RSSInteresting data on differences in strength between the sexes
May 14, 2011
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- The average woman’s maximal mean total body strength is 63.5% of the average man’s. Her isometric upper body strength averages 55.8% of that of a man and her isometric lower body strength averages 71.9% that of a man.
- If leg press strength is expressed relative to body weight and lean body mass, women are 92% and 106% as strong as men, respectively.
- Both type I and II muscle fibers are smaller in women than in men, even in trained women when compared to untrained men.
- Following the identical resistance training program, previously untrained women gain strength at the same or a greater rate than previously untrained men. Men show greater absolute increases but relative (percentage) increases can be equal or greater in women.
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Source:
Fry AC, Häkkinen K, Kraemer WJ. Special considerations in strength training. In: Kraemer WJ, Häkkinen K, eds. Strength training for sport. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science Ltd; 2000.
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