Menstrual Cycle Phase Has No Influence on Performance-Determining Variables in Endurance-Trained Athletes: The FENDURA Project.
Madison Y TaylorJohn O OsborneVirginia DE Martin TopraninTina P EngsethGuro S SolliDitta ValsdottirErik AnderssonGina F ØistuenIngrid FlatbyBoye WeldeBente MorsethThomas HaugenØyvind SandbakkDionne A NoordhofPublished in: Medicine and science in sports and exercise (2024)
None of the measured performance-determining variables were influenced by MC phase or serum estrogen or progesterone concentrations. Although some individual patterns could be observed, there was no indication that any single MC phase is consistently associated with improved or impaired V̇O 2peak on a group level.