33 episodes
More Female Strength Katherine Bickford & Cassi Niemann
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- Health & Fitness
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4.8 • 75 Ratings
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Strength Coaches Katherine Bickford and Cassi Niemann offer candid conversations on strength and its culture for all humans. Together they discuss training topics with a healthy heaping of perspective, feelings, and humor.
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033: Our Guide to RPE
You’ve heard all about it, so now here’s the More Female Strength primer on the hot topic of RPE, or Rating of Perceived Exertion. If you’ve never used this tool for self-assessment before, we’ll tell you how. If you’re an RPE expert, listen in for an in-depth discussion of what we feel is the deepest and most powerful aspect of using RPE, from a coach and a lifter perspective. Mike Tuchscherer on RPE https://articles.reactivetrainingsystems.com/2017/12/05/how-to-use-rpe-in-your-training-correctly/
RPE and Autoregulation https://www.barbellmedicine.com/blog/autoregulation-and-rpe-part-i/
Interested in a Barbell Math shirt? Order one here & download the PDF for your workout logbook: https://cassiniemann.com/apparel
Instagram: @morefemalestrength
Cassi Niemann
Website: www.cassiniemann.com
Instagram: @cassi.niemann
Email: cassi@cassiniemann.com
Katherine Bickford
Website: www.baystrength.com
Instagram: @kbs.eats
Email: katherine.bickford@gmail.com -
032: Strength Training for Climbers
It is our thrill to present our conversation with Dr. Natasha Barnes, an accomplished lifter, climber, and rehab coach. We have been fans of Natasha’s for a long time so you can imagine our delight when we learned she is a MFS listener! Our conversation with Natasha covers everything from her professional journey from becoming a Doctor of Chiropractic to her current practice, that she describes as more of a coaching relationship. We talk about her career as a professional climber, how she added strength training to her routine and goals, promoting strength in the climbing world, #strongernotsmaller, and her perspective on “becoming an athlete first.” We’re so excited to have had this strong multi-sport role model on the podcast!
You can find Natasha at https://natashabarnesrehab.com/
Connect with us using the links below, we’d love to hear from you and what YOU’D like us to talk about going forward in 2022.
Interested in a Barbell Math shirt? Order one here & download the PDF for your workout logbook: https://cassiniemann.com/apparel
Instagram
@morefemalestrength
Cassi Niemann
Website: www.cassiniemann.com
Instagram: @cassi.niemann
Email: cassi@cassiniemann.com
Katherine Bickford
Website: www.baystrength.com
Instagram: @kbs.eats
Email: katherine.bickford@gmail.com -
031: That One Weird Training Hack
Our lives are complicated! In this episode we talk about all the tricks and tips we recommend for making training easier: more fun, more incentivized, less complicated, less difficult. If you’ve ever struggled with training consistency, getting your meals in, planning ahead, or getting it done, this episode is chock full of validation, affirmation, and “that one weird trick” that may just be the thing you’ve been waiting for to help you with YOUR biggest hurdle.
Connect with us using the links below, we’d love to hear from you and what YOU’D like us to talk about going forward in 2022.
Interested in a Barbell Math shirt? Order one here & download the PDF for your workout logbook: https://cassiniemann.com/apparel
Instagram
@morefemalestrength
Cassi Niemann
Website: www.cassiniemann.com
Instagram: @cassi.niemann
Email: cassi@cassiniemann.com
Katherine Bickford
Website: www.baystrength.com
Instagram: @kbs.eats
Email: katherine.bickford@gmail.com -
030: More Than Body Positivity
In a world where our culture creates strong negative biases against some kinds of bodies, how do we develop a better relationship with our own bodies and reflect that back into the world? Katherine offers us a suggested path toward a more radical mindset, tracing through popular body-positive movements and landing on some practical suggestions for listeners.
Connect with us using the links below, we’d love to hear from you and what YOU’D like us to talk about going forward in 2022.
Radical Self-Love with Sonya Renee Taylor: https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/
Chrissy King on Racism in Diet Culture: https://www.shape.com/lifestyle/mind-and-body/racism-diet-culture
Chrissy King on Equality & Body Positivity Inin Fitness: https://www.issaonline.com/blog/index.cfm/2020/chrissy-king-body-positivity-and-equality-in-fitness
Required listening:
Maintenance Phase - BMI: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-body-mass-index/id1535408667?i=1000530850955
Maintenance Phase - Obesity Epidemic: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-obesity-epidemic/id1535408667?i=1000532253037
Maintenance Phase - Anti-Fat Bias: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/anti-fat-bias/id1535408667?i=1000500120510
Health At Every Size:
Association for Size Diversity in Health: https://asdah.org/health-at-every-size-haes-approach/
Health At Every Size Community: https://haescommunity.com/
Aubrey Gordon, ‘What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat’: https://www.yourfatfriend.com/book
Questions you can use to help break the cycle of negative body feelings:
Where do these ideas come from? Do I actually believe these ideas? Who benefits from this idea or feeling? Who is hurt by this idea or feeling? How can I re-contextualize this thought or feeling so I can change it, move past it, or make it more useful?
Cassi Niemann
Website: www.cassiniemann.com
Instagram: @cassi.niemann
Email: cassi@cassiniemann.com
Katherine Bickford
Website: www.baystrength.com
Instagram: @kb.lifts
Email: katherine.bickford@gmail.com -
029: Change Takes Changing
After some time off, Katherine & Cassi catch up with each other about what’s been going on and how they’ve changed in both their professional and personal lives. They take a deeper look at what they want to do, what they want to share and what’s really important in the end. “Change takes changing” comes from a beautiful piece by Brian Andreas (https://www.instagram.com/p/CY60Hy7LCUr/). “Change takes time, I said & she laughed. Time takes time, she said. Change only takes changing. But, she added, it can take time to get the hang of that.” Connect with us using the links below, we’d love to hear from you and what YOU’D like us to talk about going forward in 2022.
Cassi Niemann
Website: www.cassiniemann.com
Instagram: @cassi.niemann
Email: cassi@cassiniemann.com
Katherine Bickford
Website: www.baystrength.com
Instagram: @kb.lifts
Email: katherine.bickford@gmail.com -
028: Training at Home
Pandemic Edition! COVID-19 had us all staying at home, and Cassi and Katherine are back from hiatus to talk at-home workouts. How to structure them, what equipment you need (spoiler: it could be none at all!) and how to get the support you need for training at home.
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More Female Strength
Website: www.morefemalestrength.com
Instagram: @morefemalestrength
Email: info@morefemalestrength.com
Cassi Niemann
Website: www.cassiniemann.com
Instagram: @cassi.niemann
Email: cassi@morefemalestrength.com
Katherine Bickford
Website: www.baystrength.com
Instagram: @kb.lifts
Email: katherine@morefemalestrength.com
Customer Reviews
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Great show that focuses on gaining strength from many different backgrounds of athletes. Thank you for bringing the show back. Great service for women in a sea of bro shows.
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