SOME RELATIONSHIPS OF ISOMETRIC STRENGTH, ISOTONIC STRENGTH, AND ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURES

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between isometric strength scores, the ability to lift weights before and after a weight training programme, and selected anthropometric measurements in untrained men. The subjects significantly increased the amount of weight they could handle in the training exercises, but there was no accompanying increase in the isometric tension they could exert, and correlations between measurements of arm size and strength were not significant. Weight was the most important determinant of arm size and arm strength, but the correlations involved were too low to justify the usual assumption that the bigger the man the stronger.

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