Why does fitness delay menstruation?

Menstruation can immediately reflect women's physical and mental health problems, so women should always pay attention to menstrual problems. On the other hand, body shape is also very important for women. In order to lose weight, many women will choose to go to the gym to exercise to lose weight and create a good body shape. In fact, fitness is a good way to lose weight. However, some women’s menstruation is delayed after they start fitness. So, why does exercise and fitness delay menstruation?

When exercising, because different exercises produce different effects, people who did not exercise regularly before will begin to feel uncomfortable in the body after starting to exercise. The body fat percentage can affect the metabolism direction of estrogen. When the body fat percentage is low, estrogen is converted into a hormone that can inhibit the pituitary gland from producing gonadal hormones. Because human fat tissue can store hormones, when the body fat percentage is too low, it can cause abnormalities in the hypothalamic pituitary gland's metabolism of gonadotropins, leading to decreased metabolism of follicle-stimulating hormone and progesterone, and thus causing spontaneous menstrual disorders.

General strength training will have a serious impact on the endocrine system. Some energy exercises that increase abdominal pressure, such as snatch and barbell, should also be minimized, otherwise it will cause excessive menstruation or prolonged menstruation. In addition, because the cervix is ​​slightly open during menstruation, bacteria can easily invade the uterine cavity, increasing the chance of infection and causing various gynecological inflammations. Therefore, swimming is not suitable during menstruation. It is also not suitable to participate in competitions during the menstrual period to prevent endocrine imbalance and menstrual disorders due to mental stress and anxiety.

Does exercise and fitness affect menstrual cycle?

General exercise and fitness can always make the body better and better, but if people who do not have a basic exercise foundation start to do long-term exercise and fitness, the harm to the body will be quite great. If there are serious menstrual problems in a short period of time, it means that there is a problem with the endocrine system, and excessive consumption of body fat will cause estrogen deficiency in the body. Excessive exercise will affect the menstrual period to a certain extent. The main reason is that excessive exercise can easily cause high mental anxiety and cause endocrine and nervous function disorders and menstrual disorders.

There will be a big disorder in the endocrine system. The proportion of body fat is too low, less than 17% of body weight. The body lacks the fat to produce estrogen raw materials, which affects the normal level of estrogen, and thus affects the formation and cycle of normal menstruation.