Author | : Laura Combes |
Publisher | : McGraw-Hill/Contemporary |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 1983-01-01 |
Genre | : Bodybuilding for women |
ISBN | : 9780809256167 |
Author | : Laura Combes |
Publisher | : McGraw-Hill/Contemporary |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 1983-01-01 |
Genre | : Bodybuilding for women |
ISBN | : 9780809256167 |
Author | : Betty Weider |
Publisher | : McGraw-Hill/Contemporary |
Total Pages | : 129 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : House & Home |
ISBN | : 9780809259069 |
A comprehensive manual for women bodybuilders gives exercise programs from beginning training to competition
Author | : Maria R. Lowe |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0814750931 |
An inside look at the fascinating and largely unknown world of women's bodybuilding. Slice-of-life observer Maria R. Lowe introduces us to a world where size and strength must be balanced with a nod toward grace and femininity. For WOMEN OF STEEL, Lowe interviewed more than 100 individuals, from the bodybuilders themselves to trainers, family members, spouses, judges, and sponsors. 20 photos.
Author | : Tanya Bunsell |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2013-04-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1136250859 |
Females with large muscles evoke strong reactions from men and women, often involving disgust, discomfort, anger and threat. The controversial nature of female bodybuilding has caused a significant rupture on feminist ground. Whilst proponents claim that female bodybuilding is a way of empowering and liberating women, others see it as a form of corporeal entrapment. This book investigates the controversy. Do women who pump iron resist physical restrictions of imposed femininity, or are they engaged in an ultimately oppressive quest for ‘perfect bodies’? In an original two year ethnographic study based in the South of England, Tanya Bunsell immersed herself into the world of female bodybuilders. By mapping these extraordinary women’s lives, the research illuminates the pivotal spaces and essential lived experiences that make up the female bodybuilder. Whilst the women appear to be embarking on an ‘empowering’ radical body project for themselves, the consequences of their activity remains culturally ambivalent. This research exposes the ‘Janus-faced’ nature of female bodybuilding, exploring the ways in which the women negotiate, accommodate and resist pressures to engage in more orthodox and feminine activities and appearances. This book will be of interest to academics and students in the fields of gender studies, the sociology of sport, the body and research methodology.
Author | : Leslie Heywood |
Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780813524801 |
Women with muscles are a recent phenomenon. While generating a good deal of interest, both positive and negative, their importance to the cultural landscape has yet to be acknowledged. Leslie Heywood looks at female body building as a metaphor for how women fare in our current political and cultural climate. BODYMAKERS reveals how female bodybuilders find themselves both trapped and empowered by their sport. 14 illustrations.
Author | : Krista Stryker |
Publisher | : S&S/Simon Element |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2020-03-31 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 1982136480 |
Unlock your athletic potential and get into the best shape of your life with Krista Stryker’s HIIT and bodyweight workouts—all of which can be done in just minutes a day! If you’ve ever thought you couldn’t get results without spending hours in the gym, that you’d never be able to do a pull-up, or that it’s too late to get in your best shape ever, The 12-Minute Athlete will change your mind, your body, and your life. Get serious results with high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workouts that can be done in just minutes a day. Give up the excuses and learn to use your own bodyweight and a few basic pieces of portable equipment for short, incredibly effective workouts. Reset your mindset, bust through mental blocks, and set meaningful goals you’ll actually accomplish. You can finally ditch the dieting and enjoy food as fuel with simple eating guidelines to the 80/20 rule. In The 12-Minute Athlete you’ll also find: –A guide to basic calisthenics and bodyweight exercises for any fitness level –Progressive exercises to achieve seemingly “impossible” feats like pistol squats, one-arm push-ups, pull-ups, and handstands –More than a dozen simple and healthy recipes that will fuel your workouts –Two 8-week workout plans for getting fitter, faster, and stronger –Bonus Tabata workouts –And so much more! The 12-Minute Athlete is for men and women, ex-athletes and new athletes, experienced athletes and “non-athletes”—for anyone who has a body and wants to get stronger and start living their healthiest life.
Author | : Martin Schoeller |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Photography of women |
ISBN | : |
An extraordinary series of portraits of female body builders by renowned photographer and artist Martin Schoeller.
Author | : Tanya Bunsell |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2013-04-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1136250867 |
Females with large muscles evoke strong reactions from men and women, often involving disgust, discomfort, anger and threat. The controversial nature of female bodybuilding has caused a significant rupture on feminist ground. Whilst proponents claim that female bodybuilding is a way of empowering and liberating women, others see it as a form of corporeal entrapment. This book investigates the controversy. Do women who pump iron resist physical restrictions of imposed femininity, or are they engaged in an ultimately oppressive quest for ‘perfect bodies’? In an original two year ethnographic study based in the South of England, Tanya Bunsell immersed herself into the world of female bodybuilders. By mapping these extraordinary women’s lives, the research illuminates the pivotal spaces and essential lived experiences that make up the female bodybuilder. Whilst the women appear to be embarking on an ‘empowering’ radical body project for themselves, the consequences of their activity remains culturally ambivalent. This research exposes the ‘Janus-faced’ nature of female bodybuilding, exploring the ways in which the women negotiate, accommodate and resist pressures to engage in more orthodox and feminine activities and appearances. This book will be of interest to academics and students in the fields of gender studies, the sociology of sport, the body and research methodology.
Author | : Adam Locks |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2013-03-01 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1136675434 |
In recent years the ‘body’ has become one of the most popular areas of study in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Bodybuilding, in particular, continues to be of interest to scholars of gender, media, film, cultural studies and sociology. However, there is surprisingly little scholarship available on contemporary bodybuilding. Critical Readings in Bodybuilding is the first collection to address the contemporary practice of bodybuilding, especially the way in which the activity has become increasingly more extreme and to consider much neglected debates of gender, eroticism, and sexuality related to the activity. Featuring the leading scholars of bodybuilding and the body as well as emerging voices, this volume will be a key addition to the fields of Sociology, Sport Studies, and Cultural Studies.