If you’re a woman interested in strength training, you’re in the right place.
Women’s Barbell Club is the newsletter where women in strength are celebrated, the science of fitness and female physiology gets explained, and harmful mindsets that hold women back are torn down.
Whether you’re a beginner who’s never adjusted a squat rack or an elite-level powerlifter, Strong(wo)man, or CrossFit athlete, this newsletter is for you.
Our coverage falls into a few simple sections:
Lift is all about training, technique, and form.
Deconstruct examines the mindsets and ideas that hold women back, including the ever-changing “ideal” body, the fear of getting “bulky”, the number on the scale, and what other people think.
Flex is where we write about women in strength, from world-class athletes to ordinary women whose lives have been transformed by strength training — or whose work is helping more women train better.
Dive is where we go deep into women’s history, athletics, science, and other relevant topics.
Along the way, we shamelessly celebrate the potential of female strength and explore our own abilities with curiosity and kindness.
About the Author
Meredith Sell is a full-time freelance writer and editor who writes about health, fitness, and strength sports. She dabbles in CrossFit, strength training, and (more recently) calisthenics, and for the last few years has been digging into the history of women’s sports and western conceptions of femininity.
