I have four sisters who have all participated in sports and stayed active throughout their lives. They have been involved in swimming, volleyball, basketball, skiing, triathlon and more. And as part of their sports training during their athletic careers they would often be at the gym getting stronger, fitter and faster. I remember one training session in particular with my sister Jacqueline. And she was warming up before doing some squats. And there were some young guys training in a squat rack beside her. As she finished her warm-up and started lifting so began the process of working up to her training load. She started adding plates to make up 95, 135, 185 and up to 205 lbs. And it's important to realize these weren't 1 rep sets but higher volume ones of 8 or 10 reps. Anyways as the young guys training beside her began loading weights they started to take notice that she was training with similar loads. And her technique and range of motion was better. [caption id="attachment_5190" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Great demonstration of lower body strength. You could see these guys were trying to do more than they normally would in order to keep pace with what Jacqueline was lifting. Keep in mind that these guys probably weighed 50-70 lbs more than her. But this is nothing new. Girls have always done better on lower body strength measures compared to upper body. For example, we've had a few female athletes that we've trained that could deadlift 300+ lbs whereas a strong male athlete might pull 350-405 lbs. In other words the girls could lift as much as 75-85% of their male counterparts. However when it comes to upper body lifts the gap widens. If a male could bench 275 lbs there are fewer female athletes that could push...