"The conversation has grown," says MT Eisner, "but curiouser and curiouser: has the conversation grown because I'm in that circle or has the conversation genuinely grown?"

The US Applied Performance Specialist Manager at Kitman Labs would like to think it's the latter. "Within Kitman, we talk about it consistently, within the other organisations that we’re helping [we ask] ‘how can we assist with this?’" she continues.

"We had this organisation want to now start tracking menstrual cycles, starting to do X, Y and Z with their athletes. 'Who else is doing this? What conversations are you having? Who can we tap into?' and so forth."

In addition to the increasing focus on female athletes - and the development of female practitioners - our conversation also covered:

• How MT would test new female-focused performance ideas on herself in the first instance [7:30];
• Why she says 'the grass isn't always greener - it's fake' in sports performance [21:00];
• Sitting down with practitioners to develop workflows [24:00];
• The future of training science and equipment science [36:00].

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