Kate Cheng

6 days ago | womenshealthmag.com | Kate Cheng

Soy entrenadora personal, madre de 6 hijos, tengo casi 40 años y así conseguí ganar músculo por primera vez en mi vida: "Este cambio en mi dieta y entrenamiento fue lo que produjo resultados" Ni caminar ni pesas, mi abdomen está más fuerte que nunca a mis 76 años haciendo este ejercicio: "Me permite moverme con facilidad y sin dolor" Soy entrenadora personal y a mis 54 años así es como he conseguido reducir mi edad metabólica 20 años: "Estos hitos cambiaron mi vida por completo" Una mujer de...

1 week ago | womenshealthmag.com | Kate Cheng

It's easy to think that measuring your health and fitness can only be done using costly devices like Oura rings, Fitbits and smartwatches. However, you don't need a complicated tool or eye-wateringly long dead hang to assess your grip strength. In fact, all it takes is sitting in a chair and squeezing a tennis ball. Typically, scientists measure grip strength using a hand dynamometer: a machine that shows the force generated by your hand and forearm when you squeeze its handle as hard as possible.

1 week ago | womenshealthmag.com | Kate Cheng

Several sport governing bodies, including those for football and netball, have banned transgender women from playing on their women's teams, following the UK Supreme Court's ruling on 15 April that the legal definition of a woman was based on biological sex. FootballThe Football Association said that transgender women will no longer be allowed to play in women's football from 1 June. It is the first major governing sports body to amend its policy.

2 weeks ago | womenshealthmag.com | Kate Cheng

FIFA is to fund groundbreaking research into whether hormonal fluctuations during menstrual cycles could be contributing to the rise in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in women's football. Arsenal's Beth Mead and Leah Williamson, as well as Manchester City's Vivianne Miedema have all experienced serious ACL injuries. This is a tear or sprain of the strong bands of tissue that connect the thigh bone (femur) to the shin bone (tibia), which run diagonally in the middle of the knee.

2 weeks ago | womenshealthmag.com | Kate Cheng

An 82-year-old woman has just become the oldest female to perform an abdominal plank for the longest time. Sarah Blackman, born 3 June 1942, was 82 years and 229 days old when she held the forearm plank for 5 minutes and 20 seconds, setting a new Guinness World Record. 'I'm impressed with myself and it was something I didn't expect,' she said, 'but I think I have more confidence.' The previous record was held by Annie Judis, who held the plank for 3 minutes at the age of 80 years and 244 days.