Women and Sport

She started her football carree in the inferior categories of the Xuventú Aguiño de   Riveira   (A Coruña). In 2005, she was signed by the Painsa Zaragora with whom she made her debut in the Super League. Between 2008 and 2010 she played in R.C.D. Espanyol where she won two runners-up of the League (2009/2010) and two Copas de la Reina (2009, 2010). In 2010 she went to the United States where she played first in the Buffalo Flash of the W-League (second division) and the in the Chicago Red Stars of the Women’s Professional Soccer (first division). After that, she returned to the Espanyol and in the 2010-2011 season she did her best one with 39 goals in 26 matches. (Original source: http://compostimes.com/2015/01/vero-boquete-escribiendo-la-historia/) In the next summer, she returned to the Women’s Professional Soccer where she played in the Philadelphia Independence where she was name the best player and she won the runner-up. After this, she signed by the...

Holistic method that considers the body as a whole and conceives training globally, integrating posture and breathing, with special attention to the body of women. Some of its postpartum benefits for women are as follows: Postural recovery. Repositioning of the projection of the axis of gravity, reduction of lumbar curves (so accentuated in pregnancy) and greater sensation of postural comfort after the practice of a regular program of hipopressive gymnastics by women. Reduction of back pain. The origin of back pain is related to physiological, anatomical and mechanical changes during pregnancy. It usually appears in the lumbar or anterior region of the pubis, due to the change in the stability of the pelvis and systems of muscular and ligament attachments. Therefore, it is highly recommended the toning of the abdominoperineal muscles and postural reeducation. Improves intestinal transit. Hypopressive gymnastics aid in visceral mobilization and d...

She is a Spanish synchronized swimmer, considered during her race, one of the sport sportsmen of the Spanish sport. Gemma Mengual knew the swimming synchronized to the eight years. After her parents enrolled her at the Kallipolis Swimming Club (Barcelona), her trainer Anna Tarrés joined her team in 1992. In 1994 she was runner-up for youth in Europe.  She possesses the typical qualities of the sprinters: Explosiveness and power in her arms and legs, she is very agile and flexible in the water, and very expressive in her choreographies. On February 16, 2012 and with just a few months left for the London 2012 Olympic Games, the swimmer announced her withdrawal from the competition, "I'm retiring because I've already given everything I could give to this sport"

The use of fat or carbohydrate by the cells will depend to a large extent on the intensity of exercise. Therefore, when the intensity of the exercise increases, the use of glucose increases as an energy source, accentuating according to sex. Women, use more fat as a source of energy when they are at rest, but more glucose when given pre-workout. This may be due to: a. Greater amount of testosterone in men, and b. A greater amount of TGIM (intramuscular triglycerides) in women. TGIM are small reserves of energy that are found in our muscles. Some studies have shown that these "fats" are higher in women than men, helping to meet energy needs during training. These intramuscular triglycerides are mainly found in type I (oxidative) fibers, so it will allow to maintain the performance during exercises of long duration.

In Spain, the growth of federation licenses in women's football over the last decade is notorious. This growth implies more football teams created, more competitions, more support from the institutions and more public visibility. Internationally, the spanish female football has also good news. The Spanish team participated in the last Mundial Championship celebrated in Canada for the first time in the history although they end the championship at the first round and the last month they won the Algarve Cup which suppose an important improvement that is going to continue this summer with their participation at the European Championship. At the club level, we must highlight the clasifications of the F.C. Barcelona in the semifinals of the Women Champions League that although the lost the first match, only the classification for the semifinals is an historic moment. As it is that the stadium was filled to see that match, setting a record of attendance. (Original ...

The women's access to sport has been slow and full of difficulties. Pierre de Coubertin, creator of the modern Olympic Games, was until his death against the women's participation at the Olympics Games. The first participation of women at the Olympics Games was in Paris 1900, with the participation of six women only in golf and tennis. It was in the Amsterdam 1928 Olympics Games when it happened the true beginning of the women at Olympics Games with almost 300 athletes, and they could participated in the most important sport: athletics. The women's participation was increasing at the later Olympics Games: in 1976 with an increase of 20% of women athletes, in 1988 with an increase of 25% of women athletes and in Atlanta's Olympics Games with an increase of 35% of Women athletes. It was in this Games when the presence of women normalized. At the Barcelona's 1992 Olympics Games, Spain broke its record of women athletes participations in the Olympics ...

She is a Spanish player of badminton that competes in the individual female category, current number one of the ranking of the BWF (badminton world federation). Carolina started playing badminton at the Badminton club La Orden in her hometown, Huelva. She has been Olympic champion in Rio de Janeiro 2016, twice world champion, in 2014 and 2015, and twice European champion, in 2014 and 2016. In 2014 she was awarded the National Sports Award to the best Spanish athlete of the year. In 2016 the Sports Palace of Huelva was renamed as "Carolina Marin Sports Palace" in his honor. In 2009 she became the first Spanish badminton player to win a silver medal, first in the Junior Badminton European Championships, and gold medal later in the European Under-17 Badminton Championships. In 2011 he won the gold medal at the European Youth Championship held in Finland. In 2012 participated in the Olympic Games of London, being eliminated in the group phase. In 2016 she became ch...

The woman, her body, and the activities she could develop have had a generally sexist treatment in society in relation to sports practice. One of the most resistant stereotypes to change is to consider that sports are more appropriate for women and others that are for men. In this way, sex becomes a discriminatory variable in relation to participation in sports activities: belonging to the male sex undoubtedly favors this participation. The progressive incorporation of women into sport is only a result of the growing role that has been acquiring in today's society, the participation of women in recent times has seen a significant and constant increase in distance from men, both in terms of Number of participants and of integration in the sphere of sport itself. Thus, sport was constituted from the creation of an exclusively male paradigm that placed women in a condition of total exclusion or absolute inferiority. Pierre de Coubertin would always oppose the participation of ...

The women have in sport one of the sector where they are most vetoed because for a women to be able to dedicate herself professionally to the sport, would need a lots and good financiations that today are practically imposible. Currently, that situation is changing progresivelly although to a success achieved by a female team isn’t given as much importance as a men’s one. (Original source:  http://www.eumed.net/libros-gratis/2007a/231/14.htm ) We relate women with sports that include flexibility, rhythm, beauty… while we relate men to sports of strenght, endurance, power… That made the women who doesn´t fit in that idea seem aggressive, masculine and don’t value her triumphs. Also the media give so less importance to the women’s sport, as there are hardly any images and information related to the sports practiced by women. In relation to salaries, the men earn a lot of more money than women in the same sport. The best paid women ear the majority of her money fr...

According to a research done by the Ministry of Education in Spain, the sports that women practice the most and its benefits are: - Swim: with this sport you work legs, arms, back, breast and you’ll improve you physical capacity because it is an aerobic and anaerobic sport. - Synchronized swimming: it will help you to tonificate your body. - Football: you will work all your body but more the bottom, unless you are the goalkeeper. - Cycling: it will help you to tonificate legs and to lift up the glutes. - Rhythmic gymnastics : it includes dance, balance, muscle development, and cardiovascular endurance. The results of this sport are noticeable in the silhouette of the body and abdomen. - Tennis: you will work all your body, especially the arms and legs. - Volleyball : you will work all your body, specially the muscular strength because it is necessary to the volleyball’s movements. - Handball:   you will w...

- Verónica Costa , aka Vikika fitness, has been making known the fitness through videos, trainings and recipes in her blog: http://fitfoodmarket.es/ . You can follow her on Instagram, where she has 419k of followers: @vikikacosta (Original source: https://www.instagram.com/p/BRYnq6VhK1F/?taken-by=vikikacosta&hl=es) - Patry Jordan , she has a blog called ( http://gymvirtual.com/ )  where you can planned your own exercise and workout calendar with her tips. Also she has a Youtube Channel full of training videos ( https://www.youtube.com/user/gymvirtual ). You can follow her gym virtual’s count on Instagram,  where she has 352k of followers (@gymvirtual_com) or in her personal account where she has 638k of followers (@patryjordan). (Original source: https://www.instagram.com/p/BSt8pzojLPO/?taken-by=gymvirtual_com) - Miriam Albero , has a personal blog about sport and nutrition ( http://miriamalbero.com/ ) and also she has a blog in Vogue (...

The menopause is a phase in the women’s life that has a lot of physical and emotional changes. A good life style has to include doing a regular exercise and a balanced diet, avoiding the consumption of tobacco and alcohol, and getting enough rest helps control weight, reduce the loss of bone mass, and improve the symptoms associated with this period such as hot flashes, insomnia and irritability, among others. Doing some physical activity is essential in this period to keep a good health and to reduce the menopause’s effects over the woman’s body. The most recommended exercise is which adapts better to the age, physical characteristics and physical condition of each woman. You should consult to your doctor before start the exercise’s program. The women who has never practiced sport regulary or who ended time ago, should start step by step, in a 20-30 minutes session or 2-3 times a week, and then  increasing the time or the intensity gradually. The best of the healt...

1. Serena Williams (tennis player). She has won 23 singles Grand Slams, 14 women's doubles Grand Slams, two mixed doubles Grand Slams, 23 WTA 1 titles, four Olympic gold medals, a Federation Cup and two Hopman cup. She is the only tennis player of either sex to have completed the Golden Slam career in both modalities (singles and doubles) or one of the greatest female athletes of all time. 2. Maria Sharapova (tennis player).   Despite serving a 15-month suspension for testing positive for a banned substance in a drug test, the five-time Grand Slam champion is still among the most popular sportswomen on the planet and has been world No. 1 multiple times. In 2008, Time magazine named her as one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future." 3. Simone Biles (U.S. gymnast) . At the 2016 Rio Olympics she won four Olympic gold medals, along with a bronze medal, setting the U.S. record for most golds in women’s gymnastics at a...