The purpose of free weight strength test lab was to measure our one rep max for bench press, standing press, and straight bar curl. Once we got out results we were to compare them college students, men and women of their same age group. The students in Exercise Physiology 2 were supposed to first warm up with a weight for each exercise and do between 2 and 20 reps. The students then had the opportunity to continue to figure out there max weight or could calculate a formula to determine the answer.
             When comparing my free weight 1RM bench press strength to other males and females with in my age group, I was in the 60%ile. My 1RM bench press was 155 lbs, and my one rep max was 215.3 pounds. My one rep max was calculated by equations in our lab experiment. This shows that I was slightly above average compared to the men of my age group. Compared to the women in the same category, I lifted 50 lbs more then the strongest women in this category. This put me over the 95%ile, and shows that I was stronger then the women in this category for this age group.
             During the two-arm curl exercise, I lifted 50 lbs 10 times with my one rep max was 87.5 lbs. On Table 8 in the lab manual for 1-RM, my Two-arm Curl Strength to my body/weight ratio was 0.43. Compared to other men in this category, I was on the border- line of being average which ranged from 0.40-0.50. Compared to other women in the same category, I fell in between above average and high. The body to weight ratio for women in the high aspect was 0.45-0.50, and for the above average group it was 0.38-0.42. My body to weight ratio was 0.43. For the 1-RM Two-arm Curl strength, I did well compared to other people in my group.
             In table 7, Standard Categories for the ratio of 1-RM Bench Strength to body weight according to the men in the age group b/w 20-29 yrs old, I fell into the excellent category which was >1.26. My Bench Press Strength to weight ratio was
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