In this episode of Tri This, Kirstin reflects on the recent ice apocalypse storm that hit Oregon over the past weekend, which left hundreds of thousands of homes without power. It's all about perseverance this training year! Kirstin also has some good news: pools are opening back up after months of closures. And she unpacks the topic of building tissue resilience to help reduce your chances of injury. If you've ever been in a position of trying to get back into running or training and doing a little too much than you should have, or if you are new to the sport and want to make sure you reduce your risk of injury, building up tissue resiliency is how you do it. Kirstin also challenges the most often used training blocks and periodization and suggests a different way to fit training to work with women's cycles and physiology.

Host: Dr. Kirstin Lauritzen

20 mins.

For complete shows notes and more information, links and resources as well as other conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

On this week’s episode, Nicole talks to colleague Dr. Janet Fink, a Tucker Center Affiliated Scholar, and Associate Dean and Professor of Sport Management at UMass Amherst. Her area of expertise is Sport Marketing/Sport Consumer Behavior; Marketing of Female Athletes and Women’s Sport and Diversity Issues in Sport. They discuss how marketing women’s sport shouldn’t marginalize female athletes, why sex doesn’t sell women’s sport, our journey down the Mississippi River together with Dr. Mary Jo Kane, and her advice for young women scholars.

Host: Dr. Nicole LaVoi.
A co-production with The Tucker Center.

For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

On this week’s show, Nancy and Chris are joined by Sophie Reynolds, Media Intern for Surrey Storm, which is part of the Netball Super League in the UK. With two games of the league played Sophie reviews how four of the the eleven teams are performing so far and offers her predictions for the rest of the season, which runs through June. While Netball is considered a Commonwealth sport, its popularity and support in player growth, fan base, government funding, sponsorship and media coverage has developed at a rapid pace over the past few years. It is now the fastest growing women’s team sport in the world. And Nancy shares her reaction to other news from around the world of women’s sport.

Hosts: Chris Stafford and Nancy Gillen

49' 39"

For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

Dr. Kirstin Lauritzen returns this week to discuss the nutritional needs of pregnant women. We begin with pre-pregnancy and prenatal vitamins and supplements, how will pre-pregnancy nutrition change for athletes vs non-athletes, pre pregnancy balancing gut health before you even think about conceiving, and folic acid. Pregnancy needs are divided into different trimesters nutritional needs. How to cope with morning sickness with tips for getting the right nutrition in. Weight gain or weight loss during the 2nd trimester and how cravings tell you what your body needs. Kirstin then takes us through a number of other important considerations when preparing for birth and recovering from breastfeeding and also calorific needs during, and post pregnancy. Lots of valuable information and useful tips for moms to be.

Hosts: Sarah Newberry Moore & Pamela Relph Jones.

For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million plays and downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Write to us at [email protected].

On S3E3 of The WeCOACH Podcast presented by Hudl, Megan Kahn chats with Mickey Grace; a single mom, a NFL scouting apprentice with the LA Rams, high school coach and teacher, and an absolute inspiration for Black women. Mickey candidly shares how she’s learned to trust her instincts, prepare for opportunities, keep mom guilt in perspective, and navigates a male-dominated profession, all while blazing a trail for other women to follow.
37' 31"

Host: Megan Kahn

A co-production between WeCoach & WiSP Sports

For complete shows notes and more information, links and resources as well as other conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

On this week’s episode Sky Blue FC General Manager Alyse LaHue joins us to talk women’s soccer and she also shares some of the top national news in women’s sport that she collates for her weekly Women’s Sports Business Newsletter. We hear what pre-season involves at Sky Blue FC and how this NWSL club is facing a second season during a pandemic. Alyse picks her favorite news stories from the NBA to soccer. And Nancy has the top international news from skiing to tennis, athletics to decathlon. She also brings us up to date with news of Japanese politicians protesting to the comments made by Tokyo 2020 President as sponsors too join criticism of his sexist remarks against women.
Hosts: Chris Stafford and Nancy Gillen

43' 50"

For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

On this week’s episode of Tri This, Kirstin follows up on last week’s topics and dives into further specifics for women in relation to fueling and nutrition.  She covers her fail-proof tips to make sure she is eating enough throughout the week and some of the pitfalls women typically find themselves in when it comes to RED-S, nutrition and training. This includes a bit about hormone balance, why we see high levels of hypothyroidism, particularly in women, and why low calorie diets are detrimental to women's health. Plus, of course, so many tips on how you can avoid these challenges and thrive. Kirstin also tells the story of  her first half Ironman including some of the successes and unexpected challenges she faced. Things she wished she had known then and other tips that she learned and knows now that she's sharing with you.

Podcast length: 27’ 37"
Host: Dr. Kirstin Lauritsen.

For complete shows notes and more information, links and resources as well as other conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

The story of this week’s guest Ogonna Nnamani begins when her parents arrived in Normal, IL to become students after leaving Nigeria during its civil war.  Following the birth of Ogonna, they decided to stay to ensure that she and her siblings received a good education.  Little did they know she would become a four-time All American volleyball player, winner of national championships, a Stanford graduate, the 2005 Honda Cup winner and now on a new career path to become a surgeon. Ogonna shares the lessons her parents, coaches and teammates taught her throughout this journey. She shares what it took for the USA Olympic team to win a silver and what the transferrable skills are from being an athlete to being an aspiring surgeon. Ogonna shares her observations about women of color in medicine; about the civil and racial unrest and the effect of the COVID 19 pandemic. She cites the advantages athletes have because they are natural leaders who are action driven. Ogonna’s story is one of persistence after she began spending more time in the nurse’s office than at recess because of her asthma. Citing the importance of role models, Ogonna shares the effect Jackie Joyner Kersee, also prone to asthma attacks, had on her aspirations to become an athlete.

Podcast length: 52 mins

Host: Chris Voelz.

A co-production with WiSP Sports.

For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

Here we go for a brand new show with two true Leos; Naya and Lo… yes this is a Rugby Podcast with a difference. These two powerful Leos are none other than Winger Naya Tapper and her teammate Center and Prop for USA Sevens Ilona Maher. So how did they become fast friends off the field and what do they get up to when they’re not training? We’ll hear about their families, where they grew up and what led them to rugby. We’ll also find out what the traits are of Leos and which ones apply to them… whether they agree on them or how they see these in one another… well that’s a conversation in itself. And what it takes to be a cub - a member of this Leo’s Den Club. Find out what this show will be about in the upcoming episodes and how you can join in the conversation, send your questions and post your comments. Naya and Lo will be posting Instagram stories @leosden_wispsports where you can join in live and get to know these two awesome Leos.

Podcast length: 20' 52"

Hosts: Naya Tapper & Ilona Maher

For complete shows notes and more information, links and resources as well as other conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

This week, Nicole talks to colleague Dr. Nefertiti Walker, a Tucker Center Affiliated Scholar, and Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Chief Diversity Officer, and Associate Professor of Sport Management at UMass Amherst. Her area of expertise pertains to exclusionary aspects of the sport organizational culture around intersectionality, race, and gender. They discuss exclusion of women, equity, the uncomfortable work of undoing culture, her forthcoming provocative book with Dr. David Berri (which will stir up the trolls of women’s sport) and her advice for young women scholars. Dr. Walker is a panelist for the Tucker Center Fall 2020 Distinguished Lecture Series Black Women in Sport: Voices of Resistance & Athlete Activism.

Host: Nicole LaVoi.

A co-production between The Tucker Center for Girls & Women in Sport & WiSP Sports

For complete shows notes and more information, links and resources as well as other conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].