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Strength vs. Power

post #1 of 21
8/7/09 at 4:39pm
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When lifting/working out, what is the difference? I had a brief conversation with a trainer at the gym. I am going to start seeing a pro about twice a week. He asked if I was after strength or power. I did not know what to say.
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post #2 of 21
8/7/09 at 4:44pm
Hmm.. is'nt power= force X distance?
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post #3 of 21
8/7/09 at 4:46pm
sounds like a typical trainer's inane kind of question.
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post #4 of 21
8/7/09 at 4:55pm
In simple terms think of strength as the ability to lift heavy things and power as the ability to lift those heavy things quickly.
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post #5 of 21
8/7/09 at 4:57pm
Just tell him you want to look like Brad Pitt from Fight Club.
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post #6 of 21
8/7/09 at 5:03pm
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sounds like a typical trainer's inane kind of question.

Yeah. Once I signed up for a gym, and there was a "mandatory" personal training session involved. The trainer was talking to me and asked me on a scale of 1-10 what my commitment level was. I told him that answering that question wouldnt really tell him much. He said he only wanted to work with people that were an 8 or greater.
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post #7 of 21
8/7/09 at 5:13pm
Sounds like a moron. Drop a plate on his head while he is benching.
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post #8 of 21
8/7/09 at 5:19pm
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Yeah. Once I signed up for a gym, and there was a "mandatory" personal training session involved. The trainer was talking to me and asked me on a scale of 1-10 what my commitment level was. I told him that answering that question wouldnt really tell him much. He said he only wanted to work with people that were an 8 or greater.

Wow, trainers are fuckin stupid.
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post #9 of 21
8/7/09 at 6:36pm
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Hmm.. is'nt power= force X distance?
That's work. Power is work/time.
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post #10 of 21
8/7/09 at 6:50pm
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Just tell him you want to look like Brad Pitt from Fight Club.

I want to punch like Brad Pitt in Fight Club. That's the difference to me.
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post #11 of 21
8/7/09 at 7:17pm
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Sounds like a moron. Drop a plate on his head while he is doing bicep curls.

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post #12 of 21
8/7/09 at 7:22pm
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That's work.

Power is work/time.

correct. but all these physics formulae should not be on one's mind when in a weight room.


lift something heavy. repeat. next week lift something heavier. voila.
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post #13 of 21
8/7/09 at 7:43pm
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correct. but all these physics formulae should not be on one's mind when in a weight room.


lift something heavy. repeat. next week lift something heavier. voila.

Maybe not the formulas, but the concepts definitely should. Conjugate training theory, the Russians, plyometrics, etc.
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post #14 of 21
8/7/09 at 8:04pm
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Yeah. Once I signed up for a gym, and there was a "mandatory" personal training session involved. The trainer was talking to me and asked me on a scale of 1-10 what my commitment level was. I told him that answering that question wouldnt really tell him much. He said he only wanted to work with people that were an 8 or greater.

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Sounds like a moron. Drop a plate on his head while he is benching.

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Wow, trainers are fuckin stupid.

Well, to be fair, have you seen some of the clients these trainers have to work with at times? Showing up late with extra-cream lattes in hand, pulling out the cell-phones every 5 minutes, exercising their mouths more than their bodies, bitching and moaning the whole way through.

If the trainer is in demand, why opt for clients like that?
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post #15 of 21
8/7/09 at 8:20pm
^ right, but I would bet that when signing up a good percentage of those clients would say that they are a "10" commitment-wise.
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