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Abstract Women continue to be underrepresented in leadership positions within sport. As the number of women entering sport increases, a growing number of professionals recognize the inherent benefits of the [...]

COMPETING IN THE TOP TIER OF PROFESSIONAL fitness is a dream for many female athletes, but Stacy Simons has found that some of life's greatest rewards don't come with championship [...]

The number of girls and women involved in sport has risen dramatically over the last several decades. Given this increase, an interesting question is whether or not there are important [...]

Two days of the week during training should consist of exercises that help to develop speed for a 5-K run. One day should consist of intervals of fast running. The other day should include special exercises such as 'high knees' and 'bounding.' Several exercises and training schedules are outlined.

Byline: Lorge Butler, Sarah Olympic Effort By Sarah Lorge Butler To qualify for the Marathon trials, these five women have balanced mega-training with full-time jobs, motherhood and real-life trauma. Beijing? [...]

The effects of combined aquatic plyometric training (APT) and traditional preseason volleyball training on muscular strength and vertical jump (VJ) in female volleyball players were examined as compared with a control group performing a combination of flexibility exercises and volleyball training (CON). Results show the combination of APT and volleyball training resulted in larger improvements in VJ than in the CON group, indicating that APT could be a promising training option.

Research indicates that gender differences do exist in valgus knee motion amon high school athletes engaged in jumping and landing. The gender difference may be the cause for the increased incidence of noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injuries in female athletes.

Results demonstrate that the bone mass of women endurance runners at lower-body sites is stimulated by a combination of running exercise and calcium consumption at the expense of upper-body sites' bone mass.

Electrophoretic analysis of single muscle fibers from elite female athletes reveal a diverse myosin heavy chain phenotype as compared to a preponderance of hybrid fibers in untrained athletes. Research suggests that the unique difference is due to the chronic and varied training the elite female athletes received.

Despite continuing Title IX controversy, women are having a ball. As summer ended this year, worn en took center stage at the U.S. Open tennis tournament; the Women's National Basketball […]

TO SEE MIA ST. JOHN TRAIN IS TO SEE BEAUTY IN A whole new light. Here she is, at the House of Champions boxing gym in Van Nuys, Calif., a […]

As a sailboat skipper, JoAnn Fisher, 35, spends up to 16 hours a week on the water. This November, the Annapolis, Maryland, native will compete in the four-day Rolex International […]

Keystone, Colo. -- Even high-level female athletes show the kind of biomechanics presumed to increase the risk of anterior cruciate ligament injury, and can benefit from retraining, according to studies [...]

Cycling has traditionally been viewed as a men's sport even with the growing number of women cyclists. However, women cyclists are allowed to increase their confidence in the sport by weekend sports clinics and racing events, where they are also taught maintenance and repair methods., A skeptic sees the value of a women-only skills clinic My first memory of anything for "women only" is painfully dull. While my brothers shot arrows and sailed in the [...]