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Women in Ground Combat

Starting Strength Radio

Mark Rippetoe

Fitness, Barbell, Fitness & Nutrition, Training, Health, Strength

4.5768 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2017

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Women in Ground Combat

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It is fashionable these days to appear concerned about what is currently interpreted as

0:10.0

inequality.

0:13.0

Inequality can be accurately defined as any diversity in the outcomes of any human endeavor, deemed to be the potential subject of an op-ed

0:25.0

piece in the New York Times, the Washington Post or Yahoo News. As such, what I'm about

0:30.8

to say will be ignored by these outlets, both because it appears to promote inequality,

0:36.6

even though it does absolutely no such thing,

0:39.3

and because it is based on a logical analysis that cannot actually be made the subject of opinion.

0:45.3

And despite the fact that I have been dealing with strength training in a professional capacity since 1977,

0:53.3

and despite the additional fact that my methods have made more people stronger in the past 10 years than anybody else in this business, to wit.

1:05.0

If a particular occupation or physical activity has a quantifiable strength, endurance, or power component

1:14.6

inherent in its successful or even satisfactory performance.

1:20.6

Then the physical requirements of that job or activity can be quantified. And if the physical requirements of the job can be quantified,

1:33.3

then the physical abilities of the potential holders of the job can be specified.

1:40.3

So can their hiring criteria. My article about straight training for women,

1:47.0

neuromuscular efficiency,

1:49.0

details the important difference between the physical performance

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potential of men and women

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and explains its physiological basis.

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It has not been refuted.

2:01.6

Briefly, men and women displayed disparate levels of neuromuscular efficiency

2:07.6

based upon sexual differences in hormonal milieu.

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