Why do women have more lower body strength than upper body strength?
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Asked by: Rafa Hankins
The greater gender difference in upper body strength can probably be attributed to the fact that women tend to have a lower proportion of their lean tissue distributed in the upper body.
Do females have more lower body strength?
Females have 37-68% of muscle strength of males in general. The difference on muscle strength between females and males is more on upper body, and less on lower body. Females are relatively stronger on their legs than arms and shoulders.
Why do women have more lower body strength than men?
Generally, “women have less total muscle mass and are shorter in stature, so the barbell needs to travel a shorter distance,” explains Ashley Kavanaugh, PhD, CSCS, a sports performance coach at Renaissance Periodization who has researched strength and power in female volleyball athletes.
Why is my lower body stronger than my upper body?
“The most obvious difference [between the upper and lower body] is the size of the muscles, with the lower body accommodating the largest muscles in the body, the gluteal muscles in particular,” says Pearce.
Which gender has more lower body strength?
A study in the Journal of Applied Physiology found that men had an average of 26 lbs. (12 kilograms) more skeletal muscle mass than women. Women also exhibited about 40 percent less upper-body strength and 33 percent less lower-body strength, on average, the study found.
