You may have noticed there are times in your cycle where your motivation and physical stamina are lacking when it comes to your fitness routine. Despite your trainer telling you can do one more or the Peloton instructor is saying “push” you may just find there are times where you lack the motivation. This isn’t because you’re just lazy. Instead, the secret lies in your cycle and in this article we’re going to discuss the science of how to exercise with your cycle.

As it turns out, most research in fitness is done on men and then just applied to women. That means the fitness routine you failed might not be because of your will power, but because it was developed for a non-cyclical creature and then just deemed good enough for you.