butjessica s new app helps women to work out better around their cycle, so shona mccallum has been to meet her to find out more. training hard in the gym, building strength, and getting a sweat on but what if you are on your period? one occasion, i was at thejunior european championships and i remember just running that 800 metres thinking, i m trying to run for a gold medal here, but i m also very aware that i ve just started my period . ijust rushed off the track and felt like i couldn t have ijust didn t absorb that amazing, like, gold medal moment. jess ennis hill was at the top of her sport. olympic and world champion in the heptathlon, she had physios, dietitians, and coaches looking at all aspects of her training programme, but nobody looked at when she was menstruating. i always remember it being an awkward conversation,
twists and turns after that, with injuries, a remarkable return after her pregnancy to win at the world championships, and then taking silver in brazil. and since retiring from competitive sport she, like the whole park, is looking to the next thing. now, it s still connected to sport, as you would expect, and it is also connected to women s health, specifically menstruation. periods aren t something that s always openly talked about, and discussed even less in relation to exercise, butjessica s new app helps women to work out better around their cycle, so shona mccallum has been to meet her to find out more. training hard in the gym, building strength, and getting a sweat on but what if you are on your period? 0ne occasion, i was at thejunior european championships and i remember just running that 800 metres thinking, i m trying to run for a gold medal here, but i m also very aware that i ve just started my period .
cycling and, generally, just being a nice place to come. and in a weird way, the same is true for olympic athletes, who only usually get to compete at that level for the first part of their careers. takejessica ennis hill, who gave us so many great moments, even winning gold in the 2012 heptathlon. yeah, and infact, she ran the entire distance that we have just walked in 12.5 seconds, whilejumping over stuff! and her career still took more twists and turns after that, with injuries, a remarkable return after her pregnancy to win at the world championships, and then taking silver in brazil. and since retiring from competitive sport she, like the whole park, is looking to the next thing. now, it s still connected to sport, as you would expect, and it is also connected to women s health, specifically menstruation. periods aren t something that s always openly talked about, and discussed even less in relation to exercise, butjessica s new app helps
menstruation. periods aren t something that s always openly talked about, and discussed even less in relation to exercise, butjessica s new app helps women to work out better around their cycle, so shona mccallum has been to meet her to find out more. training hard in the gym, building strength, and getting a sweat on but what if you are on your period? one occasion, i was at thejunior european championships and i remember just running that 800 metres thinking, i m trying to run for a gold medal here, but i m also very aware that i ve just started my period . ijust rushed off the track and felt like i couldn t have ijust didn t absorb that amazing, like, gold medal moment. jess ennis hill was at the top of her sport. olympic and world champion in the heptathlon, she had physios, dietitians, and coaches looking at all aspects of her training programme, but nobody looked
more twists and turns after that with injuries, a remarkable return after her pregnancy to win at the world championships, and then taking silver in brazil. since retiring from competitive sport, she, like the whole park, is looking to the next thing. now, it s still connected to sport as you d expect and it s connected to women s health, specifically menstruation. periods are not something that is always openly talked about and discussed even less in relation to exercise, butjessica s new app hopes to help women work out better around their cycle. so shona mccallum has been to meet her to find out more. training hard in the gym, building strength and getting a sweat on. but what if you are on your period? one occasion i was at thejunior european championships and i rememberjust running that 800 metres thinking, i m trying to run for a gold medal here but i m also very aware that i ve just