Training in Sports

Question

What do you understand by relative strength ? Explain the importance of body weight in determining relative strength.

Answer

Relative strength is strength in relation to your body weight. Relative strength have a determining importance in sports in which the athlete shifts his body in space without any additional external weight. (H/J and L/J) as well as in sports in which he has to restrict his own weight within the framework of weight division (e.g. boxing, wrestling, weight lifting etc.) e.g. if 1 RM (repetition maximum) is 50 kgs and body wt. is 50 kg and if 1 RM is 70 kg and body wt. is 50 kg, in second category the relative strength is more.

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