The strength of an athletes individual muscles or muscle groups are very
important, as a weakness in one area can lead to a lose of performance or
even to injuries.
Measuring an athletes strength and power will normally be done in the gym. There
is no need to be massively strong, you will generally be looking to optimise your strength to weight ratio, but
there are recommendations for various exercises for various event groups and
for the ratios between various muscles and muscle groups.
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The way in which you test your strength can either be to
find your one lift maximum, the weight you can lift for a set of, for example,
5 lifts, the number of repetitions that can be completed to fatigue on a light
weight.
We will be developing the strength and power testing area significantly over the forthcoming
months.
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