Saturday, October 16, 2010

Fitness check

Oh, mercy. I looked up strength ratios.


Optimal leg strength is:

•Male athletes 2 × "Body Weight" = weight able to bench


•Female athletes 1.5 × "Body Weight" = weight able to bench


Optimal arm strength is:

•Male athletes 1.25 × "Body Weight" = weight able to bench


•Female athletes 0.8 × "Body Weight" = weight able to bench


Leg strength is right on... arm? Not so much.

I wonder... is this indicative of... or the reason for... my being a runner?

I'm going with the reason thing.

For now, at least.

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