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Midlife women know peri/menopause is more than just hot flashes. Mood swings, sleep problems, digestive issues, and a general feeling of being “off” are all common — and often dismissed. It’s something that comes up all the time in our community. While doing a bit of research on some of those “feeli...

If you listen to podcasts in the endurance sports and/or wellness space, you’ve likely heard ads for ketone products designed to give you an edge in sport and life. But this purported edge doesn’t come cheap (anywhere from $5 to $30 a serving depending on the brand), and some have asked, “Is it wort...

We talk a lot about muscle here, for all the usual reasons: It’s your strength, power, and metabolic engine. It’s good for your brain and your bones. We could write entire books on our ode to muscle. But muscle is not a monolith. It’s complex tissue that comprises various fiber types that perform sp...

As we head into the holiday weekend here in the U.S., I thought I would write a simple post recognizing some of the awesome accomplishments 40+ female athletes have made in the first half of 2025.

I ended up inspired to say more (shocking, I know), but right up front, let’s celebrate a few:

⛷️ Lin...

You can’t scroll Instagram without seeing a midlife woman walking, lifting, or even folding laundry in a weighted vest—all while singing its praises. And Instagram being Instagram, there are also plenty of posts featuring folks calling bullsh*t on the weighted vest craze and noting that in some case...

I hate to admit this, but it was only recently–and I mean embarrassingly, 6 months ago recently–that I learned how devastating and sometimes deadly urinary tract infections (UTIs) could be. I was at the New Pause Symposium in Brooklyn and urologist Ashley Winter, MD got up to speak, evangelize reall...

I’m back (and admittedly pretty bleary!) from the 2025 Female Athlete Conference (FAC) in Boston that was held last week from June 4th through the 6th. If you’ve never been to an academic conference, lemme tell you, they pack it in. Organized runs and workouts kick off at 6 a.m. sharp and from there...

The use of menopausal hormone therapy (aka HRT or HT) to lower the risk of heart disease among postmenopausal women has been the topic of research and debate for decades. Though The Menopause Society guidelines do not recommend hormone therapy use for the prevention of cardiovascular disease, a tall...

If I could point to just one thing I did when I hit late perimenopause at age 48 or 49 that buoyed what felt like a sinking ship in terms of my training, performance, and just general enjoyment of cycling, running, hiking, etc., it would be “lifting heavy shit” (aka LHS). In a matter of weeks, I cou...

Anyone who’s followed us here at Feisty for any length of time knows we’re not huge fans of fasted training. When you don’t support your training with enough calories and/or carbohydrates, your performance and health can eventually suffer. And if you’re training longer than an hour, research shows h...

Science shows the general guidelines don’t cut it for postmenopausal women.

By Selene Yeager

A recent research review has some bad news: muscle mass can drop by 15% over five years post menopause. More bad news: research suggests that the standard resistance training guidelines may not cut i...

Here’s a rundown of the latest nutrition research for optimizing your performance and health.

By Selene Yeager

As we enter—and eventually exit—the menopause transition, our nutritional needs change, especially as active women who continue to train, workout, and maybe compete. Happily, we’re ...