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#30 - Gender Differences in Training feat. Menno Henselmans

The Jeff Nippard Podcast

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The Difference Between Muscle Potential and Growth Rate

There's very little research that directly compares body parts and growth rates Yeah, but I would say anecdotally what I see in my clients definitely the muscle potential of women Relative to weight if you're looking at exercises like hip thrust sometimes deadlifts hip extensions these kind of exercises It may actually be a larger relative to their weight than that of men. In the upper body Especially shoulder region there is some speculation but various can't evidence that it's the androgen receptor ratio that affects this.

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