What is Relative Strength?
Ever have that friend that can lift much heavier than you, but doesn’t look like they can? Or vice versa? Ever wonder why that is?
It’s because everything is relative to you and your own body weight. If someone weighs 200lbs and you weigh 150lbs and we can both bench our own bodyweight for 10 reps, who’s stronger?
I’d say you’re even! Strength is relative. Majority of time strength is based on how much exertion/force/power your body is able to generate with your given bodyweight. So naturally if you’re heavier, you can build more kinetic energy from the ground up to provide more strength.
Strength is also relative when it comes to genetics. Sometimes you can workout with a friend with very similar height, weight and build, yet you’re stronger with pushing motions and they’re stronger with pulling motions. This is actually super common and is why it’s great to have a workout partner. You push each other in both your weak spots!
But although you may be genetically gifted in one category of workouts, someone else might struggle with them despite working double as hard. It can be incredibly frustrating, but it’s normal! Genetic advantages and disadvantages are a real thing, but also doesn’t mean that you can’t overcome them.
So remember, strength is only relative to you. Everyone is built different so stop comparing and just better yourself!
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