The definition of strength
The definition of strength differs depending on who you ask, although most people's minds goes to " how much weight can you lift?"
I think it is a little more complicated than that cause the more I train and learn about different sports, I see different strengths like, for example, endurance, output of power, mental fortitude, etc.
Like one of the thing that for sure confuses experience lifters is that even so they can bench +200 lbs. they can't do the planche which one of the most advance calisthenics' exercise, and there is where the controversy began, so I stater doing my research and found that humans are strong and only strong in the activities that their nervous system's motor units are most accustom to.
Meaning that firstly your body needs to first adapt to that movement, so it can recruit the right muscle fiber, at the right time, and at the right intensity that the movement or skill requires it. Which that is when it click for me that is why bodybuilder even so they have more muscle mass than powerlifters in most cases, can't lift the same weight that they do.
That is why ever since I learn that I change most of my training more into functional training cause simply I don't want to have useless muscle.
Exercises I learn that can help with that problem are, isometric exercises mostly with heavy weight, example: farmers walk, suit case walk, carries, etc. Another group of exercises that can help with this problems are free weight exercises heavy enough that you can only do 1-5 reps in a set ( Safely!!!), and at last but not less important lifting heavy uncomfortable example: sand bags, strongmen bags, water jogs, rock, etc.
Of course this is me just resolving little part the equation of becoming a strong individual since there a lot of things and disciplines that the human body can adapt to, of course it all depends on the individual's goal what type of relative strength he/she want to have.
At the end I hope this help some people understand the ice berg that strength is.
