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Re:Medieval Cambridge skeletons reveal injuries to manual la... by thaumasiotes on Monday February 01, 2021 @07:27PM (#25996030)
> So one way to reduce or reverse this is if we ALL lifted heavy things more often. From a risk reduction perspective, that seems to be especially valuable for women?

Depends; women might be much more prone to injury from lifting heavy things.

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Re:Medieval Cambridge skeletons reveal injuries to manual la... by steve_adams_86 on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @12:34AM (#25997745)
A lot of women I’ve lifted with were proportionately stronger than most men I’ve lifted with, injured less often, and more capable of lifting heavy things than I was. The person who taught me to deadlift was a ~140lb woman who could pull 330lb off the floor with her baby strapped to her. She was exceptional, but anecdotally I’d say women can lift whatever they want without any added risk of injury over male counterparts.
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Re:Medieval Cambridge skeletons reveal injuries to manual la... by thaumasiotes on Thursday February 04, 2021 @08:37AM (#26025184)
You're seeing the statistical problem of "restriction of range". Weightlifting women are one of the worst possible classes to try to generalize weightlifting ability from.
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Re:Medieval Cambridge skeletons reveal injuries to manual la... by hammock on Monday February 01, 2021 @09:06PM (#25996698)
Why do you suggest that?
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