The fear that lifting weights will make women bulky is the single most damaging idea in women's fitness. Not because it's the most obviously wrong — there are wronger ideas in the field. But because it's the most consequential. The women who avoid the weights room because they're worried about getting bulky lose access to…
Xenom has raised $15 million and calls itself the “decathlon of fitness”. That’s the headline but it’s not the most interesting thing about the latest addition to the competitive fitness calendar.
Xenom is a new global fitness competition designed to test all-round fitness across a standardised format. What really stands out is how Xenom founder…
Dr Stacy Sims, PhD Dr Stacy Sims, PhD, is an exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist who aims to revolutionise exercise nutrition and performance for women. She has published more than 70 peer-reviewed papers, and authored female-focused performance optimisation books, Roar, and Next Level, which challenge the existing dogma around exercise, nutrition, and health for women.…
If you work in health and fitness media, you get at least one press release a week touting a "groundbreaking" new item of strength training equipment. Genuinely innovative products, however, are so rare that you can count them on one hand.
In 1796, Francis Lowndes introduced the Gymnasticon, an early exercise machine equipped with levers,…



