# @mackinprof on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DItN_7VMubw
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/59739857-mackinprof-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-04-21T11:14:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Stuart Phillips (@mackinprof) — https://gondola.cc/mackinprof

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Men are from Mars, and Women are from Venus? Both are Human and Hypertrophy Similarly

💥 Forget sex wars—both sexes pack on muscle! Absolute gains may nudge males just a hair (SMD = 0.19; 95 % HDI: 0.11–0.28), but relative growth from your baseline is virtually identical (Δ~0.7 %) ​– PMID: 40028215

“Our findings suggest healthy adult males and females can experience similar muscle hypertrophy following RT, and thus, may experience similar benefits from increases in muscle size… Considering RT experience may not influence sex differences in muscle hypertrophy, RT programs can follow similar structures for both untrained and resistance-trained males and females, with primary differences in RT prescription based on long-term goals (e.g., aesthetics or performance-based goals) and individual characteristics (e.g., enjoyment, perceptions of discomfort, preferences, stress tolerance, etc).”

🎯 A 2020 meta‑analysis found no significant sex-based difference in hypertrophy (ES = 0.07 ± 0.06; P = 0.31) ​– PMID: 32218059

“We found that males and females adapted to resistance training with similar effect sizes for hypertrophy and lower-body strength, but females had a larger effect for relative upper-body strength. Given the moderate effect size favouring females in the upper-body strength analysis, it is possible that untrained females display a higher capacity to increase upper-body strength than males.”

💪 Science says consistency, volume, and effort trump chromosomes. Train like a human—results speak for themselves!

#HumanHypertrophy #MuscleScience #StrengthForAll #ResistanceTraining #FitnessEquality #TrainHardStayHumble #WomenFitness #Muscle #MuscleBuilding #MuscleMass #Female #Bodybuilding

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female, womenfitness, musclescience, resistancetraining, muscle, fitnessequality, bodybuilding, strengthforall, musclemass, musclebuilding, trainhardstayhumble, humanhypertrophy

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