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Interrelationships Between Strength, Anthropometrics, And Strongmen Performance In Novice Strongman Athletes, Paul W. Winwood, Justin W. L. Keogh, Nigel K. Harris
Interrelationships Between Strength, Anthropometrics, And Strongmen Performance In Novice Strongman Athletes, Paul W. Winwood, Justin W. L. Keogh, Nigel K. Harris
Justin Keogh
Winwood, PW, Keogh, JWL, Harris, NK, and Weaver, LM. Interrelationships between strength, anthropometrics, and strongman performance in novice strongman athletes. J Strength Cond Res 26(2): 513–522, 2012—The sport of strongman is relatively new; hence, specific research investigating this sport is currently very limited. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between anthropometric dimensions and maximal isoinertial strength to strongman performance in novice strongman athletes. Twenty-three semiprofessional rugby union players with considerable resistance training and some strongman training experience (age 22.0 ± 2.4 years, weight 102.6 ± 10.8 kg, height 184.6 ± 6.5 cm) were assessed for anthropometry …