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Emily Pappas holds a M.S. in Exercise Physiology from Temple University and a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Drexel University. Through this education, Emily values her ability to coach athletes with a perspective that is grounded in biochemistry and human physiology. Outside of the classroom, Emily has experience coaching and programming at the Division I Collegiate Level working as the assistant strength coach for Temple University's Women's Rugby team. In addition, Emily holds her USAW Sport Performance certification and values her ability to coach athletes using “Olympic” Weightlifting. Emily is extremely passionate about the sport of Weightlifting, not only for the competitive nature of the sport, but also for the application of the lifts as a tool in the strength & conditioning field. Through these lifts, Emily has been able to develop athletes that range from grade school to nationally ranked athletes in sports such as lacrosse, softball, and field hockey. During her years in the class and weight room, Emily came to realize that most female athletes never get exposed to strength training until much later in their athletic careers compared to their male counterparts. She realized most females strayed away from the weight room due to intimidation of a predominately male environment as well as fearing that lifting will get them too “big” (a misconception that has been around for WAY too long). Emily developed the idea of Relentless Athletics as a means to educate female athletes, parents and coaches on the necessity of strength training and sports nutrition education to optimize sports performance and reduce injury risks in the female athlete population. Emily is also an Adjunct at Temple University, instructing a course on the current research behind female athlete development. Additionally, Emily works as a consultant in developing health education curriculums at the high school level. Visit https://www.relentlessathleticsllc.com/
Erin Niemela and Emily Pappas, of Niemela Pappas & Associates, sat down with us virtually October 9 to discuss the ballot measures Californians will decide this cycle and how the pandemic affected the state’s legislative session. Erin and Emily also give a shout-out to their new favorite bingeable tv show!
Pappas shares on PHIT for a Queen that preventing injury in young female athletes comes down to recovery. Humans are able to adapt to about anything if provided enough recovery for the training modality. We have not really portrayed female athletes in science the way we should. The research is far behind in understanding the menstrual cycle and in claiming that certain hormones cause injuries. The majority of young female athletes have menstrual cycle irregularity, primarily related to energy availability. Studies are beginning to show a relationship between those irregularities and soft tissue injuries. In an overuse injury, we are chronically exposing the tissue to more force than it’s able to handle or recover from. We need to increase the strength of muscles, tendons, and ligaments and also learn to move our bodies in coordination so more muscle fibers within a muscle or more muscles, in general, are working together to absorb these forces. Strength training must progressively overload and then allow for recovery. Strength training is so important for any female athlete, regardless of whether she has any type of “predisposed risk” to injury or not. There is no adaptation without recovery. Some of the best athletes in the world are training hours and hours a week, but they are improving because they are notching that hard work with the appropriate recovery. In a culture that says, “Don’t sleep, work hard, head down,” I like to say, “Work hard, but also work smart.” Check out Emily and Relentless Athletics: https://www.relentlessathleticsllc.com/ So you know Emily is legit – Emily Pappas is the founder of Relentless Athletics in Hatfield, Penn. She has a Master of Science degree in educational physiology and is an adjunct at Temple University, instructing a course on the development of female athletes. Emily has experience coaching and programming at the Division I collegiate level, working as an assistant strength coach for an internship with Temple University’s women’s rugby team. Emily holds her USAW Sport Performance certification. Her company specializes in female athlete development through strength training, sports nutrition, and sports injury rehabilitation.
Emily Pappas has a strong background in the physiological sciences, holding a bachelor’s degree in biology with a concentration in biochemistry, and a master’s in exercise physiology. She is an adjunct instructor at Temple University and the founder of Relentless Athletics. Relentless is a company driven by science that focuses on the development of female athletes through strength training, sports nutrition, and sports injury rehabilitation. For more information on Emily, you can listen to her podcasts: Travis on Barbell Life; Deshawn on SportsMastery . Stronger Experts Roundtable, Kati Galli’s Keep Moving Forward, The Speed, and Complete Football Health. She has also written articles on her subject area: hormones & anatomy. In this podcast, I chat with Emily about why she started her company Relentless and we debate and discuss various issues such as the gap between research and applied practice, her thoughts and perceptions about ACL injuries in a female athletic population, what she feels should constitute a module in strength and conditioning on females and where she thinks research might be lacking in this area.
On episode 10 of KC's Conversations I am joined by Emily Pappas. Emily is the founder of Relentless Athletics.Topics Discussed on This EpisodeMyths female athletes are up againstThat her trust to solely target female athletes would allow her to have a gym and company that would become successfulVisit kacunningham.com to obtain more information about this episode!
This week, I sat down with Emily Pappas, the founder of Relentless Athletics. We dove into coaching, nutrition, and business throughout the interview. Emily provided a ton of value of what it's like to be a young business owner and how she's building Relentless brick by brick. She has developed young girls into division 1 athletes in multiple different sports. We also got into how the snatch and clean&jerk are a form of mindset training and why she uses them with girls who have never trained before. Follow Emily @Relentless_athletics_ Relentlessathleticsllc.com Follow Me @angelo_kelly1 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCHiGp0nV0sYLRlqkGLfoiw?view_as=subscriber
On this episode, we talk with Emily Pappas - an amazing expert in strength training for the female population. We talk about what society says and what the science really says about women training for strength - and we talk a lot about Emily's training principles specifically geared toward the needs of females.
Emily Pappas is a trailblazer in the Strength and Performance space for females. She owns Relentless Athletics, a gym that not only uses science to develop stronger female athletes but also is an inclusive space for females to become confident in Olympic weightlifting technique. Emily also holds a M.S. in Exercise Physiology from Temple University and a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Drexel University. She has experience coaching and programming at the Division I Collegiate Level working as the assistant strength coach for Temple University’s Women’s Rugby team. Emily also holds her USAW Sport Performance certification and values her ability to coach athletes using “Olympic” Weightlifting. From this episode you can hear how dedicated Emily is in empowering these female athletes and making them stronger through impeccable technique. I loved this conversation with her to say the least! "Take your mindset and discipline with you from athletics - those are things that will carry you through the rest of life" -Emily Pappas Website: https://relentlessathleticsllc.com/ Instagram: relentless_athletics_
EMILY PAPPAS, M.S. EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY WHY is there a disparity of women in the weight room compared to men? It all derives from how women have been viewed in sport since the early 1900s. Why females view lifting as a guy thing stems from years and years of misinformation and cultivation of societal norms that are currently inhibiting our female athletes success. Emily brings to light these common myths: 1. Q angle, Hormones, and Injury risks ( Alluding it is due to a "structural deficiency" perpetuates a culture that assumes females are less fit for sport. When in fact SOME females have wider hips, some do not. ACL injuries were considered an epidemic 10 years after females were allowed to engage in sport under the NCAA umbrella....yet those females were not pushed to the weight room like men. Rather than explaining this epidemic as a structural or hormonal default, we need to consider the overall systemic strength of our female athletes). 2. Lifting makes you bulky: this statement is not only incorrect but fails to recognize the neurological adaptations gained in strength training (beyond a small amount of "mass") that aids in athletic performance 3. MISSED PERIODS ARE NORMAL FOR FEMALES: completely false and a disastrous mindset. Missing periods (outside of other health issues like PCOS) are defined by REDs as due to low energy availability. This could be a entire topic in itself talking about the relationship females have with food, fear of carbs, lack of protein, body composition anxiety, and how simple nutrition education is the key to helping solve these problems. 4. ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES:t o help regulate periods (again completely false and a misguided belief that could actually lead to long term low bone density as the female ages) 5. LIFTING TOO YOUNG IS DANGEROUS: this is a huge one that applies to males as well How we as coaches can help educate our parents, other coaches, and our athletes on the importance of strength training and how to create an environment that encourages females... Emily Pappas holds a master's of science in Kinesiology & Exercise Physiology and is the founder of Relentless Athletics. Relentless is a company driven by science that specializes in the development of female athletes. Relentless consists of a team of passionate and well-educated female sport physiologists & athletic trainers who work to provide proper education and training centered around scientifically-based approaches to strength training, sports nutrition, and sports injury rehabilitation that is specific to the female athlete population. Emily R Pappas M.S. Exercise Physiology Founder of Relentless Athletics Adjunct at Temple University
“We don’t develop players, we develop athletes.” In the 152nd episode of Keep Moving Forward I interview Founder of Relentless Athletics, Emily Pappas. For more on Emily, follow her on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Follow Relentless Athletics on Facebook and Instagram. To stay up to date on all things coming out of the Keep Moving Forward Creator’s Studio, head on over to http://keepmovingforward.us/ and subscribe to our newsletter. Always remember, you can beat the odds and go the distance, if only you keep moving forward.
In this episode, sports performance coach, Emily Pappas, discusses the importance of performance training for female athletes, creating an environment for female athletes to excel in, and some common myths surrounding weight training. Emily is the owner of Relentless Athletics, a strength training and sports nutrition company for female athletes in Pennsylvania. She holds a master's degree in Exercise Physiology and was a recipient of two PhD Fellowships at Temple University and Temple Med. Emily developed the idea of Relentless Athletics as way to fill a void that exists in the S&C industry for the female athlete population. Relentless is a means to educate female athletes on the importance of strength training and sports nutrition for both their physical and mental development. Through Relentless, Emily aims to use her scientific knowledge, experience, and passion to create a community of female athletes that are stronger and more confident in their ability to work towards any goal they aspire to achieve.
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