Is it physically possible for a girl to get stronger than strong guys with no use of steroids in either gender?

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ShortCircuit · Accepted Answer

It is certainly possible for a girl to get stronger than *some* guys. It's even possible for a girl to get stronger than the "average" guy, and if that's the case, if she were matched up with a random guy pulled off the street, she'd be stronger than him more often than not, but that would be extremely difficult without steroids.

Is it possible for a girl to get stronger than a male power-lifter of any rank, without steroids? Extremely, extremely unlikely. Moreover, if you were to rank every male on the planet by percentile in strength (compared to only the male population), and separately rank every female on the planet by percentile in strength (compared to only the female population), and then match up a male and a female of equal respective percentiles, the male would win 100% of the time. The 50th percentile male is stronger than the 50th percentile female. The 90th percentile male is stronger than the 90th percentile female. The strongest male on the planet is stronger than the strongest female on the planet. The weakest male on the planet is stronger than the weakest female on the planet. And so on. A girl can only ever be stronger than a guy who ranks lower among other guys than she does among other girls.

smb930 · Accepted Answer

I've lost every arm wrestle contest...

PrimalInstinct · Accepted Answer

I'll admit I am probably an oddity in this regard.

My ethnic background (Scottish/German) means that I am powerfully built. My father used to lift 100lb barbells without steroids & do 100 pushups on his fingertips (he also competed against guys who'd later become Olympic level athletes in his high school). And my childhood/lifestyle of working on farms/with livestock/climbing in mountainous terrain means I developed the heavier muscular that comes from steady hard work.

A couple of weeks ago I was talking with a guy who is quite built. He does weights seriously.

When I mentioned I can do things like 70lb lat pulldowns (and that's light due to a shoulder injury / not attending a gym in a decade, I used to do 180lbs) at the gym he was like "that's good". There are guys at my gym who can barely do 40-60slbs.

DeeDeeDeVour · Accepted Answer

I think I'm unusually stronger than most women or girls with a similar frame. A bit of strength training is part of my workout regimen. I can't say for sure that I'm truly stronger than a guy who is in the same level of fitness training as I unless he's also as petite as I am.

Anonymous · Answer

When you ask that question, are you asking in a context of absolutes?

Nature has made it so that the guy by default is going to have a bit more (not a whole lot) strength than their woman counterparts.

The physical strength development of an individual also depends on lifestyle, training protocols, nutrition, stress management and recovery for the individual. To me, the training regimen (along with the other factors mentioned) is going to be the determining factor in how physically strong the person gets.

There are women out there that are ALREADY stronger than a lot of guys out there. Meaning that there are women who squat more, bench more, and deadlift more than a lot of the guys who had been going to the gym for a while. If you're talking about a girl getting as humanly stronger than ALL guys (without drugs), then you are asking to be the cream of the crop which would be almost if not at all possible (unless you're factoring in the natural genes of the person too i. e. leverages and whatnot).

Lastly, what do you want to get out of this? Like are you trying to be a competitive athlete in specific sport?

OneManOnly · Answer

A very good question that intrigues me actually.

It could be possible, you should try lifting weights that are heavier instead of lighter weights with more repetitions.

And you should try explosive exercises more like plyometrics.

But if you’re fighting a guy, you just just have to kick him in the balls lol. Agree?

opnbuk59 · Answer

There is no limits to the strength of a female they have more stamina endurance can take more punishment than men know fact and have nothing to do with child bearing your mental capacity is far greater than males fighter pilot women can with stand more g forces than men, but for so long women have been portrayed as weak helplesst hat's the ignorance of the times women has more resiliency and you don't need to look like the hulk to be stronger than a man, I'm not going you up or swelling your heads just being honest factual so there you go time we stop lying to our selves twisting the facts,,,,

majortom2805 · Answer

There's a lot of variables here. If we're talking about "strong for the average person" then yeah, a woman can definitely work hard and get to the stage where she woukd be stronger than quite a few guys. I know a few women with impressive squats and deadlifts, not so much on the bench though.

If we're talking serious powerlifting then guys have the edge there. More muscle mass, more explosive strength, denser bones. No doubt there are some impressively strong women but as I understand it men have a greater capacity to build strength at that level.

Phoenix98 · Answer

Lol no.

It's not possible, men were designed we have naturally denser muscles and we have more muscle fibers then women do.

Men have a higher muscle-mass to body-mass ratio. The greater muscle mass is reported to be due to a greater capacity for muscular hypertrophy as a result of higher levels of circulating testosterone in males.

Males also convert more of their caloric intake into muscle and expendable circulating energy reserves, while females tend to convert more into fat deposits. As a consequence, males are generally physically stronger than females.

Our elevated levels of testosterone in our bodies allow us to more quickly and easily build bigger muscles with increased strength and power.

AskSeanie · Answer

Ok this question has so many answers to it. It all depends on the situation, given it be a type of sport or plain old one on one wrestling and even then it all depends on your opponent. If you face someone in any kind of sport and you, being the female, has had a lot more training and gained more experience then it will seem like you are stronger but technique and experience counts a hell of a lot when your opponent has none. But if you take a male and female with equal experience and technique then again there is some other factors that come into play. But definitely a topic for pub night... lol.. Hope it makes sense.

_gigi18 · Answer

Depends on her frame and if you're talking about her getting stronger than the average man or talking about a man that works exactly how she does. She can be stronger than the average man but not a man who works out just as much as she does. If you're considering weight lifting go for it! Me among many other guys believe that women who work out are sexy beautiful and strong. Watch Brute women showdown on YouTube its inspiring. That deadlift was fucking insane

Boromir · Answer

Look, there will be women stronger then men physically if kept totally natural. But in general women will have simply less muscular mass as men, Mother Nature, etc, etc. The sport world knows this and that’s why sports is in general split in male and female categories. There will be certain women much stronger then certain men because the gender gap is not wide.

Reaperbot666 · Answer

In a fully heads up natural muscle build scenario.

Using only diet / exercise and weight lifting to build muscle and get into great physical shape.

Would think it is possible yes. But might take the woman more time then the guy however. Depending on the people used that is.

ShellyShocked · Answer

Probably but why would you ever need or want to? Just to say you because guys at something? You'll look like an absolute hulk when all you needed to be stronger than guys is a swift kick or a weapon. Divide distribution of force into smaller surface areas and target the beanbags.

nathanp97 · Answer

No, if that was the case we wouldn't need separate professional sport leagues.

Lower body wise depending on your build it might be possible to be stronger than some strong men with certain body compositions, but upper body wise girls can't come close

AngelLily · Answer

It's possible if she's more muscular then them but if she's the same type of muscular as the muscular guy naturally he's more likely to be stronger but that's why wits strategy common sense and cunning is best in a fight.

Juxtapose · Answer

Men are always going to be physically superior to women with few exceptions, but technique in martial arts doesn't need you to be very strong or have very high endurance. If you study martial arts for years and years (under a good dojo), the statistical likelihood of you meeting someone who can match you is pretty low.

Torari · Answer

No. It is not. Men have 10-17x the testosterone women do, as well as a larger frame capable of supporting more muscle and more efficient muscle attachment points.

Given equal training, a man will always be stronger than a women. Even within the same weight class.

EABsTUQ · Answer

Everything is impossible until someone does it. All the people commenting are just theorist. Who probably don't even work out/lift.

AynonOMouse · Answer

Nope. But if you want to beat them in a fight all you really need is to be super cute and he should just stand there and let you beat him up and smack him around. :P

nopedydoo · Answer

if she has naturally high testosterone levels.
also depends on who you are comparing. its possible a female could get stronger than a specific guy, but if you were to take the average female and average male then most likely no

MrSlim · Answer

Nope. Pound for pound a man will be stronger, it's fairly simple biology.

ADFSDF1996 · Answer

Nope, the strongest man will always be stronger than the strongest woman. It’s biology, men have all the necessary genes to develop dense bones and bulky muscle mass.

Anonymous · Answer

Sure, any girl can kick a guy's ass by smashing hia balls and penis with a kick 😜

worldscolide · Answer

Depends on the guy.. A scrawny guy sure.. Someone like me hell no..  No steroids here and I legpress just over 1000 pounds, and bench press just over 300 pounds.

Edanurus · Answer

Yes if the guy doesn't work out the same as the girl. If they both do the same routine the guy will always be stronger. Guys have an advantage but hard work can trump that.

morrowlow · Answer

I see a lot of delusional girls here. Let this video answer your question

Nik1hil · Answer

Nope..  Biology says men have physical strength..  Females have physical endurance..

Ruby3 · Answer

Not by strength but we can beat them by using some fighting tricks with speed

Guardian45 · Answer

Generically-speaking, the average male will be stranger than the average female. That said, individuals vary WIDELY, and at least theoretically, it is absolutely possible for a female to be 'stronger' than a male!

MrNameless · Answer

Define strong guys? Yes women can get strong and be stronger than the average man, without steroids.

coolfreeusername · Answer

Yes, but highly unlikely. Especially for upper body strength. I've seen plenty of women that can squat higher than most guys though. With the same amount of training, it's generally impossible though.

wyzb_ondmyears · Answer

No... for no reason other than that's how humans are built...
measures of body strength suggest that women are approximately 50-60% as strong as men in the upper body, and 60-70% as strong in the lower body.

miley19 · Answer

Stronger than strong guys maybe no, but you can def get stronger than average guys!

MackToday · Answer

She can get stronger than most men all female body builders are like that lots of female athletes are like that.

SanZhang · Answer

its possible. wingchun was created by a woman to overcome such.

Anoniemus · Answer

Not the strongest man, no. But she can get stronger than plenty of them.

updog45 · Answer

I will say no. Their bodies just are not built for it. Women can be very strong, very tough. But their anatomy just won't allow it. Dont get me wrong there are definitely strong women out there.

glutendan · Answer

Depends what you define as a strong guy but in general no. Most men will be stronger than the strongest women within months to a couple years of serious training.

Zennyember · Answer

Somd can.. seen it with my own eyes with a friend of mine

Anonymous · Answer

No, unless she has genetics for it, but that is nearly impossible.

In case when both of them training and getting results.

Not when women at peak of her career competing with man who been very good 30 years ago stopped training since.

Nightflight95 · Answer

You may get stronger than the most average guys and few of the strong guys.  But most strong guys stay stronger becaus in average guys are stronger.

simplelikeme · Answer

Well in general, women have much stronger legs than men. Only because they are able to have children.

Anonymous · Answer

Only if they naturally produced a high amount of androgens. But at that point they would just look like men.

ThisIsMyOpinion · Answer

Stronger than the average guy? Of course. Stronger than strong guys? Of course not.

OddBeMe · Answer

Sure. Women are only moderately less stronger. Society has made physical activity more a man’s job. Anatomically, it’s of course possible.

Aravind6307 · Answer

If there girl good to the gym regularly, and the guy does nothing but eat and become fat, even then she will be the strongest.

one1wild00 · Answer

I'm sure it is possible, given ambition, will, and drive to do so.

Mindwipe · Answer

Only in weirdly masculine power fantasy's of women.

bannacookies · Answer

Yeah, there's little guys that cannot get very strong. But in general, no.

Secret6620 · Answer

Yes it is. The human body is an AMAZING thing. 🌸

Wolkmi · Answer

probably if she is not very short and has enough mass

Boberston · Answer

Absolutely. An individual woman can be stronger than an individual man. Not all people are the same.

Ctuinfort · Answer

Ofcourse we only need to work harder

englisc · Answer

No, it's not possible.

GOOSEBOY78 · Answer

yes there are many female body builders.

WhereAmI · Answer

Maybe in the lower body.

BronzedAdonis · Answer

its possible (in theory) but unlikely

Lunatic1 · Answer

I doubt it, but I would love to see it happen.

Jordan26 · Answer

You want to wrestle with us?

yourspraytan · Answer

Search Natalya Kuznetsova

yourpsychosuburban · Answer

That's a good question

Smegskull · Answer

Where do you draw the line of strong guy?

Anonymous · Answer

Than the average guy yeah. Put in the work.

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