This made me choke on my tea. And that workout would be supremely useful…

By: Hoolia

Hoolia — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:23:45 +0000

Wow, I’m impressed! All I want to do when I get my period is lay on the couch and watch brain-sucking TV shows, interspersed with bouts of red wine and chocolate. The last thing I want is heavy exertion, although I usually do some sort of workout throughout the 7 days that the almighty creator has decided is an appropriate length of time for me to bleed. (Maybe god is a dude, ‘cuz a woman wouldn’t make you bleed that long. ‘course that’s assuming there’s anything else out there, and this isn’t just an extended dream.) So tailoring my workouts around the flood comes down to light running (I have very little rack), yoga, and light weights, and trying to ignore the fear that I’m bleeding through my workout clothes in the gym. Hmm, TMI, methinks.

By: Joanna

Joanna — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:55:24 +0000

“basically sniffing everyone I meet in an ovulation-filled haze”

OMG, hilarious.

By: ThatKim

ThatKim — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:45:48 +0000

Of all the super-duper amazing things about working out with you, Kelly, this just may be The. Best. I only wish there was a subtle way to advertise it on your website/business card. Subtle, because, you know,of how understated you like to be about everything.