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1. 5 Problems Only Girls Who Lift Will Understand
2. 15 Reasons Why ALL Women should do Strength Training
3. Motivation Tips for Female Crossfitters: Train Hard and Love Yourself
4. Brooke Wells: 6 Tips to become a better Crossfitter
5. Female Athletes: A Guide to Menstrual Cycle, Hormonal Changes and Proper Recovery
6. Crossfit Chicks: The Paradox
7. 7 Problems that Female Crossfitters Face
8. Kick Ass Dottirs: 7 Lesser Known Icelandic Athletes
9. A Sport for Everyone: How Crossfit promotes Gender Equality
10. Love Yourself because Weight Loss is not a Destination
5 Problems Only Girls Who Lift Will Understand
“As we begin to change, some people around us might struggle. Especially when changes happen for the better: like starting to say “no”, becoming more confident, and standing up for ourselves and our values.”
“From feeling big around girls who don’t lift through to listening to the erroneous idea that we no longer look feminine, these problems seem to be universal. Which other ones have affected you?”
Unlock your full potential!
15 Reasons Why ALL Women should do Strength Training
“Will lifting weights make me super bulky? The short answer is no. So what really happens when we do strength training? Why is it important, and what effects will it have on my body?”
From burning fat, improving performance and lowering the risk of breast cancer, there are many reasons why all women should do strength training!
Annie Thorisdottir in competition
Motivation Tips for Female Crossfitters: Train Hard and Love Yourself
These 9 tips will help motivate you to push on, succeed and hit your personal targets – however big or small they may be.
Stay positive and have fun with your training
Brooke Wells: 6 Tips to become a better Crossfitter
How can you turn your weaknesses into strengths? Or stay disciplined and train hard despite a busy lifestyle? Find out from CrossFit Games star Brooke Wells how to become a better athlete.
Brooke Wells having fun throwing around some weight
Female Athletes: A Guide to Menstrual Cycle, Hormonal Changes and Proper Recovery
“It’s a workout day and you have mood swings, tender breasts, food cravings, fatigue, irritability and depression. Don’t worry. It’s just a monthly menstrual cycle, PMS (pre menstrual symptoms) and hormonal fluctuations. Here’s how to factor this in to your training and recovery…”
Be smart about your training
Crossfit Chicks: The Paradox
“Something amazing is happening around the world! The eyes of women (and men) are being opened to the elephant in the room when it comes to women and their body shape, ability and strength, and for this Crossfit should be exalted.”
Destroying WODs in style
7 Problems that Female Crossfitters Face
“Generally, being a Crossfit Girl is awesome, and I’m sure everyone who trains at a Box regularly would agree to that. However, as with all great things in life, there is a downside to the glory of being a woman who trains mean…”
Train for long term success!
Kick Ass Dottirs: 7 Lesser Known Icelandic Athletes
Iceland is renowned for the incredible athletic abilities of her native ‘Dottirs’. Everyone knows Annie, Sara and Katrin, but we want to showcase the exceptional talents of her other homegrown Crossfitters and lifters that deserve to be seen by the world.
Bjork Odinsdottir performing a Clean in Competition
A Sport for Everyone: How Crossfit promotes Gender Equality
“Crossfit is one of the sports that truly promotes gender equality and it’s focus on performance and function over looks helps to create a healthy attitude in the way that we see ourselves.”
Mattie Rogers Snatching
Love Yourself because Weight Loss is not a Destination
‘It’s taken me almost a decade to really love my body, I have weightlifting to thank for that.’
“I’ll be happy when I’m skinny, My life will be perfect when I lose this extra weight.” How many times have you told yourself that? I know I have many times!”
Weight loss is not a destination
