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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...