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Test Yourself
by The Glowing Edge
posted July 27, 2009 at 6:21pm
After recently learning my body fat percentage I decided to incorporate heavier weightlifting into my training in order to trade a bit of fat weight for muscle weight. I dreaded it, frankly. For some reason I had decided that I was already lifting heav...more
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Another baseball/softball comparison
by Title IX Blog
posted July 27, 2009 at 10:14am
Add C.D. Hylton High School in Virginia to the list of schools being investigated for facility disparities. Like numerous (over 40 according to WaPo) high schools in the United States, C.D. Hylton has a great baseball facility and a sub par softball facil...more
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How To Throw A Punch
by The Glowing Edge
posted July 26, 2009 at 1:58pm
Every woman should have the opportunity to throw a punch, just to see how it feels.
Lots of guys have done this already, either in the mosh pit at a Bad Brains concert, behind the high school where the bad kids smoked, or in a bar after three too many...more
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Fat vs. Muscle: It’s gonna be a showdown
by The Glowing Edge
posted July 25, 2009 at 10:22am
I recently learned my body fat percentage. Um, yeah. I’m officially a fitness geek, it’s okay to think it. I went to the Human Performance Lab near where I work and paid $10 to get pinched in seven places with a small pair of calipers. My numbers w...more
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72nd All-American Soap Box Derby
by Pretty Tough
posted July 24, 2009 at 1:33pm
Each year, almost 600 youth participate in the gravity-powered ride down the 954-foot long Derby Downs track. They came from across the country, from Japan, Canada and Germany to an offbeat corner of the Rubber City for the world championship of this offb...more
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Maccabiah Update: USA Women’s Squash Takes Team Silver
by Fair Game News
posted July 21, 2009 at 4:45pm
Sarah Odell, Team USA
Sarah Odell has been competing in Israel as a member of the US Squash Team at the Maccabiah Games, where 7,000 athletes from 60 countries are competing for medals and bonding over their common Jewish heritage. Among the particip...more
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The good ‘ole Rodeo
by Chic Runner
posted July 21, 2009 at 4:43pm
God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy. Can I get an amen?! So here’s the great recap that you’ve all been waiting for! So there were many great events that happened at the rodeo. There were all the main events that I thought I could recap f...more
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American wrestlers claiming unequal treatment
by After Atalanta
posted July 16, 2009 at 11:42am
The women who train under USA Wrestling have filed a grievance claiming they are receiving inferior treatment.Some of the top female wrestlers in USA Wrestling's program say discrimination exists at multiple levels and includes: less qualified coaching, m...more
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Rescinding on the horizon
by Title IX Blog
posted July 16, 2009 at 11:20am
The Florida High School Athletic Association is meeting (I thought tomorrow but this article implies it is today) and is likely to overturn its own decision to cut varsity sport competitions--except in football and "competitive" cheerleading--by 20 percen...more
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Boxing FAIL
by The Glowing Edge
posted July 16, 2009 at 11:16am
Remember that time when you were watching a ball game and it was clear from the start that the two teams were utterly unmatched? One team took the court or field and began racking up points until it was patently obvious that there was just no way the l...more
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Mischa Merz on Bruising: a Boxer’s Story
by jschonb
posted July 9, 2009 at 11:49am
(Editor's Note: Angela Mayer's blog. Literary Minded, charts her literary loves, life and adventures on Crikey, an Aussie showcase for independent journalism. When I came across this post, I asked whether she'd be willing to share it with WTS readers and ...more
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A cheerleading PS
by Title IX Blog
posted July 6, 2009 at 11:46am
A recently released study from University of North Carolina says, not surprisingly, that cheerleading is the most injury-laden women's sport.So while the status of cheerleading may be somewhat contested these days, the fact that it is dangerous is not.Thi...more
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Darien Board of Ed is cautious about accepting gift
by Title IX Blog
posted July 4, 2009 at 4:18pm
A foundation has offered to donate $50,000 to support athletics at Darien (Connecticut) High School, but the Board of Education is exercising caution about whether to accept the funds, which are earmarked for the support of football ($25,000), girls' swi...more
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Victorian Doll (with Kitten Friends) Boxing Workout
by The Glowing Edge
posted July 4, 2009 at 2:08pm
You ought to be able to tippy-tap through this simple little workout while still wearing your hat, pinafore, tights, and mary janes. While playing with your little kitten friends. It fits tidily within a lunch hour, including your shower and change. It...more
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Cheerleading to ease Title IX controversy?
by Title IX Blog
posted July 2, 2009 at 2:39pm
That's the thought of a writer in New York who believes that the growth of competitive cheerleading and its acceptance as a sport by some schools could help ease all the Title IX controversy over "quotas."Would that it were so (or that we would want it to...more
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This week's play on words
by After Atalanta
posted July 2, 2009 at 1:52pm
Addressing the issue of cheerleading as sport, Inside Higher Ed this week published an article on the controversy entitled "But I'm an Athlete."
It's a good piece but I giggled a little when I read the title and wondered how many Inside Higher Ed readers ...more
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One Moment of Glory
by The Glowing Edge
posted June 21, 2009 at 1:14pm
I got home at 10:30 pm and my bottom lip was swollen and dark, my shoulders aching just a little. The tide of fear ran high in me again Friday night and I had to put my thoughts on lockdown in order to make it to ringtime. Just one more small step up ...more
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More coverage of Florida case
by Title IX Blog
posted June 21, 2009 at 1:06pm
This site has an interview with Nancy Hogshead-Makar, several student-athletes, and a parent about the lawsuit and injunction Florida Parents for Athletic Equity have filed against the Florida High School Athletic Association which has a policy that will ...more
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Yes, women can coach men
by After Atalanta
posted June 19, 2009 at 3:25pm
Two stories about women coaching boys or men recently.One at Hillsborough High in Florida where Stephanie Crawford was recently appointed head coach of the boys' basketball team. Crawford was the girls' team coach at a nearby school but had always wanted...more
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Strength training and ... auto racing?
by Athletic Women Blog
posted June 19, 2009 at 1:31pm
Alison Macleod says something in this interview that I find telling. When asked whether a female racer has an advantage or a disadvantage, Macleod mentions strength first: "Most girls are clearly disadvantaged when it comes to strength. Racing does requir...more
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