This feature allows you to record menstrual symptoms (flow and pain) when completing your daily wellness questionnaire. By default, this feature is enabled/disabled by your coach. It is only visible to female athletes.
Configuring the menstrual cycle tracker
To configure the menstrual cycle tracker, first open your profile and press the Menstrual Cycle Tracking button (it'll turn blue)
If you are taking hormonal contraception, or have a menstrual cycle different than 28 days, change the default values on the Menstrual Cycle Tracker option.
Note: after 3 months of data recording, the length of your menstrual cycle will automatically be adjusted to better reflect your recorded information.
Recording menstrual cycle symptoms
Once the menstrual cycle tracker is enabled, the questions below will be automatically displayed at the bottom of your wellness questionnaire.
You can rate your bleeding and pain levels by pressing the options that are the most closely matching your current symptoms.
If the Symptoms section is visible, tap the symptom(s) that you are presently experiencing. Then press Submit.
Disabling the menstrual cycle tracker
If you do not want/need to answer menstrual cycle questions, you can disable this feature by opening your profile, and deselecting the Activate button next to the Menstrual Cycle Tracker option.
The Menstrual Predictive Dashboard
Use the menstrual cycle predictive dashboard to quickly identify future phase of your menstrual cycle (follicular, luteal) and better optimize workload, recovery, and nutrition. To open this dashboard, select the graph button at the bottom of your screen and select Overview.
Understanding Menstrual Phases and Alerts
Your menstrual data is automatically analyzed as soon as you record menstrual pain and bleeding. When a problem is detected, alerts are immediately displayed on your Alert dashboard.
The menstrual cycle there is a set pattern of female hormone variations, which last about a lunar month, on average 29 days (can vary between 26 and 35 days). The start of each menstrual cycle is indicated by a menstrual bleed/period
It is normal physiology for women to have reasonably regular menstrual cycles from age of menarche, the start of periods (average age 12 years) up to menopause, cessation of periods (average age 51 years).
Menstruation occurs at the start of the menstrual cycle day 1 to around day 5. This can also be known as a period or menstrual bleed. The endometrial lining (lining of uterus) is being shed
The follicular phase is when a follicle in the ovary is growing in preparation for release of an egg (ovulation).
Ovulation occurs around the middle of the menstrual cycle when an egg is released from the ovary and makes its way down the Fallopian tube to the uterus
Luteal phase starts immediately after the ovulation occurs and continues to the start of the next menstrual bleed. After the egg is released from the ovary the remnant of the follicle becomes the corpus luteum, which produces the hormone progesterone.
The alerts of the menstrual cycle
Phase/Alert | Dashboard alert | Focus | Alert Color |
No menstrual bleed for 3 cycles or more (requires medical investigation) | MISS3 | May require medical attention | Red |
No menstrual cycle recorded for over 3 months | NOMENS | Compliance issue | Yellow |
Irregular menstrual cycles | IRREG | May require medical attention (possible relative energy deficiency in sport, RED-S) | Yellow |
Polycystic ovary syndrome | PCOS | May require medical attention | Yellow |
If athlete reports bleeds after the first 7 days
Change of flow or pain for same day between individual cycles
Flag have very heavy periods
Flag have very light periods
Flag have very high MENS pain | BLE
BLE ↑↓ or PAIN ↑↓
BLE ↑
LOWMENS
PAIN ↑ | May require medical attention - possible relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) Encourage good hydration and intake of iron rich foods | Yellow
White, Yellow or Red depending on current day reported bleeding and pain respectively
Red
Yellow
Red |
Unusual pain | PAIN | Recovery, yoga, pilates and other gentle exercise | Yellow/Red |
Heavy bleeding | BLE | Encourage good hydration and intake of iron rich foods | Red |
Early follicular - Menses | EFOL | Recovery, yoga, pilates and other gentle exercise | Yellow |
Mid follicular | MFOL | High intensity, low volume | Green |
Late follicular | LFOL | Low intensity, high volume aerobic work Time for potential risk ACL injury | Green |
Ovulation | OVU | Strength/power, ACL risk | Yellow |
Ovulation with pain | OVU PAIN | May require medical attention | Red |
Early luteal | LUT | High intensity, low volume; max strength/power | Yellow |
Mid luteal | LUT | Low intensity, high volume aerobic work | Yellow |
Late luteal | LUT | Recovery, yoga, pilates and other gentle exercises | Yellow |