{"id":2426,"date":"2025-06-05T11:53:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T10:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidelinesmag.co.uk\/?p=2426"},"modified":"2025-06-06T11:49:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T10:49:33","slug":"period-activewear-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/sidelines\/2025\/06\/05\/period-activewear-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0No pad? No problem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What if exercising on your period didn’t have to be uncomfortable? This is how a new wave of design is trying to make it happen.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Periods in sport are nothing new, and thankfully, making the sporting environment more comfortable for those menstruating has become at least a talking point. For instance, Olympic athletes discussed it ahead of the Paris Games, the Lionesses switched to dark shorts for the 2023 Women\u2019s World Cup, and the Wimbledon Championships<\/a> have relaxed the all-white dress code to alleviate leaking fears. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But how can the sports industry innovate to move things along even further? Dr Petra Kolic, a senior lecturer and researcher in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Manchester Metropolitan University, explains the impact that period products could have on exercise behaviours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhether you’re an everyday gymgoer, or exercising at a competitive level, you want to be fully focused on your sporting activity – you want to release yourself in it, you want to focus on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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