Women are the stronger sex, says professional bodybuilder and debut author Anne Marie Chaker. They live longer, their muscles are more fatigue-resistant, and they have the power to create life. But ...

Chaker chalks up and prepares to lift weights. Contributor This summer I’ll step onstage to compete as a professional athlete for the first time—at 50. I’ll wear a fuchsia bikini small enough to fit ...

A 16-year study in the European Heart Journal found that sudden cardiac death (SCD) was the leading cause of death among female bodybuilding athletes. While overall mortality was half that of men, ...

Making it to the Olympia is the ultimate goal for many bodybuilders around the world, and Hunter Henderson is no exception. Henderson, from DeKalb, Missouri, earned her spot in the bodybuilding ...

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 ...