@patsy_cline_fan Huge thing you need to know for context: almost everything he points out is true of the
general population of men/women who show up to a gym, not of
inherent differences between male and female bodies.
For example, women can often do more reps at a higher % of 1RM. A big factor here is that women tend to have done more cardio (and/or high rep training) before getting into strength training. Aerobic fitness translates pretty directly into being better at rep work. Men who do a lot of cardio or high-rep work tend to develop this same ability as well.
A lot of the other factors he names relate to women tending to be more inexperienced at lifting. If you look around an average weight room, a lot of the women will have started training in the last 5 years or so. A lot of the men will be like "idk I started lifting in high school, been doing it forever." That difference in experience level accounts for a lot of the "differences" in Dr. Mike's video. For example, women get less "beat up" by higher intensity, but because they are
newer to the gym they are lifting less weight and thus taking less of a hit to fatigue.
Finally, there's body size. A lot of the things that Dr. Mike says are more true of women, are also just true of people with smaller bodies. A small woman can recover faster between sets than a large man, but a small man would
also recover faster between sets than a large man. That's body size, not (just) gender.
Dr. Mike himself points out in the last slide (lol) that he's basing his observations on population averages. Again: this is what you
tend to see in groups, as a result of many factors. And the three factors I named--training experience, body size, and prior experience with cardio--account for most of the variation in most of the "differences" he names.
Finally: it's hilarious that the clickbait title is "men and women MUST train differently" but his own company's "male physique" and "female physique" programs are 99% identical.
