With very rare exception even before I started working out heavily, I was 1.5-2x stronger in the upper body and 1.5-1.8x stronger in the lower body than women who weighed the same as I did then.

Now I am 3-4x stronger than women who weigh the same as I do in the upper body and 2-3.5x stronger in the lower body.

A lot of the “trans people in sports” debate is dominated by people who don’t realize just how much stronger the average man is than the average woman. And there are many men a lot stronger than I am even now. As lifters ago, I am about average — though I am still over twice as strong as I was five years ago.