Do some people have greater strength potential than others?
How much muscle power you develop depends on many things, including your age, sex, and body type (and, of course, you diligence). Seniors generally can’t develop as much strength as young people, but it’s not clear whether this is due to the normal aging process or years of inactivity. However, look at Jack La Lanne, who has worked out all his life. For his 80th birthday, he towed a rowboat across a river with his teeth. Men typically have the capacity for greater overall strength than women do because their bodies have a higher proportion of muscle and more of the strength hormone testosterone. Also, every body type has a different capacity for building strength and muscle. All the training in the world won’t change your body type. If you start out short and narrow, weight training won’t miraculously make you tall and broad. Weight training may. however, make you a more fit, muscular version of a short and narrow. There are hundreds of different body types, but most people fall into o
