I've been having some +ACI-first-world+ACI problems not having internet access at home so I am pretty excited to be able to finally sit down and blog+ACE I just wanted to sit down and kind of let you know how this year has been going and give you some hope for me for this upcoming year. Charity This … [Read more...]
Professional Rugby Player Phaidra Knight signs with Heraea Marketing
Heraea Marketing, LLC announced today that professional rugby athlete Phaidra Knight has signed with Heraea Marketing as her sport marketing agency. +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACI-We are so thrilled to have Phaidra choose our 'niche' organization to represent her,+ACI said Gig Rock, Owner/Founder of Heraea … [Read more...]
A muscular history for women
March is Women's History Month. Right in line, literally and figuratively, with this year's theme (+ACI-Our History is Our Strength+ACI) is David Chapman and Patricia Vertinsky's new book, Venus with Biceps: A Pictorial History of Muscular Women. I can't review Venus with Biceps in this post, as I haven't … [Read more...]
Farah Malhass: athlete, pioneer, heroine
Farah Malhass has faced numerous obstacles, including death threats, on her road to becoming a competitive bodybuilder on the international stage. Saturday, she competed at the 2010 World Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation World Championship, her first international competition, where at one point … [Read more...]
Martin Schoeller: ‘Female Bodybuilders’
You probably wouldn't as a rule expect to find photographic portraits of female bodybuilders featured in a dignified art exhibition, much less their carrying the name of a celebrated artist whose work is part of the Permanent Collection of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. But that is … [Read more...]
Wonder Woman gets a new look
I never thought I'd be saying this, but apparently it is fashion week at the Athletic Women Blog (not by choice or plan, mind you). Today's post is the result of DC Comics' announcement this week that it is giving Wonder Woman a makeover (see right). Reaction to this news, much of it negative, isn't … [Read more...]
Strength training: the young female athlete’s best ally
I harp on this, some might say, too much. But it is important-very important-that young athletic females start strength training early on (properly supervised, of course). Strength training builds not only stronger, more athletic bodies but bodies less susceptible to injury. These benefits can be … [Read more...]
Home security you can depend on
I've grown tired of a certain type of commercial, practically unavoidable nowadays, for home security systems. You know the story: a woman, home by herself or alone with children+ADs a man, usually a stalker or a crazy ex+ADs he smashes a window or kicks open a door+ADs the woman screams+ADs the alarm sounds+ADs- … [Read more...]
Good news: More teen girls lift weights
But this good news comes with a caveat, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Girls are hitting the weight room more than ever before, and not surprisingly that has come with a price-more injuries occurring in the weight room. The price, however, is a small one compared to the injuries to be … [Read more...]
Why female athletes should ignore Hollywood’s “fitness gurus”
Thanks to stars like Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna, personal trainer Tracy Anderson has become a minor celebrity herself. Anderson caters to a Hollywood aesthetic that prizes slimness above all else (that is, for women anyway+ADs men, not so much). Unfortunately, her work perpetuates a foolish ideal, not … [Read more...]