Question

If you were scaled down to half your size, what would you expect of your strength?

Answer 1

Hello!

If you were scaled down to half your size, you would expect that your strength would double up!

The reason for that is that, although your muscles will decrease in size, you will maintain the same number of muscular fibers in a smaller size. That would increase the Physiological Cross-Sectional Area (or PCSA). This is an important parameter in measuring strength because total force can be calculated from the following equation:


`Total Force=PCSA*SpecificTension`

So, if you were reduced to half your size, your strength would double up