Which is better for women? Upper body strength or lower body strength? I heard from one of my clinical preceptors that us women have more strength in our lower body-i.e. our legs so that's what we should work on most when working out. Everyone always tells us to lift with our legs-and I do-but when it comes to carrying some 250 lb. woman up a hill and across a field to a wiating helicopter-which is better in everyone's own opinion-