The Difference: Athletic bodies have muscle tone and definition that skinny bodies lack, but significantly less mass than ...

The "athletic" body type represents the mainstream fitness ideal:the body that results from regular exercise, healthy eating, ...

Estimates suggest there are more than 650 skeletal muscles in the human body. Muscles perform a variety of functions that are essential to life. Skeletal muscles are attached to bones via tendons and ...

I recently came across images of women athletes from Howard Schatz’s (2002) book Athletes. These black-and-white pictures depict women ranging from 94 pounds to 240 pounds and from 5’ 0” to 6’ 2”.

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Dispelling the myth that weightlifting makes women bulky, this article reveals that strength training actually builds lean muscle, boosts metabolism, ...