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<blockquote data-quote="Keldryn" data-source="post: 6326504" data-attributes="member: 11999">This average strength reflects a society where individuals are far more physically active than in our modern-day world, and where the economy is based largely on physical labor.&nbsp; The average guy in a pre-industrial society was likely significantly stronger than the average guy in a 21st century industrialized nation.A STR 10 individual being able to push, lift, or pull 300 lbs doesn't mean that he can do 10 reps at that weight.&nbsp; ;-)&nbsp; I can't deadlift 300 lbs (yet; looks like my 1 rep max is 276), but I'm also a 40 year-old computer programmer who has lived a fairly sedentary life.Looking at performance standards from competitive weightlifting, a 300 lb 1RM would place an average man at or just shy of the Intermediate training level (trained regularly for up to a couple of years).&nbsp; If you consider performing physical labor under pre-industrial conditions as a form of weight training, that 300 lbs doesn't sound too far off.&nbsp; At least for men; but we're not playing AD&amp;D 1e here.<a href="http://www.exrx.net/Testing/WeightLifting/DeadliftStandards.html" target="_blank">http://www.exrx.net/Testing/WeightLifting/DeadliftStandards.html</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Keldryn, post: 6326504, member: 11999"] This average strength reflects a society where individuals are far more physically active than in our modern-day world, and where the economy is based largely on physical labor. The average guy in a pre-industrial society was likely significantly stronger than the average guy in a 21st century industrialized nation. A STR 10 individual being able to push, lift, or pull 300 lbs doesn't mean that he can do 10 reps at that weight. ;-) I can't deadlift 300 lbs (yet; looks like my 1 rep max is 276), but I'm also a 40 year-old computer programmer who has lived a fairly sedentary life. Looking at performance standards from competitive weightlifting, a 300 lb 1RM would place an average man at or just shy of the Intermediate training level (trained regularly for up to a couple of years). If you consider performing physical labor under pre-industrial conditions as a form of weight training, that 300 lbs doesn't sound too far off. At least for men; but we're not playing AD&D 1e here. [URL]http://www.exrx.net/Testing/WeightLifting/DeadliftStandards.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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