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- From: cparks@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu (Charles Parks ISE Chairman/Professor )
- Newsgroups: misc.fitness
- Subject: Re: Weight Lifting - Magic Numbers
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.041041.17321@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 04:10:41 GMT
- References: <1992Dec16.161102.26803@cbnews.cb.att.com>
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- In article <1992Dec16.161102.26803@cbnews.cb.att.com> lib@cbnews.cb.att.com (Lib) writes:
- >In article <17529@umd5.umd.edu> silver@macbeth.umd.edu (Adam Silver) writes:
- >>Hmmm.. Just to put in my numbers:
- >>
- >>I'm 164 pounds. I just recently did 225lbs for 21 reps (no bouncing or
- >>cheating). I'm maxing around 360 (340 with a powerlifting pause).
- >>
- >> -Adam
- >> **********************************************************************
- >> * Adam Silver Powerlifter/Armwrestler *
- >> * silver@umd5.umd.edu University of Maryland *
- >> **********************************************************************
- >
- >Which supports my argument that the strongest people are not
- >bodybuilders and that lighter people have a better shot at
- >doing the weight x age thing than do people who DO bodybuild
- >and are up around 200 in weight.
-
- Just a comment on strength vs weight. If you analyze the lifts done by
- weightlifters (olympic or power), you will notice that the lighter lifters
- lift more per pound than the heavier lifters. How to interpret this? Very
- simple. Strength is not a linear function of weight. This is why the
- strength contests that give points to how many times one can lift their
- bodyweight are not too meaningful.
-