Thread by @FondOfBeetles

I am delighted to present this review, coauthored with Tommy Lundberg ⁦@TLexercise⁩.

Transgender Women in The Female Category of Sport: Is the Male Performance Advantage Removed by Testosterone Suppression? preprints.org/manuscript/202…

Male physical performance advantage, attributed to superior anthropometric and muscle mass/strength parameters achieved at puberty, is not removed by the current regimen of testosterone suppression permitting participation of transgender women in female sports categories.

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Table 4. Longitudinal studies of muscle and strength changes in adult transgender women undergoing cross-sex hormone therapy.

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Some tags. @fairplaywomen @runthinkwrite @SaveWomensSport @sharrond62 @Martina @Tanni_GT @Scienceofsport @danleo82 @seaningle @bendirs1 @WorldRugby @WomensSportsFdn

I talked about a few of these studies last July @fairplaywomen @Womans_Place_UK

https://twitter.com/fondofbeetles/status/1155522082488377345?s=21

https://twitter.com/FondOfBeetles/status/1155522082488377345

Some more. @coachblade @CoachFausett @Head1Coach @joerogan @BenjaminABoyce @zaelefty

Here are some perspectives from Jon Pike @runthinkwrite

https://twitter.com/runthinkwrite/status/1260536528222195712?s=20

Here is a lay breakdown and potential importance for sports policies from Ross Tucker
@Scienceofsport

https://twitter.com/Scienceofsport/status/1260573504107356162?s=20