Originally posted by dadudemonThing is through DDM, you said it yourself there are females who are anomalies. That said I agree with a lot of what you are propagating. I would be the GOAT in womens Rugby and the scrum would have been a lot more fun for sure...
I can give you exact figures to support this.In high school, I could have competed with the top women in world in powerlifting, in the same weight class, and won by a large margin.
I was in the 72-76kg weigh class (was 165lbs and weight classes vary: IPF is 74kg) when I competed. For a nice round combined number of 1,200lbs (543.23kgs). I took 6th at state the last time I competed. Sixth. Guy who won broke the North American squat record for our weight class. He was roided to the max (bacne and everything).
Obviously, I'm still bitter.
For comparison, here are the 2019 women's world championship results. Her squat is higher than mine was but I was much higher in bench and dead-lift. She's a full 135kgs ahead of her 2nd and 3rd place competitors which is monstrous (she's an anomaly). Her combined total is 435kgs.
http://goodlift.info/onecompetition.php?lid=0&cid=490
Compare that to the men's result (74kg) and I would be heartily trounced at my best in this weight class. My best combined figure is 618kg. His combined total is 642.5kg. Even when I weighed 100kg at my strongest, his combined total is still higher than mine. He's a monster.