Posts Tagged: women’s health

Best Female Health and Fitness Books & Articles

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Taking Up Space Go Kaleo

By Matt Stone Hey it’s ladies night here at the D.  Here are some things I’ve been reading lately or that I feel pretty confident is good – written by women or about women… The first is Taking Up Space: A Guide to Escaping the Diet Maze by Amber “Go Kaleo” Rogers.  Amber has written for the site in the past with an article on Strength Training for Women.  She is probably the most closely-aligned person on earth with the general sentiments at 180D when it comes to fat loss and unnecessary dietary restrictions – so much so that she adopted me and Napolean Dynamite’s phrase “Eating the Food” and went on to start a huge group on Facebook with that name.  Her book is short and sweet and is one of the sanest things ever… Read more »

Benefits of Strength Training for Women

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By Amber Rogers (Go Kaleo) I started strength training 4 years ago because my doctor told me that it can help improve function for people with osteoarthritis of the knee. At 36, I’d recently dislocated my kneecap, which exacerbated the arthritis I’d already developed from carrying around 80 extra pounds for 25 years. I was dealing with chronic pain, stiffness and reduced mobility and couldn’t even climb a flight of stairs like a normal healthy adult. I was desperate, so even though I’d hated exercise all my life I decided to give it a shot. My results far exceeded my expectations. Over the next few years my knee mobility improved and my pain started to subside, my strength and functionality returned, and I started seeing health improvements in areas I’d never… Read more »

Female Masculinity, PCOS, Hirsutism

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I’ve been fascinated with female masculinization, particularly facial hair growth or what is called hirsutism, ever since I heard about Diana Schwarzbein’s bout with a syndrome known as Stein Leventhal (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome or PCOS basically). Okay, it started back before that, when Rebecca Romijn was the bearded lady in the movie Dirty Work, but that’s unrelated. Recently this issue has been popping up again and again. For starters, last spring I had a female roommate who: 1) Was not menstruating 2) Had freakishly hairy arms that hadn’t always been like that 3) Was super thin but stored fat in the lower back area only (male pattern fat storage) Of course, this person was a misguided health fanatic that hadn’t always had these problems. Although I purposefully didn’t get into… Read more »