Measuring the power output of elite athletes

In this activity, students analyse data from an experiment that measures force and velocity for various load conditions in a bench press situation.

By the end of this activity, students should be able to:

• use given force and velocity values to calculate power produced for different bench press loads

• interpret and graph data and make predictions

• discuss some of the methodology researchers used while setting up this experiment.

Download the Word file (see link below) for:

• introduction/background notes

• what you need

• what to do

• student handout.