My boyfriend is an athlete but why am I stronger than him?

[Anonymous]

I weigh half my boyfriends weight, but I can curl more weight than him and I can do over 1000 crunches more than what he can. Are all guys weaker than women who workout?

[dhinchak]

Ahletism doesn't guarantee that a person would be stronger. It only guarantees stamina.

As for the weight, it doesn't necessarily mean that the heavier person is stronger - that depend on the muscle mass. Maybe he has more mass in his thighs than in his biceps, and you have it the other way around.

That's what I think could be the reasons. But what you've described here is impressive. More power to you and your boyfriend (whose ego doesn't get hurt by this, I presume).

[AlexSal]

Being strong doesn't mean you are an athlete. What about his stamina, flexibility, coordination, capacity to play other sports... you are stronger than him but he probably has more stamin (can go, run for longer) than you. Gym junkies are strong but most of them can't run 3 blocks without taking a break or cannot swim 50 meters without stopping. Etc...

[MCheetah]

"Are all guys weaker than women who workout?"

Are you seriously ask this right now? Also, your boyfriend being a featherweight boxer is irrelevant to how much he can lift. I do both; two completely different things. Boxers tend to be lighter anyway, as a heavyweight boxer is much harder to move as.

[Avicenna]

There's a big variance among people. A very fit woman might be able to do that. You also don't say what sort of athlete he is,

[Asker]

He is a boxer.

[Avicenna]

The crunches I could see, but that's very surprising that you can curl more than him. Boxers are more known for stamina than anything else though, as they do a lot of cardio.

[Asker]

If it's like 1 curl, he can do more than me. He can do a 25kg curl and I max out at 17.5kgs. But wen we both do 15kg curls, I can do way more reps than he can.

[Mpodere]

I admit that a girl who trains with me weighs much less than me but lifts more weight than me. she is stronger

[SoWhatHuh]

That's so impressive 😶

[Asker]

Thanks

[Iron_Man]

I guess you are the athlete not him

[In_Trance]

he's a shitty athlete