The menstrual cycle influences female response to strength training, with decreased strength during the luteal phase and improved performance during the follicular phase.

“half of them show that um you know during the second phase the ludal phase of your menstrual cycle um when progesterone is high and pro estrogen is low that subjectively strength decreases for females during training — and then during the earlier parts of training when gestion is low um you know people report to feel a lot better with their training the performance is better the strength is improved”