Analysis of the Static Strength and Relative Endurance of Women Athletes

Abstract

Women athletes (N = 50), age 18 to 30 years, served as subjects for the study that investigated the relationship between static strength and relative endurance of the grip squeezing muscles. The relationship between maximal strength and endurance time was r = .00. A comparison of the endurance times of women athletes with previously reported scores for college-age males revealed that the mean endurance time for women athletes was significantly greater than that for men. These results were discussed in light of evidence that suggests possible sex differences in muscle hypertrophy, capillarization of muscle tissue, critical occluding tension level, and intramuscular occlusion.