I'm not very far in the book. But from the teaser article and other reading I've done:
Overspecializing/overtraining hurts girls more than boys, because testosterone gives boys muscle growth whether they work the particular muscle or not, whereas girls' musculature is tightly correlated to what they're actually exercising. That means girls have fewer stabilizers and are more out of balance.
Stretching programs designed to mitigate the negative effects of testosterone in boys cause overstretching in girls (I don't think the programs are so great for boys either, but neither is overtraining. Nonetheless, this has a bigger impact on girls than boys)
Girls are more prone to eating disorders, leading to nutritional deficiencies.
The compromises made to enable childbearing make our joints less structurally sound
Girls are simultaneously more likely to play through pain (hard data) and less likely to be believed when they do complain (my perception). Certainly I'd be less likely to complain if my coach was forcing me into lingerie like the girl in the article.
Girls run differently than boys, land harder from jumps, and decelerate more quickly.
speculation on my part: Girls have to relearn their bodies during puberty in ways boys don't.
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Date: 2011-07-30 12:26 am (UTC)Overspecializing/overtraining hurts girls more than boys, because testosterone gives boys muscle growth whether they work the particular muscle or not, whereas girls' musculature is tightly correlated to what they're actually exercising. That means girls have fewer stabilizers and are more out of balance.
Stretching programs designed to mitigate the negative effects of testosterone in boys cause overstretching in girls (I don't think the programs are so great for boys either, but neither is overtraining. Nonetheless, this has a bigger impact on girls than boys)
Girls are more prone to eating disorders, leading to nutritional deficiencies.
The compromises made to enable childbearing make our joints less structurally sound
Girls are simultaneously more likely to play through pain (hard data) and less likely to be believed when they do complain (my perception). Certainly I'd be less likely to complain if my coach was forcing me into lingerie like the girl in the article.
Girls run differently than boys, land harder from jumps, and decelerate more quickly.
speculation on my part: Girls have to relearn their bodies during puberty in ways boys don't.