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The Relentless Athletics Journal exists to close the knowledge gap in female athlete development. Our articles translate sport science into real-world guidance on strength training, nutrition, recovery, and injury prevention – so female athletes aren’t undertrained, underfueled, or misunderstood.

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Injury, Nutrition, Performance
Aug 24, 2021
Emily Neff
8 min read

It needs to be said: “playing your sport is NOT ENOUGH to avoid detraining during the sports...

By Emily Pappas, MS When sport seasons start, many female athletes stray away from the weight room as sport practices and games take over their schedules. The result: DETRAINING. “But how...
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Injury, Performance
Jun 11, 2020
Emily Neff
15 min read

A Balancing Act: Managing Training Loads for Improved Sport Performance & Decreased Injury...

By Emily Pappas, MS For a female athlete trying to improve her lacrosse game,  adding another 2 nights of practice to her schedule may not actually get her the results she...
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Performance
Apr 22, 2020
Emily Neff
9 min read

The Science Behind Sport Specificity

Emily Pappas, MS‘Sport specific training’ seems to be all the rage: from weighted bats to banded ladder drills, the sports world has seen its fair share of sport specific movements....
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Performance
Jan 4, 2020
Emily Neff
19 min read

The Most Effective Recovery Modalities for Female Athletes

By Emily Pappas, MSFatigue is a necessary response to training that helps stimulate the body to adapt and improve its fitness. Fatigue accumulated over time also is detrimental to performance...
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Performance
Oct 12, 2019
Emily Neff
21 min read

Too Young? Unsafe? No Time? Research Says…Young Female Athletes MUST Strength Train.

By Emily Pappas, MSLifting stunts growth! Lifting is dangerous! Lifting is necessary? With more females engaging in sport than ever, overuse injuries ranging from tendonitis to stress fractures and non-contact...
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Injury, Nutrition, Performance
Sep 22, 2019
Emily Neff
12 min read

Balancing Sports Training & Recovery

By Jules Kirkpatrick, MSAs sports seasons commence and homework loads start to pile, female athletes are placed under massive amounts of stress.Although some of the stressors are out of her...
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