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Celebrity trainer Jillian Michaels: 'Data irrefutably' shows transgender athletes have advantage in women's sports
Breitbart.com ^ | 4/24/2024 | Paul Bois

Posted on 04/25/2024 6:41:03 PM PDT by NetAddicted

The Biggest Loser star and celebrity trainer Jillian Michaels has come out against men competing in women’s sports, saying the evidence “irrefutably” undercuts the transgender cause.

Michaels, an open lesbian, expounded on her position during an appearance on Fox & Friends on Tuesday. While she acknowledged that the LGBTQ cause for “inclusion” is a noble one, she felt it should not come at the expense of women athletes.

“You’ve got two competing goals in sports. … One is inclusion, which everybody can understand and get on board with. However, the second goal that’s in direct opposition with inclusion in this instance is going to be a fair competition,” Michaels said.

“And if that’s your priority, if your overriding priority is going to be fairness over inclusion, you’ve got to turn to the data, and the data irrefutably shows that biological males are 10 to 30% stronger, faster, have better endurance, better aerobic capacity across the board,” she added.

LGBTQ activists have often touted puberty blockers and testosterone reduction as an equalizer, but Michaels noted that the evidence refutes this.

“If we defer to the studies … they show that even on puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, the decrease in physical performance is, quote, trivial. That’s what the data says,” Michaels said.

“And to give you an example, if you look at a biological male transgender female with grip streng....

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To: NetAddicted

Wow. Nothing gets past this chick.

When we lived in SoCal and Jillian hadn’t hit the big time, it was said that she was a lesbian way back then.


21 posted on 04/26/2024 4:40:57 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Navarro didn't kill himself.)
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To: anton

Amen. Now, about your lesbianism.


22 posted on 04/26/2024 5:10:45 AM PDT by Machavelli (True God)
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To: Bulwinkle

Mens’ Hemoglobin levels are about 15-20% higher than females. Endurance is affected by hemoglobin levels. This has been known for a very long time. I was employed as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist, so I know what I am saying is correct!


23 posted on 04/26/2024 8:24:56 AM PDT by Gumdrop
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To: Gumdrop

Yep!

“The normal Hb level for males is 14 to 18 g/dl; that for females is 12 to 16 g/dl.”

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK259/#:~:text=The%20normal%20Hb%20level%20for,low%2C%20the%20patient%20has%20anemia.


24 posted on 04/26/2024 9:49:21 AM PDT by Bulwinkle (Bulwinkle, a.k.a. Daffy Duck )
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