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…
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.…
Dr Patroklos Androulakis-Korakakis Dr Patroklos Androulakis-Korakakis, PhD, is a visiting scholar at the Applied Muscle Development Lab at Lehman College, NYC, coach at StrongerByScience.com and Chief Editor of REPS Research Review. He did his PhD on the minimum effective training dose for strength and his research focuses on resistance training for muscle strength and hypertrophy.…



