Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images; Sports Illustrated; A24; OpenAI; Sam Lee for TomboyX American rugby sensation Ilona Maher, was an inspired choice to ...

In Western culture, women’s ideal body shape is very thin and unsurprisingly, many women exercise primarily to lose weight. In this context, muscularity is often associated with masculinity and thus, ...

As strange as this sounds this week of all weeks in sports, there was a time when muscles on women were neither preferred nor celebrated. A very long time, actually. Back before Title IX, and even in ...

Turns out, long-held beauty standards are changing as thin is no longer considered to be the most attractive body shape for a woman. A new study has found that time is changing with increasing ...

Pioneering research shows the essential role played by the female hormone estrogen in preserving muscle bulk and strength in women. Muscles need to be repaired following injury to maintain their ...

In an earlier blog (Feminine Physique, November 26, 2014) I discussed the findings from this research. Women’s bodybuilding is no longer only for women who wish to build an extreme amount of muscle ...