Big squats and crappy speed

Lots of athletes today, at all levels of competition, seem immensely "strong."

How do they define strong? Big bench, big squat. Maybe, just maybe by also measuring dead lift and power clean numbers.

The problem? All those "strong" athletes are getting left in the dust by the fast ones!

Let's face it, in sports, SPEED KILLS!

In truth, it's not even speed that matters so much in sports, it's acceleration!

So why are so many athletes who are "hitting the weight room" consistently STILL getting smoked by athletes putting in "less work"?

Listen closely...ready?

ABSOLUTE STRENGTH (the ability to move a lot of weight once) doesn't automatically translate to higher SPEED STRENGTH (the ability to produce the strength required to move the body or it's parts quickly in a sustained motion)!!

That's why all those hours "in the gym" don't create faster, more powerful athletes. Too often, traditional training programs focus too myopically on the "product" of weight training (moving weight) and not nearly enough on the real desired result (better athletic performance.)

Here's an excerpt from an article by a guy I deeply respect, Mike Boyle (Trainer to the BU Men's Hockey program, among others):

"Many athletes can squat large amounts of weight. Far fewer athletes seem able to run fast. Any student of speed will tell you that many of the strength exercises commonly recommended for speed development work hip extension but not HIP HYPEREXTENSION. In running speed all of the force production is from hip hyperextenison. The ability to apply force to the ground and create forward movement can only occur when the foot is placed under the center of mass and pushed back. Although squats, etc. will train the muscles involved, the training is not specific to the act of sprinting."

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