#20 - Is Strength Training Making You Worse at Your Sport? | Train for Athletic Performance

<p>Are you training to get better at your sport — or just getting better at the gym?</p><p>In this solo episode of <strong>The Move Better Podcast</strong>, I question one of the biggest assumptions in sports training: that continually increasing your squat, bench and deadlift automatically makes you a better athlete.</p><p>Strength matters. But once you&#39;re already strong enough, would the next 8–12 weeks be better spent adding another 10kg to your squat — or improving your <strong>movement, balance, coordination, mobility, timing, rhythm, reaction time and ability to change direction?</strong></p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, I cover:</p><ul><li>Why gym strength and athletic performance aren&#39;t the same thing</li><li>The difference between strength and <strong>useful strength</strong></li><li>Why athletes need strength they can express in different positions, directions and situations</li><li>The problem with chasing gym PBs for the sake of it</li><li>Why rugby players are a great example of this</li><li>Strength training vs movement and skills training</li><li>Rotation, unilateral work, throwing, catching and reactive movement</li><li>Rope flow, juggling, martial arts and other ways to improve athletic qualities</li><li>Why being stronger isn&#39;t always the quality you need most</li><li>How to think about the <strong>minimum effective dose</strong> of strength training</li><li>The question every athlete should ask: <strong>How strong do I actually need to be?</strong></li></ul><p><br></p><p>The goal isn&#39;t to stop getting stronger.</p><p>It&#39;s to stop confusing <strong>getting stronger in the gym with becoming a better athlete.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>🎧 Listen now and let me know whether you agree.</p><p><br></p><p><u><em><strong>Want to move better, feel better and perform better?</strong></em></u></p><p>Join the <strong>FREE 7-Day Move Better Challenge</strong> and Move Better community:</p><p><a href="http://www.movebetter.club"><strong>www.movebetter.club</strong></a></p><p>#AthleticPerformance #StrengthTraining #SportsPerformance #FunctionalTraining #MoveBetter</p><p>Move BetterHashtags</p>