I think they mean relative to a woman, so basically anything where strength is a major factor. I think they specified decathlon athlete for women so they’d be on more equal footing.
Testosterone is a hell of a drug. For example, my wife is friends with a female powerlifter. While I do work out, it’s not really with any sort of consistency and I never focus on raw strength. Her second place winning squat max was my 12RM.
Lol I don’t think you can compare a local powerlifting comp with the Olympics. For reference, the current record for the women’s 49kg weight class clean and jerk is 117kg. The average American man is ~90kg, which would put them in the 87kg+ weight class, where the womens record for the snatch is 140kg. I think you’d be hard pressed to find an average Joe who could snatch his bodyweight, let alone ~1.5x .
I’d lean toward two people being featured. An average Joe male and a decathlete female or some such. There are some events that even an average man would crush
Right, he’s talking about compared to an average woman. The reason the decathlete is brought up is because they were talking about the fact that she might beat the average man.
The line you left out is important to the context. The whole comment (and really the whole post) was talking about people competing alongside the Olympians to show how they’re insanely better than the average person.
I think they mean relative to a woman, so basically anything where strength is a major factor. I think they specified decathlon athlete for women so they’d be on more equal footing.
Testosterone is a hell of a drug. For example, my wife is friends with a female powerlifter. While I do work out, it’s not really with any sort of consistency and I never focus on raw strength. Her second place winning squat max was my 12RM.
Lol I don’t think you can compare a local powerlifting comp with the Olympics. For reference, the current record for the women’s 49kg weight class clean and jerk is 117kg. The average American man is ~90kg, which would put them in the 87kg+ weight class, where the womens record for the snatch is 140kg. I think you’d be hard pressed to find an average Joe who could snatch his bodyweight, let alone ~1.5x .
I’m not. I’m comparing local female power lifting to the average man. We’re strictly talking about non-olympians.
This is what I was talking about?
Right, he’s talking about compared to an average woman. The reason the decathlete is brought up is because they were talking about the fact that she might beat the average man.
The line you left out is important to the context. The whole comment (and really the whole post) was talking about people competing alongside the Olympians to show how they’re insanely better than the average person.
Ooooohhhhh I get it now, cheers