Since I’m a woman and am aware that I am trying to write this blog for women, articles about pregnancy always catch my eye. Here’s a pick of some of the best or most interesting that I’ve seen recently. It seems that BBC News has been getting excited about pregnancy at the moment. The first [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Glutes'
Weight training women
June 24th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Training
I’m a woman and I do weight training. For many people the statement above is an oddity. Why should I want to train at weights if I’m a woman? Tony Gentilcore put it perfectly when he summarised the fact that people frequently question why a woman is choosing to do any weight training whereas nobody [...]
Tags:Bone density·Figure·Glutes·Grip·menstrual cycle·Powerlifting·Training·Women
Hip thrusts
June 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Exercises, Training
Last week I explained that I rave about Hip Thrusts and Weighted Glute Bridges because I’ve seen such amazing improvements to my glutes, both in strength and appearance, since I started dedicatedly incorporating these into my program. I wrote about how to do glute bridges as a progressive exercise and promised that this week I [...]
Glute bridges
June 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Exercises, Training
I suppose this is a sort of “lessons learned” post, but only to the extent that I rave about Hip Thrusts and Weighted Glute Bridges. I’ve seen some amazing improvement to my glutes, both in strength and appearance since I started dedicatedly incorporating these into my program, so I decided it was time to do [...]
Blog-watch: recent glute news
March 4th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Training
It’s been a while since I last wrote about the glutes. This all-important part of a woman’s muscle structure that is so often overlooked by women who are working on their figure and which can make the difference between a nice figure and a really amazing one. I’ve been watching a lot of World Strongest [...]
Tags:Glutes·Muscle gain·Training
Romanian Deadlift
January 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Exercises, Training
I’ve never been able to touch my toes. Even when I did years of ballet as a child and then yoga as a teenager I couldn’t get there unless I’d just done a 2 hour session of leg-focused yoga. So imagine my amazement last week when, after only 2 weeks of doing the Romanian Deadlift [...]
Top 10 posts: Christmas 2009 round up
December 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Diet, Psychology, Training
Merry Christmas everyone! It’s been an interesting year for my training which has had some highs but also some impressive lows. This year has also seen my start this blog. As the year winds to a close, here are the top 5 most popular non-recipe posts that I’ve written this year: How to do the [...]
Tags:Cookery·Diet·Glutes·menstrual cycle·Paleo diet·Pull up·Upright row
Glute Guy workouts
November 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Training
You might recall that I decided to try out the workouts recommended by the Glute Guy (Bret Contreras). So how have they gone? Phase Two – starting out I had correctly assessed that I need to start at phase two, although I did do a couple of phase one workouts during my first week just [...]
Blog-watch: All about the glutes
September 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Training
This week’s blog-watch was going to be all about Vitamin D, which has had a lot of publicity recently. You may yet get this as a bonus post sometime soon. However, something else has really got me fired up in the last few days. As you know from my recent article about the best exercise [...]
