Learn how to align training and nutrition with the menstrual cycle to better support performance, recovery and consistency.
The menstrual cycle affects how clients feel, perform and recover. Understanding it changes how you coach. This course is designed to help you support female clients with more awareness and precision. You will build a clear understanding of the key hormones involved in the menstrual cycle and how they influence energy, strength, mood and recovery across the month. From there, the focus moves to application. How to adjust training. How to support with nutrition. How to help clients work with their physiology rather than against it. This is not about rigid rules or overcomplicating programming. It is about making informed adjustments that improve consistency, confidence and results. By the end of the course, you will be able to coach in a way that reflects the realities of women's health, helping clients stay engaged and make steady progress over time. Accreditation: Industry-recognised CPD
The cycle affects energy, recovery and how a session lands, and most trainers programme straight through it because nobody explained it to them.
How the menstrual cycle and its hormones affect energy and recovery and how to adjust training and nutrition to match.
This is a CPD course rather than a regulated qualification. It is not awarded by an awarding organisation and it does not sit on the Ofqual framework. What it does is give you something specific you can use with clients on Monday, and a Create certificate that records it.
You will receive a CPD certificate in Supporting Clients with Exercise & Nutrition for Their Menstrual Cycle, recognising your ability to provide informed and appropriate support.
Suitable for qualified fitness professionals, personal trainers or coaches supporting clients with exercise and lifestyle guidance.
A short assessment to confirm your understanding of the menstrual cycle, hormonal impact and how to apply this knowledge in coaching.
An online course you study at your own pace with a short assessment to confirm how you would apply it with clients.
Fully online and self-paced. Learn around your schedule and revisit content whenever you need to apply it in practice.
You get access to your learningEnrol and your account is live straight away. No cohort to wait for and no start date to work around.
Start working through the modulesStudy at your pace, in the order that suits you. Everything stays open for the whole of your access period.
Use the support when you need itTutors who mark the work answer the questions. Same working day replies, and marking inside 72 hours.
Complete your qualificationSubmit, get feedback, resubmit free of charge for as long as you have access. Nobody is passed before they are ready.
Join the Create ClubQualified is the start. The Club is where you keep learning, ask questions and stay in touch with the people you studied alongside.
A basic understanding of coaching is helpful, but no specialist nutrition background is required. The course guides you through how nutrition and training apply specifically across the menstrual cycle. It’s designed for fitness professionals.
It’s a self-paced online CPD course. It typically takes around 2 weeks to complete.
Yes. It’s delivered online and self-paced.
The course is going through the CIMSPA micro-credential endorsement process currently.
You’ll be able to adapt programming and nutrition guidance across the menstrual cycle for female clients, adding a valuable specialism to your service.
You’ll gain a clear understanding of the primary sex hormones across the menstrual cycle and how they influence training, performance and recovery — so you can adapt programming and nutrition to each phase.
It’s for fitness professionals who want to tailor training and nutrition to the menstrual cycle for their female clients.
Four weeks of the month, programmed differently, by somebody who knows why.
