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Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« on: January 01, 2009, 01:20:52 AM »
Just to preface, I wrestled for 6 years, 2 in middle school and all four in high school.  I believe wrestling is the truest test of functional strength there is.  That being said, very few guys were strong in the weightroom and strong on the mat.

A.  Why is that?

B.  Which would you rather have?
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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2009, 01:32:04 AM »
weightroom strength

why?

because I don't care about "functional" strength

I have no use for it
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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2009, 01:48:30 AM »
Quote from: grab an umbrella on January 01, 2009, 01:20:52 AM
Just to preface, I wrestled for 6 years, 2 in middle school and all four in high school.  I believe wrestling is the truest test of functional strength there is.  That being said, very few guys were strong in the weightroom and strong on the mat.

A.  Why is that?

B.  Which would you rather have?
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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2009, 01:50:53 AM »
I have both, and a huge cock.
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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2009, 01:58:36 AM »
Epic reliving the good old highschool days  ::)
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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2009, 02:11:51 AM »
Just think how much stronger you would have been if you trained for functional strength in the weight room.
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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2009, 05:27:47 AM »
Quote from: The Coach on January 01, 2009, 02:11:51 AM
Just think how much stronger you would have been if you trained for functional strength in the weight room.

And if we join your website there will be a whole host of experts to tell us how to achieve this, right Coach?
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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2009, 05:58:23 AM »
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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2009, 06:22:59 AM »
Quote from: Mars on January 01, 2009, 05:58:23 AM


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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2009, 06:26:16 AM »
Weightroom strength automatically gives you functional strength.
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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2009, 06:43:50 AM »
Quote from: Johnny Falcon on January 01, 2009, 06:22:59 AM
you can tell the woman on the right got a real fat ass!
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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2009, 06:54:49 AM »
In one of the gyms I've trained at there are a few guys I've come to know that have amazing functional strength and train exclusively to develop it.  They can peform all kinds of gymnastic style strength movements and press themselves on their fingertips and what not....it's amazing to watch the things they can do and I have a ton of respect for them.

I'm still 2 times stronger than them though LOL.
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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #12 on: January 01, 2009, 06:57:31 AM »
I train for weightroom strangth, but practice functional strength all the time.  Carrying lots of heavy speakers, furniture, etc, every chance I get.  It keeps you strong in ways that weights cannot. 
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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #13 on: January 01, 2009, 07:02:05 AM »
In college I used to do some work moving furniture and also did some construction work....my weightroom strength made me a million times more efficient than those I worked with.
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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #14 on: January 01, 2009, 08:23:35 AM »
Quote from: sevastase on January 01, 2009, 01:48:30 AM
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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #15 on: January 01, 2009, 08:58:14 AM »
Quote from: The Coach on January 01, 2009, 02:11:51 AM
Just think how much stronger you would have been if you trained for functional strength in the weight room.

EXACTLY. Sorry to hear you dont get any athletic carryover from your "curls"

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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #16 on: January 01, 2009, 09:08:09 AM »
Quote from: Jason Pegg on January 01, 2009, 08:58:14 AM
EXACTLY. Sorry to hear you dont get any athletic carryover from your "curls"

Jason

I guess functional strength was the incorrect term.  I don't know how to describe it.  When you wrestled someone, some people were easy to move around the matt, while others weren't.
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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #17 on: January 01, 2009, 09:11:15 AM »
it's all relative.  people lift weights to help develop more functional strength and to look better.  When are you ever going to need to benchpress more than your bodyweight out in the world though?  You will never be in that position at any job where you will be laying down and pressing something up.  Sure you will use many pulling and squatting and curling movements, but chest presses?  Manual labor is for suckers anyways.


Wrestling is technique, position, and leverage and has very little to do with actual strength.
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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #18 on: January 01, 2009, 09:12:45 AM »
Quote from: Kegdrainer on January 01, 2009, 09:11:15 AM
it's all relative.  people lift weights to help develop more functional strength and to look better.  When are you ever going to need to benchpress more than your bodyweight out in the world though?  You will never be in that position at any job where you will be laying down and pressing something up.  Sure you will use many pulling and squatting and curling movements, but chest presses?  Manual labor is for suckers anyways.


Wrestling is technique, position, and leverage and has very little to do with actual strength.

yes the people who buiild houses and buildings, build roads, schools, etc. are "suckers". ::)
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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #19 on: January 01, 2009, 09:19:14 AM »
Quote from: grab an umbrella on January 01, 2009, 01:20:52 AM
Just to preface, I wrestled for 6 years, 2 in middle school and all four in high school.  I believe wrestling is the truest test of functional strength there is.  That being said, very few guys were strong in the weightroom and strong on the mat.

A.  Why is that?

B.  Which would you rather have?

Both, which can be had if you train for it. In my younger days  I was much more focused on the gym strength. The last few years I have focused on functional strength and have found that is has actually had additive effects on my in gym movements.
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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #20 on: January 01, 2009, 09:22:49 AM »
Quote from: Kegdrainer on January 01, 2009, 09:11:15 AM
it's all relative.  people lift weights to help develop more functional strength and to look better.  When are you ever going to need to benchpress more than your bodyweight out in the world though?  You will never be in that position at any job where you will be laying down and pressing something up.  Sure you will use many pulling and squatting and curling movements, but chest presses?  Manual labor is for suckers anyways.


Wrestling is technique, position, and leverage and has very little to do with actual strength.


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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #21 on: January 01, 2009, 09:29:20 AM »
why would I want to train for "functional" strength?  So that I can walk up and down stairs more efficiently or turn around in my swivel chair effortlessly with minimal risk for injury?  Perhaps slice through a tough part of steak that I just cooked?

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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #22 on: January 01, 2009, 09:50:14 AM »
The average person should probably lift for both but athletes should be functional.  The only thing I have seen football players do extra were curls and pushdowns, other than that it is just functional or compound exercises.
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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #23 on: January 01, 2009, 11:19:57 AM »
I was watching WSM heats last night.

Seen Brian Siders get raped in all events bar squat (came 3rd i believe) and overhead axle press (2nd) Last in everything else

Felt sorry for him. Such a strong man respected in his field moves horizontally and got fucked over
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Re: Functional strength vs. weightroom strength
« Reply #24 on: January 01, 2009, 11:27:49 AM »
Quote from: Goudy on January 01, 2009, 11:19:57 AM
I was watching WSM heats last night.

Seen Brian Siders get raped in all events bar squat (came 3rd i believe) and overhead axle press (2nd) Last in everything else

Felt sorry for him. Such a strong man respected in his field moves horizontally and got fucked over

Shows that the word "strong" is pretty relative, there are at least a dozen different types of strength, and it's pretty much impossible to be good at them all.
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