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Same as medical science! Nearly all of it is tested on men.

Wanna unpack it? Can't say I'll know what you could do but it might be fun to talk about.

bigblu89 posted...

I think it has a lot to do with the fact that the "average" person can reach peak physical performance in something like weightlifting if they stick to a strict, science base regimen.

Whereas, no matter how much research you do, so matter how many formulas and numbers you crunch, the "average" person either can or can't hit a baseball at an elite level.

I just think of myself. If I had the time and the means, I could turn myself into the physical peak of what someone my age could be. Good enough to rival anyone my age. Simply because the only thing holding me back is actually doing it.

But no level of training and scientific research will make me an MLB caliber baseball player, simply based on my physical limitations at 46 years old. So instead I'm just a pickup/beer league player.

This is an interesting idea. I wonder if it's that there's a lot of barriers to even getting appropriate training in baseball (it's a team sport, you need a coach and a team and doing a lot of stuff thats out of your control), whereas working out is entirely autonomous.