Testing for Muscular Power

One of the best and most common way to test for muscular power is the vertical jump test. The NFL uses the vertical jump test to test potential NFL drafts on their muscular power.

You can measure and record the best of 3 attempts on your stationary and maximum vertical jump.

To gauge on how good these results are, you can use the vertical jump calculator on http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/VerticalJump.html

Or alternatively, you may refer to this website for information

• MACKENZIE, B. (2007) Sargent Jump Test [WWW] Available from: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/sgtjump.htm [Accessed 13/http://www.brianmac.co.uk/4/2012]

The following table is extracted from the above mentioned website for adult athletes (20+)

Gender	Excellent	Above average	Average	Below average	Poor
Male	>70cm	56 - 70cm	41 - 55cm	31 - 40cm	<30cm
Female	>60cm	46 - 60cm	31 - 45cm	21 - 30cm	<20cm