V.1.1. Types of power

Maximum power: depends on the muscle’s cross-sectional area and the number of muscle fibers contracting at the same time reacting to stimulus. The strength is a vector quantity since it has direction, magnitude, impact and attack points. The strength is the requirement of all movement. In the human body the change of movement and the effort can be created by the muscle fibers capable of contracting.

Quick power

It depends on the contact and ability of the nervous and muscular system. It is important for motor activities to overcome relatively high resistance with short-term, high speed muscle contraction. Having thus defined the movement speed, the amount of movement unit per time can be measured which is called tempo.

Strength endurance

It is the body’s and motor system’s resistance to fatigue which manifests itself in a long-term and relatively large effort.

Relative strength

The degree of absolute strength is in fact indicated by the measure of force a person/athlete is capable of without consideration of his body weight. The relative strength is obtained by a simple calculation: the maximum force is divided by body mass.