So people who track and field are not "athletes"? Because that is what most of their training incorporates--especially sprinters. Running (drills) and the weightroom...
And what about Olympic weightlifters? Not athletes you say?
let me clarify.
*insert track athlete* was faster than 99.9% of the planet by birth. you and me could run 100 miles a day and sprint til we die and we would always come in last at a high school track meet.
the olympic weightlifters very early on had freak strength that they discovered one way or another, and are only competing against other freaks (we'll ignore the role of drugs in both examples).
my point is any consequent running and weightlifting they do is only to compete against their peers once they're already the elite.
i can't start cleaning and jerking 12 hours a day now and expect to even place at a junior college voluntary meet because there's always some country bumpkin out there or some ghetto kid who will outlift/outrun me.
