To have weaker legs than your wife

I exercise using my bench press and dumbbell set at home. My knees don't like running so I swim. My wife runs 4 days a week and sometimes swims. I was surprised to find out something in the hotel gym recently. I knew I was good at the bench press and benched 225 lbs for 4 reps and as expected my wife had trouble doing one rep at 65 pounds. The lady fitness trainer in the hotel offered to show us how to do squats. After some learning the technique my wife was noticing she was having a easier time with the squat than I was. I found out I could only squat 135 pounds 5 times before I needed a spot. She surprised me and was able to squat 145 lbs 9 times and 155 pounds 6 times. She goes deeper in the squat too. Is it normal for a women to have stronger legs than her husband just because she runs. Her legs are thicker than mine. This women trainer said this was not unexpected since my wife is more active using her lower body muscles from running. I am 43 and she is only 2 years younger than me.

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  • pbaker

    I used to go with a big women who could easly overpower me in bed with her legs i could hardly move when she was on top of me and straddled me

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  • Vlad657

    Although I am taller than my girlfriend by several inches, her legs are longer than mine and stronger. If we wrestle with our legs, she will always manage to push me off the bed.

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  • mateo

    of the big 3(squats,deadlifts,bench press) the squat is the most important....it works more muscles than any other single exercise and there is simply more muscle to be gained in that area than compaired to your upper body.you should easily be able to squat more than you can bench,but every man seems to be conditioned to think squats are for girls

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    • pbaker

      Depends on body mechanics as a tall man squats are useless to me i can bench far more than i can squat.

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  • TomT

    May I ask how much you can squat?

    I went to a gym a this week back home.
    I realize now that my lower body is much weaker than I thought, especially compared to my upper. At the gym I see most guys and a few girls are much stronger in the legs then me. I did noticed that my wife had alot more leg muscle (more than me now) since she started running 5 years ago. I guess I should put some effort into my legs. Maybe I would not have the knee issues.

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  • alexandra0o7

    Guys have a lot more upper body strength. I know that I can barely lift anything. My upper body is really weak. I can do squats like nobody's business. When I'm on the elliptical, I can use a pretty high resistance too. It probably is because she runs more than you though. Don't stress about it though!

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  • Ultrabomb

    What are your respective heights and weights?

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