Comments on: The physical strength of nations varies considerably https://www.isegoria.net/2018/07/the-physical-strength-of-nations-varies-considerably/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 01 May 2026 21:33:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Lu An Li https://www.isegoria.net/2018/07/the-physical-strength-of-nations-varies-considerably/comment-page-1/#comment-2638432 Lu An Li Wed, 18 Jul 2018 19:30:33 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=43681#comment-2638432 1. Modern Americans only half as strong pound for pound as their counter-part from the time of the American Civil War. A measure-able fact.

2. That grip test used to test the general strength of a person applying for a position as prison guard.

3. Steppe people such as the Mongol famous for their use of the recurve bow with an enormous pull required.

]]> By: Senexada https://www.isegoria.net/2018/07/the-physical-strength-of-nations-varies-considerably/comment-page-1/#comment-2638241 Senexada Tue, 17 Jul 2018 22:03:19 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=43681#comment-2638241 More on gender diffs in grip strength: even the weakest men (5th percentile) are stronger than almost all women.

“90% of females produced less force than 95% of males. Though female athletes were significantly stronger than their untrained female counterparts, this value corresponded to only the 25th percentile of the male subjects. [...] The results of female national elite athletes even indicate that the strength level attainable by extremely high training will rarely surpass the 50th percentile of untrained or not specifically trained men.”

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17186303

]]>