

Someone with long arms will be a better deadlifter and a worse bench presser.A 6 foot 3, 225 lb man will likely be stronger than a 5 foot 9, 150 lb man.

A 25 year old woman will likely be stronger than a 70 year old woman.An average sized man will likely be stronger than an average sized woman.As such, strength will be impacted by your genetics, age, and anatomy. Strength standards are an arbitrary level of strength that an average person can reasonably expect to achieve.Įveryone is built differently and will have unique abilities to achieve a certain strength level. The purpose of this post is for you to measure how strong you currently are, relative to how strong you can become.

You have your own strengths and your own weaknesses. Never compare yourself to someone else in the hopes of being as strong as they are. If you are content with your body and your strength levels, then you already are as strong as you need to be. There is no level of strength that you have to be.
