Ah, the trusty pull-up. Once a staple of every child’s PE class, it has fallen by the wayside as physical education in schools has...

StrongFirst Podcast Episode #15 Summary Rachel Cosgrove, co-owner of Results Fitness and writer of The Female Body Breakthrough, and Drop...

In September, 2014 I had the opportunity to assist at a StrongFirst Level I SFG Certification in Philadelphia. I was a little nervous...

There comes a time in our lives, almost as if by surprise, when we realize we’re not as young as we used to be. Aging can be a difficult...

Over the last few months, I have performed some lifts I previously didn’t think could be done by a gal my size. After exchanging some...

I think I knew I wanted to be strong when I threw a boy for distance for the first time. It was June of 1997, in a little basement of a...

While I have a reputation of being a decently strong woman, this was not the initial goal in my training. As a firefighter, I work in a...

Women should be strong because we are capable of great physical strength. Too often, women limit themselves by thinking strength training...

Note from Pavel: Several weeks ago Lauren asked me, “How strong does a woman need to be to be considered ‘strong’?” I thought it was a...