What is True Power?

This has been an ongoing debate that I have had with many trainers, coaches, athletes, parents, and countless others. Here is one of my life goals, to change the perception of what it means to have power as an athlete. The standard now for many decades has been that power must be gained in the weight room. Bench Press, Power Cleans, Barbell Squats, Dead lifts, Snatch, and other olympic power lifting moves have been what coaches are using to train their athletes and more important develop what they believe to be power.

I’m going to use a series of posts to cover this so you truly understand where train2move is coming from on this particular subject. First lets look at the some definitions of power. Dictionary.com says it is, “great or marked ability to do or act; strength; might; force”.

Here is what our definition of power is in regards to the bodies ability to create it. Power is the act of utilizing the bodies current abilities in balance, strength, flexibility, speed, coordination, and all other aspects of movement in the body all in specific instant to create the maximum amount of force.

What we are saying is that to truly have power as an athlete you must not have any weaknesses in any of those components we listed. A weakness in one means a gap in your power. Your are only as strong as your weakest link right? During this series of posts I want to go over with you how traditional weight training coupled with the now overly used Speed and Quickness training simply does not create the maximum power your body can have. More importantly I also want you to see how training with this mentality will ultimately lead to injury and pain as you create the many imbalances in your body.

Then we want to give you examples of how to truly train for power. Power that will not only give you great results but also make you very durable and capable of withstanding injury in your sports and beyond.