Relative force

In sports medicine , the relative strength describes the relationship between the maximum strength and the body weight of the respective athlete. So it is a measure of how well the athlete can convert his body weight into strength development. Relative force also plays a major role in endurance sports such as cycling , as the load consists in moving the body weight (plus bike) as quickly as possible.

If you compare a weightlifter with an ant that can lift up to fifty times its body weight from one to five milligrams, it turns out that the ant has a much greater relative strength.

literature

• Wildor Hollmann, Heiko K. Strüder: Sports medicine. 5th edition, Schattauer GmbH, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-7945-2546-1 .
• Jürgen Weineck: Sports biology. 9th edition, Spitta Verlag & Co KG, Balingen 2004, ISBN 3-934211-83-6 .

Web links

• Optimal sports knowledge (accessed on May 27, 2016)
• The manifestations of power (accessed May 27, 2016)
• Strength training / basics and new aspects (accessed on May 27, 2016)
• Arnd Krüger : strength and endurance; http://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de:8080/vdok.FAU/03_38_39.pdf?sid=381DDE91&dm=1&apos=6197&rpos=03_38_39.pdf&ipos=8483