Understand the menstrual cycle and female physiology more clearly, make informed coaching decisions and support your clients with greater confidence.

The EFA Hormones Series

A five-part, on-demand education for fitness professionals

When a client asks whether hormones could be affecting her symptoms, energy or performance, understanding female physiology matters. So does what she shares about her experience. The EFA Hormones Series helps you bring those pieces together, have informed conversations and decide with your clients how to move forward.

Start the hormones series - £47

When a client asks about hormones, feel confident in what you know and how you support them.

The coaching challenge

A client is feeling more tired than usual and taking longer to recover. She asks whether hormones could be contributing, and you want to understand what else may be part of the picture.

Another has noticed changes in her cycle, new symptoms or a difference in her performance of the last month. You want to draw on a clearer understanding of female physiology to explore those changes with her.

You want to feel confident asking informed questions, listening to what matters to your client and offering evidence-informed guidance that reflects their needs, including when further support or referral may be appropriate.

Develop a clear understanding of female physiology and practical tools to draw on, so you can offer informed support and guidance that reflects what she is experiencing.

The five-part learning journey

What you’ll learn

PART 01

Hormonal systems and female physiology

Build a clearer understanding of the hormones and physiological systems relevant to female health, and how that knowledge helps you engage with the questions clients bring to you

PART 02

The menstrual cycle

Learn about the phases and physiological processes across the menstrual cycle, how these can vary between individuals and why your client’s own experience matters when discussing any changes they’ve noticed.

PART 03

Tracking and recognising patterns

Explore how clients may choose to record symptoms and other observations in a diary, what patterns over time can tell you and where more context may be needed.

PART 04

Making informed coaching decisions

Bring the physiology together with what a client has shared about their symptoms, recovery and wider circumstances to consider what support may be appropriate, including any changes to their training

PART 05

Communication and wider health considerations

Explore energy availability, the Female Athlete Triad and RED-S, and why they matter when supporting female clients. Develop the communication skills to discuss relevant concerns and recognise when further support or referral may be appropriate.

Your Hormones Series includes

  • Work through the series at your own pace and return to the teaching when you need it.

  • Explore client situations and consider what you might ask, what else may be relevant and how you could respond.

  • A resource to help you bring together what you’ve learned and what your client has shared.

  • Supporting material and resources you can revisit as you develop your understanding.

Start the hormones series - £47

FAQs

  • Fitness professionals who coach female clients and want to develop their understanding of hormones and use that knowledge to better support them.

  • No specific women’s health qualification is required. The series starts with the relevant physiology and builds towards its application with clients.

  • No. You’ll explore menstrual information alongside the individual client’s symptoms, preferences, training and wider circumstances.

  • No. Whether a client records anything is her choice. The mini-series does not include a tracker. It helps you consider observations your clients may have chosen to track and share with you, or have asked questions about.

  • It will be available in your EFA learner account after purchase. All five Parts are on demand, and you can return to the teaching and resources anytime.

  • No. It’s a five-part education series designed to deepen your understanding of female hormones and strengthen how you support clients. It does not award a professional qualification.