Posts Tagged with "women and strength training"
Why We Are the Even Weaker Sex
Today’s guest post comes from someone many who read this site regularly should recognize – Kellie Hart Davis. For those scratching their heads, Kellie’s essentially the female equivalent of me except for the slight distinction of being way smarter and much better looking than myself. Plus, given she’s a copy editor and prolific health &… Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: Squat Like a Baby?, Letter to Women, and CP Seminar Review
I don’t think I’ve ever said this before, but this week’s list of stuff to read is arguably the best one ever! I don’t know if it’s because of pure coincidence, the planets aligned just right, the Red Sox signed Mike Napoli, or if it’s simply because people churned out some awesome content this week…. Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: 4/27/12
The Pitfalls of Progressive Overload – Bret Contreras I love articles that are straight to the point and offer personal perspective from the author. This was a fantastic article by Bret showcasing that you don’t HAVE to go on the “all you can eat” diet in order to get stronger. “Pick your ideal weight and… Read more
A Few Candid Thoughts on Women and Training
Below is a portion of an interview I did for another blog on the topic of women and training. I thought I’d share some of it here, since I know a fair portion of my audience are women (as well as those who train women). On a scale 1-10, with 1 being the equivalent of… Read more
Chin-Up Progressions for Women (The One Rep Hump) – Part III
Last one, I promise. By now, I’m sure there are some reading who are thinking to themselves, “alright Gentilcore, lets turn the page for crying out loud!,” or feel as if Charlie Brown’s teacher is talking to them:, “Wannk, wannk, wannk………” I didn’t think it was possible, but what started as a quick blog post… Read more
A Girlfriend’s Response To the Atrocity That Is Women’s Fitness Marketing
UPDATE: said girlfriend who wrote this post is now my wife. Holla! It seems I ruffled a few feathers last week when I re-visited my 4 Things Your Girlfriend Should Know article. For those who need to catch up: 1. I wrote an article five years ago. 2. It got sucked into some sort of… Read more
4 Things Your Girlfriend Should Know (Revisted)
A few weeks ago I wrote a post titled Tony Takes a Yoga Class (Part I) that, surprisingly enough, became fairly popular and made its rounds around the blogosphere. In it, I used part of an old article I wrote years ago titled 4 Things Your Girlfriend Should Know, where, in the first part of… Read more
High Heels, Deadlifts, and Attitude – Oh My! Part II
In case you missed it yesterday, HERE is part I of the interview I did with strength athlete (and resident pink dumbbell poo-poo’er), Molly Galbraith. If you’re too lazy to click on the link to play catch up, I can give you the… Read more