A Practical Method for Determining Muscular Strength and Muscular Endurance in Adolescents Over Time

Muscular strength is an important component of both physical education and coaching programs. However, it can be difficult to determine whether students or athletes are actually improving. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to provide an overview of recommended measures of muscular strength and muscular endurance in adolescents and demonstrate a method for statistically determining changes in overall upper and lower body muscular strength and endurance in adolescents over time. Using the assessment measures of modified pull ups, pushups, half sit-ups, standing long jump, and standing vertical jump an example data set is analyzed using a repeated-measures ANOVA to explain how physical educators and coaches can statistically determine whether improvements are being made through a season, semester, or school year.