When I was 20 years old my male running coach grabbed my stomach and asked me “if you lost that, imagine how fast you’d run?” A passing comment that he had no idea was harmful, turned into 5+ years of body image issues, disordered eating, overtraining, under recovering, all leading to losing my period and suffering Relative Energy Deficiency Syndrome in Sport (RED-S) I blamed this coach for many years of lost potential in my running career, as he kicked my confidence to the ground. I blamed him for the insecurities I felt for years lining up on marathon start line. I blamed him for the fact that I saw food as the enemy and how I hated my body for the way it looked. But I now realize none of this was his fault. The problem here goes far beyond the actions of a coach. It’s the lack of education that those working with women have due to systemic issues of gender inequality in sport, and beyond. A problem, that until now, was not being solved. For the last 15 months our incredible team at Femmi have been working on an education course. One that has been built by women for everyone to learn how to work with, and empower women in the sport, fitness and movement space. FEMMI THEORY An online 7+ hour education course. Directed towards coaches and trainers but built for anyone that wants to learn how to better support the females in their lives. We cover the basics of female physiology, from the menstrual cycle to menopause, from contraception to PCOS and endometriosis. We cover the psychology of females and how to build women up. Finally change can come from us. Females who will no longer accept that the way you work with men is how you should work with women. Females who know we deserve better. And females who want to be confident in who we are. Head to link in bio to learn more. 📸: @harringtonstudios