In mid-June, Feisty Media was proud to be a sponsor of the 2023 Female Athlete Conference in Boston, which is the epicenter of academia and research as it relates to women’s performance. 

The self-described goal of the FAC is to close the disparity in research and treatment of female athletes and promote the understanding of female athletes' unique and understudied physiology and lived experience, as well as clinical best practices and interdisciplinary calls-to-action.

Feisty’s own Sara Gross, Kelly O’Mara, and Selene Yeager attended the conference and, today, they share with you some of their personal thoughts and key takeaways from the three-day conference, along with some wish list topics that certainly warrant more discussion and research. 

They recap:

• What we continue to learn about the menstrual cycle and its effects on performance
• How to close the gap between new research and communication to coaches and trainers
• Why we still don’t know enough about nutrition, even with continued research on REDS and LEA (Low Energy Availability)
• Why we need a better frame of reference when describing pain
• The disconnection between body composition and performance

Most agree that we are at an inflection point with women’s sports and performance which is why, now more than ever, it’s important to keep asking the right questions and creating ways to communicate research quickly and efficiently to those up-and-coming performers for years to come.

Read Selene Yeager's Recap of the Female Athlete Conference

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