Originally Posted by zoidberg

I had always wondered how height affected strength.

I'm 6 foot 3 and my housemates are both under 6 feet and our strengths are in very different exercises.

I can lift much heavier than them in back and shoulder exercises such as deadlifts and military press and I put this down to having more "back" area than them.

They can lift heavier in exercises that isolate the arms muscles (tricep extension, rows) but their upper and lower arm bones are about 2 inches shorter than mine so their bis and tris are stretched over a shorter distance.

Does that make sense?

Cheers,

-zoidberg-