Training female lifters, neuromuscular efficiency.

In a previous article, I stated,

the reason why women's deadlifts don't always obey this rule

has to do with the same reason women can perform a much higher percentage of their one-rep max for reps.

But that's a subject for another article. This was in reference to

ideal deadlifting mechanics and specifically refers to the fact that women can pull a deadlift

with worse technique than men can at the one rm level of effort. Well, this is the other article.

If I need to tell you that women are physiologically different than men,

you either have not coached both men and women,

or you have not been paying any attention while you were.

A 1 rep max effort performed by a female trainee is a different event than a

limit rep performed by a male lifter. Here are several observations and then some more observations

and then a couple of speculations and then we'll talk turkey

first women can perform a much higher percentage of their one rep max for a set of five than men can

most women can do five reps on the bench press with five to seven within five to seven pounds of their one rep max. A woman with a 100 pound

bench can normally do 95 pounds for five rips, 95% or perhaps even as much as 96 or 97% of their

one rep max for five. In contrast, men generally work with sets of five at about 85 to 87% of their one-rep max.

A 350 male venture can usually triple 315 and do maybe 300 for 5.

This is not because women possess the fictional quality known as

strength endurance, and it's not that she's very efficient with the use of her strength.

It is because a one-rept-max for a female is not the same type of limit lift that it is for a male lifter. So when she does a five rep

max close to her one rep max, it's really the one rep max's fault. Here's the funny story. A long time ago,

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