What’s funny is the Mike Matthews books, they are pretty much identical advice but the one for women is called:
Thinner, Stronger, Leaner
And the men’s - Bigger Stronger Leaner
I cannot lift as heavy as my husband no way no how. But the mechanics of how we work out are not that different, only the weight.
And the body fat comment is very true - if I am carrying 20% bodyfat I look lean as fuck, and 30% just looks normal but husband at 20% bodyfat looks padded. I don’t understand how that works but it’s absolutely true and he still (we are in our 50s) gets stronger faster, both in an absolute and a proportional sense, than I can. Not just muscle mass, also power. I have to do more to keep strength, he has to do more to fight getting fat.