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Originally Posted by Saul Good
The Ben Johnson reference sort of proves my point. Sprinting gets you ripped. Lifting doesn't make you fast.
You don't see athletes who look like Arnold playing professional sports. You DO see professional athletes who are built like Shaun T.
You can have too much bulk for specific tasks. You can't have too much speed, agility, endurance, flexibility, etc.
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So you think Ben got those guns by sprinting huh?
Yes, you can get TOO bulky to play a sport AKA David Boston, but that's really rare and you aren't looking like that naturally anyways. You seem to have MMA/Boxing in mind when you create your post and I agree with you in those instances. There, however, is a great benefit to being explosive and getting those fast twitch muscle fibers in most other sports as well.
A great MMA example is Vitor Belort. He's is a guy that is a walking ball of muscle which is uncommon for fighters. The benefit is that he is explosive as hell for the first round or two of a fight, however he does gas easy later on so it's a trade off. Do you want to lose some explosiveness in exchange for endurance? Strength and muscle does have it's place.