u/worpspead

Hi all! This is kind of embarrassing and I'm hoping it's nothing serious. I've been strength training for five-ish years and recently (within the last 4 months) started practicing the olympic lifts (snatch and clean&jerk).

Over the last 5 years, I would occasionally get breakthrough bleeding (bleeding outside of my regular menstrual cycle) after a maximal squat session, but since adding the snatch and clean&jerk, I've been experiencing breakthrough bleeding pretty much any time I feel I've exerted myself. The weights aren't heavy, 65lbs for snatch and 105lbs for clean & jerk at most, and are usually lighter than that since I'm focusing on learning technique.

Is this normal? Should I just wait it out, assuming my body adjusts to the novel training? I'm 26, my cycle is very regular and I'm not on any birth control. The blood will pass within an hour or two of my workout.

Thanks for any guidance!!

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