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

Are you training to get better at your sport — or just getting better at the gym?In this solo episode of The Move Better Podcast, I question one of the biggest assumptions in sports training: that continually increasing your squat, bench and deadlift automatically makes you a better athlete.Strength matters. But once you're already strong enough, would the next 8–12 weeks be better spent adding another 10kg to your squat — or improving your movement, balance, coordination, mobility, timing, rhythm, reaction time and ability to change direction?In this episode, I cover:Why gym strength and athletic performance aren't the same thingThe difference between strength and useful strengthWhy athletes need strength they can express in different positions, directions and situationsThe problem with chasing gym PBs for the sake of itWhy rugby players are a great example of thisStrength training vs movement and skills trainingRotation, unilateral work, throwing, catching and reactive movementRope flow, juggling, martial arts and other ways to improve athletic qualitiesWhy being stronger isn't always the quality you need mostHow to think about the minimum effective dose of strength trainingThe question every athlete should ask: How strong do I actually need to be?The goal isn't to stop getting stronger.It's to stop confusing getting stronger in the gym with becoming a better athlete.🎧 Listen now and let me know whether you agree.Want to move better, feel better and perform better?Join the FREE 7-Day Move Better Challenge and Move Better community:www.movebetter.club#AthleticPerformance #StrengthTraining #SportsPerformance #FunctionalTraining #MoveBetterMove BetterHashtags