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Professional Rugby Player Phaidra Knight signs with Heraea Marketing
by HeraeaMarketing
posted May 8, 2013 at 8:18pm

Phaidra Knight chooses the right team...more

1896 article - Regular Exercise for Girls
by LostCentury
posted April 25, 2011 at 10:23am

January 14, 1896 – Harper’s Young People Regularity in bodily training is the “golden rule” of all physicians and gymnasium teachers. “A little exercise every day, taken at a certain time,” is worth more than all the spasmodic exertio...more

A muscular history for women
by Athletic Women Blog
posted March 18, 2011 at 9:00pm

March is Women's History Month. Right in line, literally and figuratively, with this year's theme ("Our History is Our Strength") is David Chapman and Patricia Vertinsky's new book, Venus with Biceps: A Pictorial History of Muscular Women. I can't review...more

Farah Malhass: athlete, pioneer, heroine
by Athletic Women Blog
posted September 21, 2010 at 3:04pm

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 i...more

Martin Schoeller: 'Female Bodybuilders'
by Athletic Women Blog
posted August 16, 2010 at 11:48pm

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...more

Wonder Woman gets a new look
by Athletic Women Blog
posted July 1, 2010 at 9:02pm

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). Reac...more

Strength training: the young female athlete's best ally
by Athletic Women Blog
posted June 18, 2010 at 9:39pm

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 les...more

Home security you can depend on
by Athletic Women Blog
posted June 8, 2010 at 9:40pm

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; a man, usually a stalker or a crazy ex; he smashes a window or kicks open a...more

Good news: More teen girls lift weights
by Athletic Women Blog
posted May 11, 2010 at 8:33pm

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 s...more

Why female athletes should ignore Hollywood's "fitness gurus"
by Athletic Women Blog
posted March 26, 2010 at 7:58pm

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; men, not so much). Unfortunate...more

Lenda Murray dancing
by Athletic Women Blog
posted March 4, 2010 at 10:56pm

Lenda Murray, eight-time Ms. Olympia, the greatest female bodybuilder ever, seems to have a talent for dance too, as seen here in video taken at the 2009 Lenda Murray Bodybuilding Championships. Perhaps a stint on DWTS (which, boo! doesn't have a female a...more

How a strongwoman does the dishes
by Athletic Women Blog
posted February 5, 2010 at 2:55pm

When last we saw bodybuilder Kathy Bertram she was snapping a baseball bat. In today's bit of fun we find her doing dishes, that is, in her own eccentric strongwoman way: ...more

How female athletes can build upper-body strength
by Athletic Women Blog
posted November 17, 2009 at 4:07pm

Editor's note: We know that upper-body strength affords tangible athletic advantage in many, perhaps most, sports—even auto racing, strangely enough. This is of special importance to female athletes, who too often haven't been sufficiently encouraged an...more

Hayley McNeff's unabashed pursuit of strength
by Athletic Women Blog
posted October 16, 2009 at 6:31pm

You have to admire 21-year-old bodybuilder Hayley McNeff (Facebook, MySpace). Her work ethic, her determination, her brazenness—model qualities for female athletes who truly want to excel: ...more

Ms. Olympia 2009: Congratulations, Iris Kyle! (but you deserve more)
by Athletic Women Blog
posted October 1, 2009 at 5:35pm

Iris Kyle won her fifth Ms. Olympia last weekend. One doesn't risk much saying that she is this decade's dominant female bodybuilder. But has she been rewarded enough for her talent and hard work? Apparently not. Kyle was paid a meager $28,000 this year w...more

Female Muscle: a little schooling for its detractors
by Athletic Women Blog
posted July 17, 2009 at 3:34pm

It isn't hard to find comments, online and elsewhere, that mock, disparage, or generally discount the idea of a woman with large muscles; a powerfully built woman, so it seems anyway, is at once an undesirable and an impossibility. Although the comments a...more

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

Aneta Florczyk: setting records, inspiring women
by Athletic Women Blog
posted May 4, 2009 at 1:03pm

No other person does more than Aneta Florczyk, the World's Strongest Woman, to universally advance the physical empowerment of women. She travels all over performing feats of strength that undoubtedly inspire little girls and young women to grow strong th...more

Women's Kettlebell Lifting
by Women's Sports Nation
posted March 25, 2009 at 8:50pm

The ICKB Girls are a team of five women who appreciate the sport of kettlebell lifting. These five women are from different backgrounds and have full time jobs outside of training. This first all-female Kettlebell lifting team recently competed against 18...more

The art of bodybuilding
by Athletic Women Blog
posted March 20, 2009 at 11:40am

The female bodybuilder is not only an athlete but also an artist; her body is her canvas; her strength, the beauty of her art—a beauty that is earned, genuine. Observe bodybuilder Debi Laszewski at work in her studio, the gym: ...more

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