Size equal Strength?
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Hi all, i was reading some of the past entries and this question came across.
There is a common misconception that size = strength. This is normally so as you tend to see the bigger dudes lifting more weights than the smaller ones do.
Actually strength is measured by a ratio. I will use a simple bodyweight : strength ratio. Meaning if you are actually 60kg and can deadlift 120kg, your strength to body weight ratio is 2. This makes you seriously very strong for your size!
2 guys who are of the same size need not be as strong as each other too!
Being able to do loads of pull ups does not make you strong! it just means your have good muscle endurance.... -
ok.
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actually bodyweight to weight carried ratio is a little bit inaccuate also.
Imagine two 60kg guys, one is 1.4m and the other is 1.55m.They both can deadlift the same.
But its different for the 1.4m guy as he is shorter and therefore will probably have either more muscles or fat. -
You are not wrong thereOriginally posted by Simon Dean:actually bodyweight to weight carried ratio is a little bit inaccuate also.
Imagine two 60kg guys, one is 1.4m and the other is 1.55m.They both can deadlift the same.
But its different for the 1.4m guy as he is shorter and therefore will probably have either more muscles or fat.
Normally i won't use bodyweight ratio to compete with others. Its more a self analysis
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Just because you can do 30 pullups doesnt mean you have big and thick lats.I have seen it before.Indeed the person whom I witnessed banging out 30 pullups looks like someone who has never touched a weight before in his life.Originally posted by dal2010:Being able to do loads of pull ups does not make you strong! it just means your have good muscle endurance....
As for me,I can do half of what he did,but my back is much wider and thicker than his... -
The more you can lift, the stronger your muscles become...
And of course, lift with gd form...