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A recent article about the ways to make your workouts 'easie r' focused on some excellent health tips like better sleep, a few nutrition tips, and some tips about warm up. Here are a few focused tips specifically for women who have menstrual periods, beyond making sure you hydrate especially well, make sure you are consistent with your Kegal's exercises, and don't skip exercising when you are on your menstrual period. Exercise has long been shown to be a helpful preventative of dysmenorrhea or menstrual cramping. and the way the menstrual cycle hormones are, apparently strength building is extra good during the menstrual cycle , relative to training on non-period days! Although aerobic exercise is critically important as part of any lifestyle, even stretching exercises have been shown to reduce menstrual cramps . We also think that estrogen protects the heart, and in fact there are healthier heart rate patterns around ovulation, and not much overall heart rate effect...

Menopause and/or aging itself do, to some extent, cause the bladder, uterus and rectum to drop. This is due, in part, to the lack of estrogen, which causes a thinning and weakening of all the pelvic muscles. Other factors are more significant, and bladder problems often begin with pregnancy and childbirth. We can blame some these problems on our ancient history. The first hominid species to walk upright evolved more than 2 million years ago. The most important branch of hominids was Australopithecus . These primitive humans walked semi-upright and gave birth to small-brained offspring. Thus, the female pelvis required only slight adaptations for the increased stress of childbearing. These early hominids evolved into Homo erectus about 1 million years ago and then emerged as Homo sapiens just over 300,000 years ago. This new species had a “modern” pelvis—an awkward compromise that permitted erect and stable locomotion on two feet while allowing the birth of a (relatively) large...

Jump rope for your heart and health! It is fun, and it burns a lot of calories and of course, the more energy you burn with a good work out, the  ismore you will get to feast on at holiday time! Jumping rope excellent, and fun, way to burn a lot of calories in a low amount of time . But many women will  need to get their bladder, surrounding tissues, and pelvic muscles in shape for all that bouncing.  And it won't just benefit your rope jumping to get those tissues healthy you need to exercise your pelvic floor to both improve your bladder function, and to improve sex! And it may take more than just exercise to improve the health of your bladder and pelvic floor. In the past we offered women hormones and surgery, and now there is a painless, non-invasive rejuvenating laser therapy called MonaLisa Touch that can help getting your ready for all your rope jumping! Gynos still recommend Kegel's exercises . Once you get good at your Kegel's you can use the extra muscular to ...