Athetes and periods?!


Question: ok i got my period when i was 15, and everyone said it's because i'm so athletic. how is exercise related to your menstrual cycle? i never figured it out. i just want to know why athletes get them later?


Answers: ok i got my period when i was 15, and everyone said it's because i'm so athletic. how is exercise related to your menstrual cycle? i never figured it out. i just want to know why athletes get them later?

-its not true. i play tennis 5 times a week for 2 hrs a day and i got my period when i was 12 (im 15 now). it was regular, also. never missed a month because i was "too athletic"
-when your period comes depends on how much you weigh and your body. NOT how athletic you are. ps. the only way your period will stop is if you become EXTREMELY underweight...(think nicole richie pre pregnancy) or EXTREMELY obsese.
-exercise isn't related to your menstrual cycle. some people say that gymnasts get their periods later because they are so athletic but it is really because they are so thin.


hope i helped you...i had the same question a whlie ago and yeah. got some answers from my gyno lmao

i always thought it was because you need a certain amount of body fat percentage to produce your periods for reproducing...idk i think its just myth tho... i was always kinda wondering that also!





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