Posts Tagged with "female training"
Why Women Should Embrace the Bigness
Or, to make things a bit more click baity maybe an alternative title of this post should be: “Why Women Should Train for Gainz.” I mean, why do words such as “mass, size, gain, muscular, bulk, and bigness” need only apply to men? While the tides have changed in recent years – in no… Read more
Maybe Less Isn’t More
Peruse pretty much any fitness magazine targeted to women and you’ll inevitably see words like, “lose, fat-loss, tight, drop a size, tiny, hot, and lean” plastered all over its pages. This is unfortunate. Women are programmed, often at an early age, to be less, that in order to be attractive and have self-worth, the smaller… Read more
Complete Guide to Training the Female Athlete
I gain a lot of satisfaction training females and I have long championed the approach that, contrary to much of the mainstream, they can (and should) “train like the boys.” You know, in the gym, using barbells and stuff. In my eights years as a coach at Cressey Sports Performance (and now, at CORE… Read more
Why I Prefer Training Women
I recognize the title of this post can be a bit misleading; as if to imply I don’t like training men. This is not the case. I mean, I spent eight years of my career at Cressey Sports Performance training predominantly men (baseball players). They were all lovely, if not a bit overzealous with… Read more
The Problem With “Female Specific” Training
Before I dive into the meat and potatoes of this tightly batched, to-the-point, soiree of a fitness article lets first address the obvious… It’s bonkers that in this day and age if you Google the term “female training” or “women’s fitness” you’re inundated with images like this: Copyright: zoomteam / 123RF Stock Photo We all… Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work – 7/15/16
I’m off to Providence, RI today to attend the Perform Better Summit. So no foreplay this week. Lets jump straight to the good stuff… Dealing With Hamstring Injury – Mike Boyle This may be an older article written by Mike; I can’t tell, he’s written so many! Either way the take home message is clear:… Read more
Stop “Should-ing” All Over Yourself
This past weekend I attended the I Am Not Afraid To Lift Workshop at Iron Body Studios in West Roxbury, MA. It’s an event created by Artemis Scantalides geared mainly towards women – although men are encouraged to attend too – that teaches strength training as a form of empowerment, a road to improved confidence,… Read more
Why Gym Culture Is So Important
You’ve heard me mention it before, but it bears repeating: what I feel separates a good gym from a great gym is the notion of CULTURE. There are a thousand and one gyms out there who hire the best trainers/coaches, have access to every piece of training equipment you could ever ask for, offer competitive… Read more