Sports and Health Science : Merrit Wellness Center -Why Women Can’t Win Ninja Warrior.

There are different views on how to practice medicine and preserve health. The Meritt Wellness Center promotes alternative medicine as a method to disease prevention and treatment. It does not reject Western medicine, but wants a series of tools to solving a health related problem. MWC calls this modalities related to treatment. This could be …

Exercise Physiology Refutation: The Macho Myth of Bulking Up

Incorrect information can be presented by many people. Some personal trainers are guilty of doing this. To counter this some websites are now having articles being medically fact checked. Sometimes, even fact checkers can be wrong. Mayuk Banerjee is not incorrect saying that women will not automatically transform into a mass of muscles from lifting …

Helmut Marko : Women Are Not Strong Enough For Formula 1 Racing

Helmut Marko is an Austrian professional racing driver. Active between the years of 1971 and 1972, he serves as an advisor to the Red Bull Gmbh Formula One teams. Marko is of the opinion that women are not physically strong enough for racing. He also added they do not have the psychological fortitude to be …

Women the Weaker Sex? Not When it Comes to Working Out! Females Around the World Burn More Calories a Day According to Nike (2013)

Females Around the World Burn More Calories Dailymail has the tendency to over sensationalize, when reporting. When discussing science and exercise physiology it is simple to have miscommunication. According to the data gathered by Nike Fuel Bands, it appears that more women are earning more points and therefore burning more calories than men. Nike Fuel …

Daily Mail: Are Women Really the Weaker Sex? The Intriguing Medical Facts That Settle the Oldest Argument of All (2008)

  The Weaker Sex ? What Medicine Tells Us The term weaker sex was a general statement that women were both mentally and physically inferior to men. Historically, biomedical science also made this assumption and as a result women's health did suffer. While it is obvious there are biological and physiological differences among the sexes, …

Study of Female Weightlifters Crushes Stereotypes

Women's Muscle Fibers At one time it was thought that males contained more muscle fibers required for elite weightlifting. A sports science study has challenged this assumption showing that elite female weightlifters either had the same amount and in some instances more. Rarely do exercise physiology studies focus on women athletes and this may be …

Livestrong: Is Lifting Heavy Weights Bad For Women and What Happens To The Muscles After Lifting Weights?

Livestrong published more articles related to women's fitness and specifically about lifting. A common myth that remains is that lifting heavy is bad for women. This has no basis in scientific fact or exercise physiology. The rumor was that weightlifting is too dangerous and physically taxing for women to handle. When hearing such statements still …

The Atlantic :The Truth About Little Women Carrying Big Wounded Men In Combat (2013)

The Truth About Women Carrying Men In Combat This article from The Atlantic was originally published in 2013, the year the ban on women in combat was lifted. Since then, there has been some progress yet more must be gone to make gender integration a success in the US military. Part of this project requires that …

ESSOP Vs. Women’s Strength Training

Essop Merrick produced videos giving an analysis of women's strength training. These are mostly instructional with some exercise physiology in the content. While his knowledge is extensive, there are some elements that are critical that are missing from the videos. It is true that men and women can learn from one another when it comes …

The Best Bet For Boosting Women’s Brawn Is Traditional Strength Training

Boosting Women's Brawn A study conducted by the University of Ohio performed an experiment about what was the best method for women seeking to build muscular strength and endurance. What was confirmed in this 2008 experiment was that traditional strength training was the best method. To many women athletes and consistent gym goers this is …