The bias towards excluding women from exercise science research is often due to the
assumption that cyclical fluctuations in reproductive hormones influence resistance exercise …

Background Concentrations of endogenous sex hormones fluctuate across the menstrual
cycle (MC), which could have implications for exercise performance in women. At present …

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this review is to provide methodological recommendations for
menstrual cycle research in exercise science and sports medicine based on a review of …

Background: In elite athletes, training individualization is widely recommended to optimize
competitive performance. Previous studies have evidenced the impact of hormonal …

Background Resistance training is well known to increase strength and lean body mass, and
plays a key role in many female athletic and recreational training programs. Most females …

This article reviews the potential effects of the female steroid hormone fluctuations during the
menstrual cycle on exercise performance. The measurement of estrogen and progesterone …

There is an increasing interest in female athletic performance—especially concerning the
impact of the female menstrual cycle on training response. Indeed, fluctuations in female sex …

Purpose The female menstrual cycle (MC) is characterized by hormonal fluctuations
throughout its different phases. However, research regarding its effect on athletic …

New Findings What is the topic of this review? We review methodological considerations for
the inclusion of women in sex and menstrual cycle phase comparison studies. What …

Resistance training is essential for health and performance and confers many benefits such
as increasing skeletal muscle mass, increasing strength and power output, and improving …