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...

Whether you aspire to start a business, move up to a C-suite position or be a better CEO of your own life, the lessons from endurance sport will serve you well - if you learn how to use them.

By Sara Gross, PhD

We’ve all heard it before - endurance athletes make better [fill...

You don’t have to love every part of your body to not hate it.

Text by Amelia Perry 
 

All bodies are beautiful. Love your body. Be happy in your own skin. From Dove commercials to even some of our own Feisty Content, “body positivity” - helping women love, rather than...

Happy relationships are linked to mental and physical health - and sports performance.

By Sara Gross, PhD

“A happy athlete is a fast athlete.” Those were some of the first words Olympian and Ironman Champion, Sarah True, gushed during the press conference at the Ironman World...

And I’ve got five points to prove it

Something special is happening here. Women are stepping into their power.

It’s a thought I have often these days. Like on November 7th when Vic Brumfield became CEO of USA Triathlon, the first female leader in its 40-year history. Or...