by Female Strength Academy | Sep 25, 2019 | blog, Training
Strength Training is an all-encompassing activity. While yes, we do use our muscles to pick up the heavy things, we also rely heavily on our CNS or our Central Nervous System. What is the Central Nervous System? The nervous system is comprised of two...
by Female Strength Academy | Sep 10, 2019 | blog, Recovery, Training
Sleep is one of the most important and underrated aspects of strength training recovery. Sleep is widely overlooked in the strength world, and only in recent years has caught the attention of lifters across the globe.Great, but what is sleep anyway, and how does it...
by Kristin Lander | Jul 23, 2019 | blog, Mindset, Training
I want to share something that happened to me recently and how I overcame it. About a week ago, I had a bad day of training. My game was just off, even though I was mentally prepared for my training that day. I walked in the gym ready to destroy. Warming up for...
by Female Strength Academy | Jul 17, 2019 | blog, Training
As an empowered woman, I’m not afraid to admit that my husband has more athleticism in his pinky toe than I have in my whole body. I’m not cutting myself down here. I’m strong as hell. But he’s a former elite level decathlete with an insanely impressive athletic...
by Female Strength Academy | Jul 17, 2019 | blog, Training
Half of the fun of being a strength sport athlete is setting personal records (PRs). Whether it’s in training or on the competition platform, PRs are something we all strive for. However, depending on how long you’ve been in the game, the consistency of your PRs will...
by Mary Morton | May 6, 2019 | blog, Training
There is a lot of talk about hypertrophy training, but what it is and what the science says about it is unclear. In this article, we break down the different types of training, optimal rep-ranges for hypertrophy, when, and why to incorporate hypertrophy programming...
