Unless we lift while we climb, many are left behind.

By Selene Yeager

Women have been demanding equal spaces in athletics for as long as there have been women who want to run, jump, swim, bike, and play sports. And in 1972 in the U.S., we made a giant step forward with the passing...

Here are the golden nuggets of wisdom from nearly 50 episodes of Hit Play Not Pause this year.

By Selene Yeager

 *** This article was first published on Feisty Menopause on December 6th, 2022 ***

It’s that time of year when we look back at what we’ve learned...

With help from Maurya Couvares - pregnant triathlete

Over the past two weeks on the Women’s Performance Podcast, we have delved deep into pregnancy as an athlete. Interviewing both a researcher, as well as a pregnant athlete, one highlight really stood out:  it is extremely hard...

We are all just a few steps away from breakthrough performances. Record-setting professional endurance athlete Alyssa Godesky tells us how to go the extra mile. 

By Amelia Perry

Every endurance athlete has stared down the wall–that place where everything hurts,...

Ironman Champion Sara Gross on how she would have planned her training differently if she had tracked her menstrual cycle  

When I was at Edinburgh University studying for my Ph.D. I was part of an elite athlete development program hosted by the University. I was 24 years...

Feisty CEO Sara Gross on how more knowledge about female-specific performance can accelerate fitness success

Eight days before I won my first Ironman I finished an ugly and hard-fought 18th at Ironman Texas, one hour and six minutes behind the winner. Even in a long race like Ironman, an...

Exercise as a tool in your mental health toolbox.

By Amelia Perry

TW: This article contains mention of suicidal ideation, mental illness, and more specifically, disordered eating. If you, or someone you know, is struggling with any of the above – please seek care. 

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By Sara Gross

The conversation about trans women’s inclusion in elite sport has often pitted “fairness” against “inclusion,” most notably by World Athletics President Sebatian Coe.  I have heard this binary approach several times and every time it makes me...

What I would — and wouldn’t have — done differently if I knew what I know now.

 By Selene Yeager

“What would you do differently if you knew what you know now?” As the host of Hit Play Not Pause and Content Manager for Feisty Menopause, it’s a...

It’s that time of year. Everywhere we turn there’s the new year, new you narrative.


By Kathryn Taylor 

Gyms are offering new year challenges.

Clickbait articles promoting diet culture disguised as ‘clean eating challenges’ or detox programs are all over...

And will keep it going in 2023

By Sara Gross

When I first started the Women’s Performance Podcast I wasn’t sure I even wanted to talk about “performance” at all. I used to be an elite athlete and when we talked about performance it usually meant a deep...

Questions to Ask Yourself as an Athlete 

By Amelia Perry 

Leave everything on the race course. Give it your all or don’t bother. Be faster. Try harder. These words echo through changing rooms, start lines, finish lines, around family dinner tables. And if...