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This paper provides a critical look at the ways in which the female sporting body is discursively constructed within Triathlon Magazine Canada (TMC), Canada’s only triathlon-exclusive magazine. By exploring both visual and narrative representations of the athletic female sporting body, this paper exposes some of the discursive tensions that seem to persist in this popular triathlon-specific text. Both the sport of triathlon and the bodies of triathletes may each be understood as sites where essentialist ideas about the body can be effectively disrupted or challenged but TMC represents a façade of gender progressivism insofar as it (re)produces many of the same heteronormative representations of gender found in other popular sport magazines.

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The object of the study was to provide recommendations for improving the work situations of airplane maintenance workers. This paper specifically bears on the improvement of workstations. Seventeen different tasks were videotaped and characterized through an observation grid, and 26 mechanics were questioned at the end of each video session. The results show that MSD is a major issue that highlights the importance and potential impact of the accuracy required to perform tasks. We were also able to delineate the main issues surrounding workstation design. The value of using both observation and surveys, and the potential of body rigidification as a risk factor are also discussed.