Muscular Strength (Physiological Definition)

Muscular strength is the maximum force a muscle or muscle group can generate. This is the physiological definition; program-design materials may reference it when prescribing loads, but the physiological definition is owned here.

On the repetition-maximum continuum, strength is the primary feature being developed when low repetitions (up to 6 RM) are used.

• Muscular strength = the maximum force a muscle or muscle group can generate.
• Primarily developed with low RM (up to 6 reps).

• muscular-power — strength combined with speed.
• work — distance × force.
• maximal-muscular-contraction — the stimulus that builds strength.
• motor-unit-recruitment — force determined by fibers recruited and firing rate.
• repetition-maximum — ≤6 RM develops strength on the RM continuum.