Not everyone that reads this blog is a coach or exercise Nazi, but it doesn't take a genius to see how misguided our athletes have been when selecting exercises to improve athletic performance. For example, pick which one looks the most athletic:
or this one, my favorite exercise to blame for athletic injury.
we ask our athletes to perform explosively on the field with their whole bodies, and then train them with exercises that support most of their bodies while they perform them.
I guarantee you that an athlete that can perform a 210# thruster, as is shown in the first video, can do a 210# bench press, but not necessarily the other way around.
