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Training Female Lifters: Neuromuscular Efficiency | Mark Rippetoe

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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 1RM 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 1RM-level of effort. 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 1RM effort performed by a female trainee is a different event than a limit rep performed by a male lifter. 1. Women can perform a much higher percentage of their 1RM for a set of 5 than men can. Most women can do 5 reps on the bench press within 5-7 pounds of their one rep max. A woman with a 100-pound bench can normally do 95 for 5 reps – 95% or perhaps even as much as 96-97% of their 1RM for 5. In

Training Female Lifters: Neuromuscular Efficiency by Mark Rippetoe | October 15, 2015 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 1RM 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 1RM-level of effort. If I need to tell you that women are physiologically different than men, you either have not coa

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