Sports Medicine Authority Acknowledges ‘Biological Basis of Sex Differences in Athletic Performance’
Differences in athletic ability of males and females are ‘dictated by sex chromosomes’ and become apparent after puberty, according to the group.
An association of sports medicine professionals published a statement recognizing innate biological differences between males and females in athletic performance.
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) issued an “expert consensus statement” appearing in the organization’s Translational Journal and outlining the various ways biological sex impacts athletic performance. An accompanying press release issued on Sept. 29 summarizes the findings.
ACSM states that “adult males are faster, stronger, [and] more powerful than females because of fundamental sex differences in anatomy and physiology dictated by sex chromosomes.” These effects, which become noticeable after puberty, give adult males an advantage over “females of [a] similar age and training status.”
Males have an advantage, according to ACSM, because
Direct and indirect effects of testosterone during male puberty include increase skeletal muscle mass due to larger muscle fiber cross-sectional area, especially fast, type II fibers; lower percentage body fat; higher hemoglobin concentration and mass; larger ventricular mass (heart) and cardiac volumes; larger airways and lungs; greater body height; and longer limbs.
“The sex difference in athletic performance where endurance or muscular power is required is roughly 10-30% depending on the event,” according to ACSM.
The ACSM cautions “that there are gaps in the data and further research is needed to address them” but characterized its work as a “major step.” Follow-up research will include an assessment of “a systems-based approach for discussing the medical care of transgender athletes” and work “to identify the next steps needed to address research (or knowledge) gaps” in previous work.
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November Sierra….
Facebooo: “There are 57 genders.”
Women: “He left the toilet seat up AGAIN.”
Reality always gets a vote.
Faster, stronger, more powerful and smarter.
not always smarter ….
everything else … yes …
I have worked for and supervised
some totally Brilliant females.
Women’s chess.
I sense a gnashing of teeth and wetting of pants coming soon to a Dem operative near you, me.
“Sport Medicine”
Men masquerading as women in order steal their awards is neither sports nor medicine.
In other science news Fauci and Biden approved a 3.75 billion dollar grant to U of Delaware, U of Pennsylvania, and Stanford in order to determine whether or it water is wet.
Tentative findings and progress report expected in a decade.
“ACSM states that “adult males are faster, stronger, [and] more powerful than females”
Nice to know “ThE sCIenCe” has finally caught up to verifying something obviously apparent to every member of our race since millons of years before we lost our tails.
You don’t say
Since the beginning of time…
Hans Gruber: “You’re amazing. You’ve figured this all out out already.”
For those wanting to read the paper which was submitted and accepted for publication on the ACSM findings of males wanting to be accepted as females in competitive sports:
https://www.acsm.org/education-resources/trending-topics-resources/sex-differences
How is the Biden Admin allowing publication of this kind of misinformation? These ACSM folks need some serious deprogramming!
But trans women are women. They’re stronger, faster, more powerful women.
Six million dollar women!
As Homer Simpson would say, “duh.”