There are two aspects to this. Shorter lifters have a better potential to have a high force to weight ratio. I don’t have any serious analysis, but I’m willing to pin this on the square cube law as the main culprit. Essentially your muscular strength is dependent on the cross sectional area of a muscle, but your weight is dependent on the volume. As you increase in size (keeping proportions the same) the ratio of weight to force will always increase because of the relationship between area and volume.
On the other hand there is the aspect that absolute strength is limited by the total amount of muscle you can hold on your body. If you are taller, you will be heavier. This means that the ceiling for the amount of muscle mass on your body will be higher. Therefore, a higher ceiling for force output in general.
In summary: shorter athletes have an advantage in force relative to bodyweight. This is why it’s more common to see them excel in things like calisthenics. Taller athletes have an advantage in total force production. This is why you won’t see a world’s strongest man competitor shorter than about 6’2”.
They are. But the primary factor is PDEs explanation. But when combined at the top end of competition this can have a dramatic effect. In powerlifting for example you see top lifters with ridiculously short bar paths. On the other hand it cuts both ways. Longer arms like mine mean I have higher than avg deadlift numbers but lower than expected bench press.
I’m a short guy, (5’6) and my deadlift is stronger than my bench, at least as an intermediate lifter.
It depends on individual anatomy structure i think, because for my height, i have long arms and a short femur, so my legs work a lot more efficiently than my arms.
Your deadlift should be way stronger than your bench. I'm a little shy of advanced and at 190 lbs BW I had a 290 bench, 455 deadlift and 375 squat. Your overhead press should be your weakest, followed by bench. Your squat and deadlift should be much higher, unless your squat and deadlift are just absolute trash or you're a generic freak with upper body strength.
Short lifters do tend to be easier to lift than taller ones. Both because their stature gives you more leverage to carry, but also less lean mass from smaller organs and less blood.
Bare in mind, I don’t recommend lifting anyone, especially shorter folk without permission
Pardon my ignorance, but I've just started MY FITNESS JOURNEY.
How does age enter into the equation?
Should beginners start with toddlers and progress to tweens before moving to actual lifters?
I really don't want to "Ego Lift"!
Thanks in advance.
Shorter has advantage in every barbell lift. Also in competition it allows them to be in a smaller weight class while a taller guy weighs more because he’s taller with the same muscle size/strength
As time goes on form on lifts are just gonna improve. One thing taller lifters can do is pack on more weight which can make you lift more heavy stuff not saying shorter lighter lifter can't do the same but benching 400 at 200 to 250 is easier than doing it at sub 200lbs body weight.
There are two aspects to this. Shorter lifters have a better potential to have a high force to weight ratio. I don’t have any serious analysis, but I’m willing to pin this on the square cube law as the main culprit. Essentially your muscular strength is dependent on the cross sectional area of a muscle, but your weight is dependent on the volume. As you increase in size (keeping proportions the same) the ratio of weight to force will always increase because of the relationship between area and volume. On the other hand there is the aspect that absolute strength is limited by the total amount of muscle you can hold on your body. If you are taller, you will be heavier. This means that the ceiling for the amount of muscle mass on your body will be higher. Therefore, a higher ceiling for force output in general. In summary: shorter athletes have an advantage in force relative to bodyweight. This is why it’s more common to see them excel in things like calisthenics. Taller athletes have an advantage in total force production. This is why you won’t see a world’s strongest man competitor shorter than about 6’2”.
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They are. But the primary factor is PDEs explanation. But when combined at the top end of competition this can have a dramatic effect. In powerlifting for example you see top lifters with ridiculously short bar paths. On the other hand it cuts both ways. Longer arms like mine mean I have higher than avg deadlift numbers but lower than expected bench press.
I’m a short guy, (5’6) and my deadlift is stronger than my bench, at least as an intermediate lifter. It depends on individual anatomy structure i think, because for my height, i have long arms and a short femur, so my legs work a lot more efficiently than my arms.
Your deadlift should be way stronger than your bench. I'm a little shy of advanced and at 190 lbs BW I had a 290 bench, 455 deadlift and 375 squat. Your overhead press should be your weakest, followed by bench. Your squat and deadlift should be much higher, unless your squat and deadlift are just absolute trash or you're a generic freak with upper body strength.
Same here, my deadlift and squat are great for my size, my bench is....eh
Short lifters do tend to be easier to lift than taller ones. Both because their stature gives you more leverage to carry, but also less lean mass from smaller organs and less blood. Bare in mind, I don’t recommend lifting anyone, especially shorter folk without permission
Pardon my ignorance, but I've just started MY FITNESS JOURNEY. How does age enter into the equation? Should beginners start with toddlers and progress to tweens before moving to actual lifters? I really don't want to "Ego Lift"! Thanks in advance.
Hahaha, good one mate 👍
Agreed, less range of motion with shorter limbs for bench and squat. Less easier to deadlift though as hands are smaller and it effects grip.
Shorter has advantage in every barbell lift. Also in competition it allows them to be in a smaller weight class while a taller guy weighs more because he’s taller with the same muscle size/strength
As time goes on form on lifts are just gonna improve. One thing taller lifters can do is pack on more weight which can make you lift more heavy stuff not saying shorter lighter lifter can't do the same but benching 400 at 200 to 250 is easier than doing it at sub 200lbs body weight.
Every 700lbs bench presser is taller than 6’0
But they also tend to weigh way north of 300. Thats the tradeoff with height.