Parenting and Finding Exercise Time
Generally speaking, fitness program directors and creators may want to brainstorm how to offer family focused fitness programs, or how to provide more robust child care.
Continued Gap in Sports and Exercise Medicine Research for Women
An editorial on women in sports and exercise highlights the knowledge gaps and urges action for more research for women.
Effects of Menstrual Cycle on Endurance Performance
Researchers have believed that menstruation alters performance but what are the real effects of the menstrual cycle on endurance performance?
Mindset and Menopause
There’s no arguing about the benefit and importance of physical activity for our health, especially during menopause. And that’s only the starting point: Women transitioning through menopause benefit from a…
Exercise and Health Coaching for Pregnancy
Research shows that combining regular health coaching with an activity tracker can help women in pregnancy increase daily steps.
Understanding Women’s Menstrual Cycle and Needs
A study of women’s soccer clubs in Europe shows that coaches lack education around the menstrual cycle, hormonal contraception and pregnancy.
Young Women and Effects of Oral Contraceptives
Researchers studied the effects of oral contraceptives on young healthy women during a 10-week whole-body resistance training program.
Gender Gap in Physical Activity Research
Researchers draw attention to the gender gap in exercise studies and the need for more understanding of gender-specific physiology.
Exercise for Fat Loss
Female clients who aren’t getting results with food planning, may need a customized approach involving more exercise for fat loss.
Women’s Health Advocacy
Do you ever find re-entry to work after a solid vacation to be challenging? Following seven heavenly days in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys, I returned to IDEA on Monday…
Breast Cancer Survivors Benefit From Strength Training
Researchers in evaluated the benefits of endurance, resistance, or combined endurance and resistance training for breast cancer survivors.
Keep the Lean Body Mass
Researchers found that higher volumes of resistance training with lower loads were better for female athletes for preserving lean body mass.
Prenatal Exercise Is Good for Babies, Too
Researchers have conducted ongoing studies to determine the benefits of prenatal exercise to an offspring’s metabolic health.
Split Workout Routine or Full-Body Training
Women who are beginning a weight training program will see the same improvements with full-body training or a split workout routine.
Women’s Sports Injuries
To address the gender gap in sports rehab, researchers created an overview of common women’s sports injuries and guidelines for rehab.
Competitive Sports Performance With an Audience
Men run slower and women run faster in competitive sports without an audience, according to research in Psychology of Sport and Exercise.
Run Pacing and Gender
Gender does not alter run pacing strategy in world-record–breaking events at championship and meet races, according to a study.
Improving Support for Postpartum Running
Women who continue running during pregnancy are more likely to return to postpartum running following pregnancy, according to a study.
Older Women and Weight Training
In a study on older women and weight training, researchers found that participants experienced more pleasure with moderate-level resistance.
Body Image in Menopause
During menopause, women experience a hormonal shift that can often be detrimental to their quality of life and body image. Physical changes in appearance, such as graying hair and wrinkles,…