Sweating Through a Gym’s Gender Barriers
Training with macho bodybuilders, a female powerlifter and anthropologist muscled through grueling rites of passage—and forged unexpected bonds.
Sweating Through a Gym’s Gender Barriers
Sports
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How Skirts Are Changing Bolivian Wrestling
In ornate skirts and bowler hats, Indigenous female fighters claim their place in the ring.
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Genetic Factors May Help Explain Athletic Sudden Death
Biological anthropologists and other researchers investigate why there is a diversity of symptoms and outcomes in people with sickle cell trait.
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Would Our Early Ancestors Have Watched the Super Bowl?
There is an evolutionary reason why humans enjoy sitting around watching a fire, river, or television screen.
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Power Players: U.S. Football and French Rugby
Sports have been tied to power as long as they’ve been played. For modern-day athletes, how does their power extend beyond the field?
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Wrestling With the Culture of Drug Testing in Sports
The clash of Senegalese wrestling with international anti-doping regulations highlights the cultural biases built into modern athletics.