Let’s get away from the pathological and talk about something that is today entirely normal, totally healthy, and still shunned by many women. Bodybuilding. Women think it will give them big ...

Sudden cardiac death is responsible for an unusually high proportion of deaths in female bodybuilders worldwide, according to research published in the European Heart Journal [1] today (Tuesday).

Female bodybuilders are at increased risk of a fatal heart attack, warns new research. Sudden cardiac death is responsible for an "unusually high" proportion of deaths among musclewomen worldwide, ...

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While many more women than before are participating in bodybuilding, the risks of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in particular, and of death overall, in this population, remain unknown. A recent study ...

Whether you're bodybuilding to compete or just as a hobby to build your physique, you'll need a bodybuilding diet for women. Female bodybuilder diets are slightly different from those for men in terms ...

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Women often get trapped in endless cardio cycles, spending hours on treadmills and ellipticals while their leg muscles gradually weaken with age, setting them up for mobility problems, bone loss, and ...

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Sudden cardiac death is responsible for an unusually high proportion of deaths in female bodybuilders worldwide, according to research published in the European Heart Journal today (Tuesday). Sudden ...