Originally Posted by Sherlock

Yes mate. Here's an example - hold a weight close to your chest, then hold it out in front of you at the same height. The further you extend your arms the greater the pressure you'll feel on the supporting muscle. Apply that principle to the length of the humerus in a horizontal position say in a pressing movement and the longer the limb the more force required to move the weight. Simple Physics, that and the additional energy requirement to move the weight an additional distance against gravity means it makes it harder.

For this reason shorter limbed people will always have a mechanical advantage to longer limbed on movements such as squat, leg press, shoulder press, bench press, deadlifts. On the flipside tho taller guys are usually better at other events such as lifting high say in the strongman stones lifts or the fingles fingers and striding events such as farmers walk. The strength comparison I am speaking of tho of course would be taking into account equal ratio of bodyweight to weight lifted.

Anyway, hope you are doin well mate. Love to the family.