Athlete Training vs Strength Training
What’s the difference?
When you’re an athlete training for a sport, it’s very different from someone who’s training just to look good.
A great example of this is soccer players. They don’t want to be super bulky and heavy, giving them more weight to run multiple miles per game with. That would only make things harder!
A baseball pitcher doesn’t want to over train his shoulder otherwise the ligaments and tendons will be tighter, not allowing him to create the arm speed prior to working out, forcing him to throw slower.
You get the point.
If you’re an athlete, you have to workout for your sport specifically. Usually physical sports like football, hockey, lacrosse, wrestling etc. will include a lot of strength training aspects while still working on mobility and agility. They want to be more explosive and powerful from the ground up therefore, they may do more workouts like deadlifts, squats, leg press, military press etc. while still working with speed ladders, battle ropes etc. to keep their stamina up.
For baseball, basketball, and soccer players it’s a different story. They’ll do more band and weighted ball work to hit the internal muscle groups. They may do a lot less weight training and more speed and agility training to stay loose. When they do decide to weight train, it will most likely be lighter weight if not just bodyweight and leg focused.
Now for those who are no longer athletes or never were, you can train for YOU! If you want to get faster and jump higher, you can train specifically for that. If you want to get jacked out of your mind, you can do that too. The gym is your oyster!
Athlete specific training is a different game. Know the difference!
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