# Allometric ratio

> 2002

- Equation: `load / bodyweight^(2/3)`
- Variables:
  - `load`: Lift or total, in kilograms.
  - `bodyweight`: Bodyweight in kilograms.
- Authors: Jaric, S.
- Source: Sports Medicine, 32(10), 615–631
- DOI: [10.2165/00007256-200232100-00002](https://doi.org/10.2165/00007256-200232100-00002)

Geometric similarity implies strength scales with mass to the two-thirds. Shown next to the raw bodyweight ratio (load / bodyweight).