Dr. Andy Galpin

Yes. Men and women have massive differences, and we're always going to acknowledge and pay attention to those things. But I'm always coaching you. What are the differences that people should be aware of? You have clear hormonal differences generally, right?

Yes. Men and women have massive differences, and we're always going to acknowledge and pay attention to those things. But I'm always coaching you. What are the differences that people should be aware of? You have clear hormonal differences generally, right?

One of the things that we have seen in our research, and I would say it's held true in our coaching practices, a lot of the times women handle volume better from an exercise perspective, right? And when I say handle, I mean you can give them more reps, more sets. They can train more often. Their recovery's faster. The other way you can flip that. Why is that?

One of the things that we have seen in our research, and I would say it's held true in our coaching practices, a lot of the times women handle volume better from an exercise perspective, right? And when I say handle, I mean you can give them more reps, more sets. They can train more often. Their recovery's faster. The other way you can flip that. Why is that?

Well, we've actually done some work here, and nobody really knows. I noticed that with my wife. My wife's like that. Yeah. Honestly, it's pretty true. My friend Brett Contreras made a really awesome post recently, and I'm like, wow, this is great. Specifically on this point. Again, I want to give him credit because I'm like, oh, actually, he nailed this.

Well, we've actually done some work here, and nobody really knows. I noticed that with my wife. My wife's like that. Yeah. Honestly, it's pretty true. My friend Brett Contreras made a really awesome post recently, and I'm like, wow, this is great. Specifically on this point. Again, I want to give him credit because I'm like, oh, actually, he nailed this.

When people say things like, oh, we don't train men and women differently, like I just said, I generally hear that and go, okay, you never train women. Like, you never train women if you're going to say that. That's exactly what Brett's post was. I'm like, okay. Because honestly, we sort of do. Now, walking in, we do not, but I know that oftentimes we can bring the volume up.

When people say things like, oh, we don't train men and women differently, like I just said, I generally hear that and go, okay, you never train women. Like, you never train women if you're going to say that. That's exactly what Brett's post was. I'm like, okay. Because honestly, we sort of do. Now, walking in, we do not, but I know that oftentimes we can bring the volume up.

Also, it oftentimes means they need more volume. Not always, but I'm hedging quickly of going, okay, we got to start probably thinking more volume here. And if we're not getting responses as quickly as you want, we're pretty quick to just go to volume. And it oftentimes when, oftentimes men that'll go the other direction.

Also, it oftentimes means they need more volume. Not always, but I'm hedging quickly of going, okay, we got to start probably thinking more volume here. And if we're not getting responses as quickly as you want, we're pretty quick to just go to volume. And it oftentimes when, oftentimes men that'll go the other direction.

When it comes to performance to women, because of that generally don't need as much of a taper. They don't need to have, they don't have to back off as much to get that super compensation, that, that peaking day. Okay. Again, these are very broad generalizations, right? We're always coaching the individual. Yeah, we can't get specific without an avatar in front of us. Exactly.

When it comes to performance to women, because of that generally don't need as much of a taper. They don't need to have, they don't have to back off as much to get that super compensation, that, that peaking day. Okay. Again, these are very broad generalizations, right? We're always coaching the individual. Yeah, we can't get specific without an avatar in front of us. Exactly.

So those are some ones that we kind of like pop out to immediately where we see differences. I've coached world champion females in probably six or more sports at this point. So we've done powerlifting and UFC and a bunch of different sports, wrestling. I can also say most often women are more in tune with their body than men. They generally give better feedback.

So those are some ones that we kind of like pop out to immediately where we see differences. I've coached world champion females in probably six or more sports at this point. So we've done powerlifting and UFC and a bunch of different sports, wrestling. I can also say most often women are more in tune with their body than men. They generally give better feedback.

If you go ask one of our male athletes, like, how are you feeling today? Like, I know what they're going to say. Pretty good coach. Like, whatever. Where women are more likely to be like, oh, I feel pretty good, but back's a little bit tighter here. Energy's just a touchdown. You're like, oh. And they're really in tune with this thing just a little bit off over here.

If you go ask one of our male athletes, like, how are you feeling today? Like, I know what they're going to say. Pretty good coach. Like, whatever. Where women are more likely to be like, oh, I feel pretty good, but back's a little bit tighter here. Energy's just a touchdown. You're like, oh. And they're really in tune with this thing just a little bit off over here.

Men are like kind of blunt instruments. A lot of the times women will be more responsive to changes in caloric intake, where again, men are a little more robust to those things. So you have to be really careful. You have to be really careful of lowering calories too much, too long for women. You gotta be careful not in men, but you can get away with it. Yeah. A little bit more.

Men are like kind of blunt instruments. A lot of the times women will be more responsive to changes in caloric intake, where again, men are a little more robust to those things. So you have to be really careful. You have to be really careful of lowering calories too much, too long for women. You gotta be careful not in men, but you can get away with it. Yeah. A little bit more.

So when it comes to just sort of these generalities, those are the ones that pop up the most. Some things that are counterintuitive, actually, since we're here. And there's a lot of research on this that I'd say empirically, our coaching practice, scientifically. We actually just published a meta-analysis. I was a co-author on this one. So somebody else led this one.

So when it comes to just sort of these generalities, those are the ones that pop up the most. Some things that are counterintuitive, actually, since we're here. And there's a lot of research on this that I'd say empirically, our coaching practice, scientifically. We actually just published a meta-analysis. I was a co-author on this one. So somebody else led this one.