That's not the same though is it?

In terms of effort put in, the maximum anyone can give is 100%. It's a finite amount representing the most possible.

Giving 110% means giving more than is physically possible, therefore a ridiculous statement.
(BinDipper, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 13:57, 2 replies)

But what if they normally only give 80%?
So an athlete works to a level of effort which over the course of the event works out to a mean effort of 80%. Sometimes they will be at full-stretch, and sometimes they will be waiting for something to happen.
We might see approximately a normal distribution of effort with mean at 80% and a standard deviation of 7%.

Now if you increase the mean effort to 110% of their usual level, their mean effort would be 88% (with the standard deviation about 5%).
( Ghoti Fingers, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 15:21, closed)

wouldn't be much of an athlete
if he only usually gave 80%. the lazy cunt.
(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 15:28, closed)

Spoken like a true mathematician

( Ghoti Fingers, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 18:12, closed)

100% would be the most they are physically able to give. The extra 10% comes from performance enhancing drugs.
( Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 16:48, closed)