Dr. Stacy Sims

So when we're looking at sets and reps and things like that, women don't need as much recovery time between your sets and reps to be able to have the same kind of training stress. Now, break that down. Please, because I don't know anything that you just talked about. I was like, sets, reps. All that stuff, right. Okay, what are we doing?

So when we're looking at sets and reps and things like that, women don't need as much recovery time between your sets and reps to be able to have the same kind of training stress. Now, break that down. Please, because I don't know anything that you just talked about. I was like, sets, reps. All that stuff, right. Okay, what are we doing?

So when we're looking at sets and reps and things like that, women don't need as much recovery time between your sets and reps to be able to have the same kind of training stress. Now, break that down. Please, because I don't know anything that you just talked about. I was like, sets, reps. All that stuff, right. Okay, what are we doing?

So say you have a man and a woman that go to the gym and they're like, okay, I'm supposed to do... Five sets, so that's... Five sets? So, yeah. This is... This is a lot. I know, it's an avatar here.

So say you have a man and a woman that go to the gym and they're like, okay, I'm supposed to do... Five sets, so that's... Five sets? So, yeah. This is... This is a lot. I know, it's an avatar here.

So say you have a man and a woman that go to the gym and they're like, okay, I'm supposed to do... Five sets, so that's... Five sets? So, yeah. This is... This is a lot. I know, it's an avatar here.

Yeah, I'll get to there, but I wanted to explain the biology. Okay, you tell me the biology. I'll give you the biology, and then I'll give you the actionable where to start. Thank you, Dr. Simms. All right. So if we take a man and a woman, they go to the gym and they have this similar program where they're supposed to do five sets of five reps on the three minutes. So what does that mean?

Yeah, I'll get to there, but I wanted to explain the biology. Okay, you tell me the biology. I'll give you the biology, and then I'll give you the actionable where to start. Thank you, Dr. Simms. All right. So if we take a man and a woman, they go to the gym and they have this similar program where they're supposed to do five sets of five reps on the three minutes. So what does that mean?

Yeah, I'll get to there, but I wanted to explain the biology. Okay, you tell me the biology. I'll give you the biology, and then I'll give you the actionable where to start. Thank you, Dr. Simms. All right. So if we take a man and a woman, they go to the gym and they have this similar program where they're supposed to do five sets of five reps on the three minutes. So what does that mean?

You do five reps of a squat in three minutes. So however long it takes you to do those and then you rest the rest of the time for the three minutes. Okay. So maybe it takes you 30 seconds to do your five squats and then you have two minutes and 30 seconds to recover. Oh, okay. And you do that five times. So that's five by five.

You do five reps of a squat in three minutes. So however long it takes you to do those and then you rest the rest of the time for the three minutes. Okay. So maybe it takes you 30 seconds to do your five squats and then you have two minutes and 30 seconds to recover. Oh, okay. And you do that five times. So that's five by five.

You do five reps of a squat in three minutes. So however long it takes you to do those and then you rest the rest of the time for the three minutes. Okay. So maybe it takes you 30 seconds to do your five squats and then you have two minutes and 30 seconds to recover. Oh, okay. And you do that five times. So that's five by five.

So if a man and a woman both do that, and we look over time, the relative strength gain, so that means relative to sex and body weight, man will acquire better strength gains than a woman. But if we were to change that recovery for the woman to go five sets on five by five on the two minute, so she does it in 30 seconds and has a minute 30 recovery,

So if a man and a woman both do that, and we look over time, the relative strength gain, so that means relative to sex and body weight, man will acquire better strength gains than a woman. But if we were to change that recovery for the woman to go five sets on five by five on the two minute, so she does it in 30 seconds and has a minute 30 recovery,

So if a man and a woman both do that, and we look over time, the relative strength gain, so that means relative to sex and body weight, man will acquire better strength gains than a woman. But if we were to change that recovery for the woman to go five sets on five by five on the two minute, so she does it in 30 seconds and has a minute 30 recovery,

Then over a course of time, she'll have the same outcomes because her body is like, I don't need as much rest. So it starts to kind of downturn with so much rest. So you can put more training stress on and less time as a woman.

Then over a course of time, she'll have the same outcomes because her body is like, I don't need as much rest. So it starts to kind of downturn with so much rest. So you can put more training stress on and less time as a woman.

Then over a course of time, she'll have the same outcomes because her body is like, I don't need as much rest. So it starts to kind of downturn with so much rest. So you can put more training stress on and less time as a woman.

So this is one of the things that we're starting to really discover in the strength training research because it's relatively new. We're like, okay, we know that there's these sex differences in the muscle fiber types where women have more of these, you know, endurance type fibers, men have more of the fast twitch glycolytic fibers.

So this is one of the things that we're starting to really discover in the strength training research because it's relatively new. We're like, okay, we know that there's these sex differences in the muscle fiber types where women have more of these, you know, endurance type fibers, men have more of the fast twitch glycolytic fibers.