It doesn’t seem to me that you’d gain much strength from sports. From what I understand, you need to lift some percentage or your 1 rep max, and to progressively lift more and more weight as you get stronger. I don’t see how this could be done in sports.
There are different types of muscle fibers. Sports tends to build the ones for stamina. And yes, endurance is a function of strength. These muscles take the longest to build up so the impact is negligible compared to weightlifting.
I don’t think of weightlifting and gymnastics as sports, but my definitions don’t matter, so you’re right. I can’t think of many other examples where you actually gain strength from sport though. Rock climbing perhaps?
Most sports build strength specific to their particular task.
Swimmers (other than long-distance) have pretty huge muscles. A bunch of track-and-field sports rely on explosive strength—from javelin throw to long jump. Hard martial arts build strength, so does wrestling. It’s really not difficult to come up with examples—e.g. look at pictures of olympic athletes, notice who’s ripped :-)
I should have been more specific, my bad. I’ve been thinking in my head about strength per se, not muscular endurance or explosiveness. I think that those examples build endurance, but not so much strength.
look at pictures of olympic athletes, notice who’s ripped
I think that in a lot of sports, you don’t build much strength (per se) by participating in the sport, but you need strength to be good at it, and so competitive athletes lift weights.
It doesn’t seem to me that you’d gain much strength from sports. From what I understand, you need to lift some percentage or your 1 rep max, and to progressively lift more and more weight as you get stronger. I don’t see how this could be done in sports.
There are different types of muscle fibers. Sports tends to build the ones for stamina. And yes, endurance is a function of strength. These muscles take the longest to build up so the impact is negligible compared to weightlifting.
First, weightlifting is a sport. So is, for example, gymnastics and gymnasts are very strong.
Second, to be good at certain sports you need to work at developing your strength—look e.g. at American football.
Of course there are sports where you can’t expect to gain significant strength—from table tennis to long-distance running.
I don’t think of weightlifting and gymnastics as sports, but my definitions don’t matter, so you’re right. I can’t think of many other examples where you actually gain strength from sport though. Rock climbing perhaps?
Most sports build strength specific to their particular task.
Swimmers (other than long-distance) have pretty huge muscles. A bunch of track-and-field sports rely on explosive strength—from javelin throw to long jump. Hard martial arts build strength, so does wrestling. It’s really not difficult to come up with examples—e.g. look at pictures of olympic athletes, notice who’s ripped :-)
I should have been more specific, my bad. I’ve been thinking in my head about strength per se, not muscular endurance or explosiveness. I think that those examples build endurance, but not so much strength.
I think that in a lot of sports, you don’t build much strength (per se) by participating in the sport, but you need strength to be good at it, and so competitive athletes lift weights.