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Article: STRENGTH TRAINING FOR FEMALE ATHLETES.(techniques)
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- Coach and Athletic Director
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- December 1, 2000
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Every athletic program should emphasize strength training for women just as vigorously as it does for men. Unfortunately, there are coaches who discourage women athletes from lifting, as well as women athletes who reject it for the wrong reasons.
Both scenarios are unjustified.
Most of the problem lies in a mythology steeped in hand-me down misinformation, gender stereotypes, and unfounded fears about losing flexibility, gaining too much bulk, and developing masculine features.
The muscle magazines' depictions of female bodybuilders -- showing bodies that could be the products of chemical enhancement -- only exacerbate the fabrications. As does ...