Women's Fitness

Jun 24, 20198 min read

Pull-Up Power: From No Reps to Getting Over the Bar with 36kg

Ah, the trusty pull-up. Once a staple of every child’s PE class, it has fallen by the wayside as physical education in schools has...

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Nov 30, 20181 min read

Podcast Episode #15: Rachel Cosgrove

StrongFirst Podcast Episode #15 Summary Rachel Cosgrove, co-owner of Results Fitness and writer of The Female Body Breakthrough, and Drop...

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Mar 17, 20154 min read

StrongFirst After Pregnancy: Postpartum Workout Advice

In September, 2014 I had the opportunity to assist at a StrongFirst Level I SFG Certification in Philadelphia. I was a little nervous...

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Mar 11, 20144 min read

Strength for Women After 40: My Plan and Perspective

There comes a time in our lives, almost as if by surprise, when we realize we’re not as young as we used to be. Aging can be a difficult...

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Nov 5, 20133 min read

How to Build Physical Strength While Hardly Trying

Over the last few months, I have performed some lifts I previously didn’t think could be done by a gal my size. After exchanging some...

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Mar 13, 201310 min read

A Strong Woman and Her Endless Possibilities

I think I knew I wanted to be strong when I threw a boy for distance for the first time. It was June of 1997, in a little basement of a...

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Feb 8, 20134 min read

Women’s Fire Academy Training Program

While I have a reputation of being a decently strong woman, this was not the initial goal in my training. As a firefighter, I work in a...

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Jan 18, 20132 min read

How Do You Define a Strong Woman?

Women should be strong because we are capable of great physical strength. Too often, women limit themselves by thinking strength training...

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Dec 14, 20124 min read

Get Super Strong: A Woman’s Strength Training Program

Note from Pavel: Several weeks ago Lauren asked me, “How strong does a woman need to be to be considered ‘strong’?” I thought it was a...

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