{"id":64531,"date":"2026-05-06T08:03:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T08:03:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:03:19","slug":"i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"I am about to have my period but I really want to continue with my exercise routine, should I take pain medication and go for my workout or rest?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Mindy P.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I get what you&#8217;re saying. Every month the three days of my period are disastrous. I usually lie around the house on the first day&#8230;but there are days even the first day when I want to go for a walk, do simple exercises or just dance around the house. Honestly, listen to your body. I was told not to do anything strenuous when on my period. So if you really have to work out, just do simple workouts, yoga, walk around the block or dance around the house.<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"thefa-test2 thefa-entity-placement\" id=\"thefa-1713866453\"><div id=\"thefa-1193540698\"><style>.thefa-test2 {margin-bottom: 24px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"banner-content-position light-viol\">\r\n<div class=\"banner-text max400\">Stop procrastinating. It's time to take charge of your life.<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/start.thefabulous.co\/onboarding\/fabulous-initial?utm_source=community-qa&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=afterfirstquestionoranswer-purple-achievegoals\" class=\"banner-cta red w-inline-block\">\r\n<div>Start today<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mindy P. I get what you&#8217;re saying. Every month the three days of my period are disastrous. I usually lie around the house on the first day&#8230;but there are days even the first day when I want to go for a walk, do simple exercises or just dance around the house. Honestly, listen to your body. I was told not to do anything strenuous when&#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>I am about to have my period but I really want to continue with my exercise routine, should I take pain medication and go for my workout or rest? | Fabulous Community<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I am about to have my period but I really want to continue with my exercise routine, should I take pain medication and go for my workout or rest? Discover the tips of the Fabulous members to set your perfect daily routine and get your habits to stick.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I am about to have my period but I really want to continue with my exercise routine, should I take pain medication and go for my workout or rest? | Fabulous Community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I am about to have my period but I really want to continue with my exercise routine, should I take pain medication and go for my workout or rest? Discover the tips of the Fabulous members to set your perfect daily routine and get your habits to stick.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Fabulous Community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-06T08:03:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"amine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"amine\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"amine\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#\/schema\/person\/d885ec79f0f361b2c8d1f55efc087194\"},\"headline\":\"I am about to have my period but I really want to continue with my exercise routine, should I take pain medication and go for my workout or rest?\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-06T08:03:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-06T08:03:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/\"},\"wordCount\":121,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Exercise\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/\",\"name\":\"I am about to have my period but I really want to continue with my exercise routine, should I take pain medication and go for my workout or rest? | Fabulous Community\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-06T08:03:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-06T08:03:19+00:00\",\"description\":\"I am about to have my period but I really want to continue with my exercise routine, should I take pain medication and go for my workout or rest? Discover the tips of the Fabulous members to set your perfect daily routine and get your habits to stick.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"I am about to have my period but I really want to continue with my exercise routine, should I take pain medication and go for my workout or rest?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/\",\"name\":\"Fabulous Community\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Fabulous Community\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/logo-black-n-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/logo-black-n-1.png\",\"width\":1702,\"height\":360,\"caption\":\"Fabulous Community\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thefabstory\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#\/schema\/person\/d885ec79f0f361b2c8d1f55efc087194\",\"name\":\"amine\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"I am about to have my period but I really want to continue with my exercise routine, should I take pain medication and go for my workout or rest? | Fabulous Community","description":"I am about to have my period but I really want to continue with my exercise routine, should I take pain medication and go for my workout or rest? Discover the tips of the Fabulous members to set your perfect daily routine and get your habits to stick.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"I am about to have my period but I really want to continue with my exercise routine, should I take pain medication and go for my workout or rest? | Fabulous Community","og_description":"I am about to have my period but I really want to continue with my exercise routine, should I take pain medication and go for my workout or rest? Discover the tips of the Fabulous members to set your perfect daily routine and get your habits to stick.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/","og_site_name":"Fabulous Community","article_published_time":"2026-05-06T08:03:19+00:00","author":"amine","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"amine"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/"},"author":{"name":"amine","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#\/schema\/person\/d885ec79f0f361b2c8d1f55efc087194"},"headline":"I am about to have my period but I really want to continue with my exercise routine, should I take pain medication and go for my workout or rest?","datePublished":"2026-05-06T08:03:19+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-06T08:03:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/"},"wordCount":121,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Exercise"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/","url":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/","name":"I am about to have my period but I really want to continue with my exercise routine, should I take pain medication and go for my workout or rest? | Fabulous Community","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-05-06T08:03:19+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-06T08:03:19+00:00","description":"I am about to have my period but I really want to continue with my exercise routine, should I take pain medication and go for my workout or rest? Discover the tips of the Fabulous members to set your perfect daily routine and get your habits to stick.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/i-am-about-to-have-my-period-but-i-really-want-to-continue-with-my-exercise-routine-should-i-take-pain-medication-and-go-for-my-workout-or-rest\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"I am about to have my period but I really want to continue with my exercise routine, should I take pain medication and go for my workout or rest?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/","name":"Fabulous Community","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#organization","name":"Fabulous Community","url":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/logo-black-n-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/logo-black-n-1.png","width":1702,"height":360,"caption":"Fabulous Community"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thefabstory\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/#\/schema\/person\/d885ec79f0f361b2c8d1f55efc087194","name":"amine"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64531"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}