Comment Re:Pft (Score 3, Interesting) 962
I found nothing definitive, but here's what I gather (using US as baseline since we're talking American football):
- Women
- weight: 163 lbs
- Bench Press (untrained): 80 lbs
- Bench Press (novice): 90 lbs
- Men
- weight: 163 lbs
- Bench Press (untrained): 135 lbs
- Bench Press (novice): 175 lbs
- Linebacker
- weight: 245 lbs
- Bench Press: 370 lbs
My results are inconclusive but my best guess is that linebackers are modestly larger and stronger ((26% & 111%) proportionally to average men, versus men to women (18% & 94%).
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B...
http://www.exrx.net/Testing/We...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What...
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/...