Female Athletes
The Four Best Leg Exercises for Women
As a female athlete, you must strengthen your legs if you want to become better at your sport. But too often, women only perform machine leg exercises, which do little [...]
Women's Track Workout: Increasing Speed in the Weight Room
Over the course of my career, I have had opportunities to work with some very talented female track athletes, including NCAA Championship Qualifier and Academic All-American Jenna Caffrey (Iowa State). [...]
Pre-Workout Fueling for Women: Are You Running on Empty?
You take time to train because you know it will make you a better athlete, reduce stress and keep you energized. However, too many female athletes enter their workouts under-fueled, [...]
Q&A With Four-Time World Ironman Champion Chrissie Wellington, Part 2: Strength of Body and Mind
Chrissie Wellington, the women’s world record holder in the Ironman Triathlon, won her first Ironman race less than a year after she turned pro. Subsequently, she reeled off victories in [...]
“Failure Is My Fuel”: Judo Champion Kayla Harrison Trains for Olympic Gold in London 2012
“I work out, eat, rest, work out, eat, rest, repeat,” quips Kayla Harrison, a gold medalist at the 2010 World Judo Championship. “Everything is devoted 110 percent to training.” And [...]
Q&A With Four-Time World Ironman Champion Chrissie Wellington, Part 1: Discovering Triathlons
Chrissie Wellington has won all 13 Ironman events that she's entered. Although naturally endowed with incredible, sometimes obsessive drive, Wellington was not a competitive athlete until her mid-twenties when she [...]
Jason Wu for Target Hits a Home Run
Taiwanese-American fashion designer Jason Wu launched a line for Target earlier this month, and the clothing is quickly flying off shelves. The items are perfect for female athletes on a [...]
Tips and Tools for Open Water Swim Training for Women's Triathlon
When it comes to swimming in a lake or the ocean, every women's triathlon swim training program should incorporate a few key elements; and if you're new to open water [...]
How Female Athletes Should Work Out
Through the years, female athletes have fallen victim to misinformation and faulty recommendations about strength training. This misinformation, largely emanating from old wives' tales, suggests that strength training will produce [...]
Aly Raisman Prepares for the 2012 Olympics
The United States gymnastics program has a long history of Olympic success, thanks to leadership from world-class gymnasts like Nastia Liukin, Carly Patterson and Alicia Sacramone. Now that the 2012 [...]
