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(No) Judgment Day in the Gym (Guest Post)

January 15, 2016by Caitlin 6 Comments

My pal Peter, who is a Tampa-based personal trainer, wrote up this post to help women who are want to lift but feel intimidated by some of the judgmental bullshit […]

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Ladies Guide to Weight Room, Uncategorized

Q&A with Kat Whitfield, personal trainer and debunker of fitness myths

February 3, 2014by Caitlin 6 Comments

I first became aware of Kat Whitfield’s work several months ago when her collection of modified fitspo began making the rounds.  Since then I’ve been following – and loving! – […]

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Fighting the Woo, Fitness Industry Fails, Ladies Guide to Weight Room, Women and Muscles

Abuse, weakness and weight training as feminist resistance

October 29, 2011by Caitlin 53 Comments

Earlier this month, a man walked into a hair salon in California and shot and killed his wife and seven other people. Sadly, predictably, some men’s rights activists greeted this […]

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Heart and Mind, Ladies Guide to Weight Room

The adductor/abductor machine: a scam aimed at women

August 23, 2011by Caitlin 24 Comments

Back in my early years as a baby gym rat, I used to make a point to hit the abductor/adductor machine at least twice a week.  I thought that by […]

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Fitness Industry Fails, Ladies Guide to Weight Room, Women and Muscles

Ladies Guide to the Weight Room Pt. 3: Starting out

July 28, 2011by Caitlin 4 Comments

So you’ve decided you want to lift weights, and you’ve told your inner frenemy to STFU, and you are ready to start weight training. But as you stare at all […]

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Ladies Guide to Weight Room

Dear gym oglers – DON’T

July 25, 2011by Caitlin

Sometimes when I drive home from work, I listen to the Cowhead Show, which is maybe my first mistake right there.  I like Galvin’s Open Letter, what can I say? […]

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Ladies Guide to Weight Room

Ladies Guide to the Weight Room Pt. 2: Screwing yer courage

June 17, 2011by Caitlin 6 Comments

I still remember the first time I walked into a weight room.  The guy I was dating at the time asked me if I wanted to join him, and because […]

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Ladies Guide to Weight Room

‘Weightlifting could change your life’

June 14, 2011by Caitlin

Naomi Alderman is the latest convert to the Church of Weightlifting is Awesome: There’s a weightlifting area in my gym – not just the rows of dinky handweights by the […]

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Ladies Guide to Weight Room

Ladies Guide to the Weight Room, Pt. 1: Why lift?

May 31, 2011by Caitlin 6 Comments

I am a pretty avid weight-lifter.  Actually “avid” is kind of an understatement.  How about, I really really love to lift weights.  How about, it’s one of my favorite things […]

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Ladies Guide to Weight Room, Women and Muscles

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