Three ways to measure your Power training intensity
Thursday, November 1st, 20071. Make sure you use a full range of motion. For example, let’s say your full range of motion on the bench press is 2 1/2 feet, that means that 1 rep (up and down) is 5 feet total. And let’s say that each rep takes 6 seconds (2 up and 4 down). Now if you use 250 lbs for 8 reps the power would be - 250 lbs times 40 ft divided by 48 seconds, which equals 208.3 ft-lb/sec.
