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The Strong Always Dominate The Weak

Far too early do athletes worry about “sport specific training”.  Because of that their overall athletic development suffers.  Unfortunately it’s not the parents, athletes, or coaches fault, as they just want the best for themselves and feel that these types of programs do that.

But what most athletes and parents fail to realize, is that they don’t need “sport specific training” especially at the junior high, high school, and for the most part collegiate level.  They need to become better athletes.  I know baseball kids who spend hours after hours working with hitting, fielding, and pitching coaches when if they added another 75lbs to their squat instead they would become a way better athlete/baseball player.  You can’t perfect weakness.  It is only after an athlete has a great base strength level should they worry about utilizing workouts and exercises that are geared to their sport.  After all, I have yet to find a sport where being powerful, strong, explosive, and fast doesn’t automatically make you better in it.  If you have please let me know.

The same goes for football athletes who only worry about their 40 times when they can barely jump off the ground or squat more than 135.

You have to be strong and learn how to use that strength in order to be a good athlete. period…  There is no other way around this.

What defines strong especially at the junior high, high school, and collegiate levels?  This is where it gets tricky.  If you have an entire baseball team who can only squat 185lbs, then of course the athlete who can squat over 200 is going to seem strong.  But are they really?

Dave Tate from EliteFTS has put together a great table showing actual numbers regarding the bench press and squat that can be used to find out where you are on an athletic scale compared to other athletes across the world.

This is the bench table that takes strength levels one step further and shows what any male athlete (no matter the sport) should be bench pressing based off their body weight and the level they want to achieve athletically.

The squat table that breaks up strength levels by skill and body weight levels.

Look over these tables and see where you fit in.  Are you putting up numbers that a star would put up?  Or are you failing to even hit the numbers that any varsity letter athlete should achieve.

Now that you have numbers to strive for get back in the gym and get after it or you will get dominated.

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