Women have a bigger presence in sport than ever before and Dina Asher Smith, the reigning 200m world champion, is using her platform to discuss a topic that was once tabooa womans period and its possible training implications.

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Womens experience while training with their periods varies enormously from person to person. While some women find themselves needing to take time away from sport, others barely notice a change in their bodies. If youre someone who has struggled while training through your period, Asher-Smith has some good advice.

Kristy Sale is an exercise physiologist with a focus on female physiology. She acknowledged on Twitter last week that more research is needed in this area (something shes personally working to move forward). In the meantime, her best advice for women training through their period is to listen to their bodies and make reasonable adjustments where necessary (and also to keep in mind that everyones body is different).

Sale also gave Asher-Smith a shout out, endorsing the sprinters approach to training on her period.

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How the pros handle training during their period - Canadian Running Magazine