posted September 10, 2023 04:13 PM            

And do you think men with Gemini/3rd house and or strong Mercury influence might be the fastest people alive and Mars influenced men the best athletes? Gemini tends to be naturally very quick and fast and Mars/Aries very athletic so do you think men having these influences might be the best athletes in the world ?

posted September 11, 2023 01:49 AM            

The more focus on endurance in a sport the smaller the difference between men and women. To keep a species from going extinct you can do with just a few men. Women are the bottleneck. So women are built to survive harsher conditions.

posted September 11, 2023 04:35 AM            

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Originally posted by PixieJane:
Generally speaking, thicker muscles and longer legs. Makes for good sprinting, a once important skill for men while women generally stuck to home base or the localized food source (and likely came up with math).

Still, even back then men learned the value of using dogs in hunting (and I'm sure women learned to use dogs as well, but now that I think about it, it makes more sense that women domesticated cats to help protect crops from vermin, which could explain why cat deities are usually female despite that moon deities, often associated with cats though occasionally dogs, seem to be male almost as much as female).

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posted September 11, 2023 04:39 AM            

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Originally posted by TensionEmpire:
we dont have boobs, allowing us to have a better center of gravity, thus exceeling at physical activity

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posted September 11, 2023 04:40 AM            

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Originally posted by PlutoWasHere:
It’s just biology. Women are built for endurance and that comes at the cost of explosive strength.
https://www.mysportscience.com/amp/will-women-outperform-men

The more focus on endurance in a sport the smaller the difference between men and women. To keep a species from going extinct you can do with just a few men. Women are the bottleneck. So women are built to survive harsher conditions.

Astrological placements common in athletes: Mars dominant, Mars with Mercury (skill), Mars with Saturn (endurance).

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posted September 11, 2023 04:58 PM            

Think of small children. So much energy and speed (where they're not drugged anyway). But if you're in relatively good shape, the little, er, angel, is not going to be able to outrun his mother (assuming she's right by him) because of his short legs, despite how fast his legs are moving. (Also, children aren't as strong, so that little boy doesn't get as much power from each running step, either, while mother's long legs can cross the distance easily...especially if she's wearing cleats! )

'Course lots of other things go into it. Interesting enough, women seem to do better at long distance swimming than men, and I've looked up likely reasons for that, but no one can seem to agree on why this is so. It makes intuitive sense to me, though, and I can't help but wonder how much blind politics is altering data and algorithms.

Interesting enough--and 10 years ago I'd have looked into the astrology of it as one factor--the women who do well in mixed matches (that is men vs women in duels) in HEMA, or Historical European Martial Arts that range from various unarmed combat to fencing to even old swords (similar stats in Japan, but it's been so long since I've seen that, though Japan doesn't cater to trans, so I don't have to wonder about that as I do in HEMA, plus, I've seen interviews with some of the female champions of HEMA, and they were born women, but I don't know about all of them) do very well, usually half or more of men, and nearly all other women.

Generally speaking, men beat women (and part of that is not just strength, but also reach, having longer arms and legs), though other factors (individual to individual in addition to each specific duel, and of course the specific fighting art factors in so many female fencers, which utilizes a lot of wrist strength that women naturally pick up, do far better in--that is, much less of a gap between male and female winners) factor in as well. And the rare woman who wins half or more of duels with men seem to beat nearly all female opponents (save each other).

I'd love to know why that is.

It should be noted that women who win against larger men use the same techniques that smaller men use to win against larger men, so it shouldn't be that surprising.

(Also to note, I'm sure the women who lose to men in these competitions could still easily win against the typical male keyboard warrior talking about male physical superiority.)

And yet these days it's few (lots of history not talked about, at least not accurately, as it doesn't fit modern sensibilities strongly suggest it's not "just a few" at all times). But they don't come off as superwomen (or even just strange somehow, thus unpredictable) physically or mentally, they just win.

Also, they don't show the frightening intensity so obsessed with winning that they go to criminal means to beat (even injure or kill) the competition as a few (men and women) have, so I've ruled out obsession and cheating (interesting enough, the one married couple in HEMA who divorced were one of the rare few to do so maturely and civilly, perhaps because both sides can vent their aggression out in healthier ways--though maybe they were just scared what the other might do them physically, especially when caught sleeping, if they acted any other way--which I mention as it adds to my impression that the rare who win consistently even against men aren't being dirty or frighteningly obsessed over winning).

posted September 11, 2023 08:00 PM            

TESTOSTERONE.

In the average male, at the onset of puberty and thereafter, the body will naturally produce more testosterone than in the average female. It's pure genetics.

posted September 11, 2023 08:05 PM            

I guess that is the astrological answer as each planet embodies the male vs female archetypes.