Great stuff coach. That USA gymnastics paper is a great one. I was crunching some numbers on the crossfit games winners and there is an obvious need for a certain level of strength to have the engine to perform, but beyond a certain point additional strength either blunts metabolic conditioning or takes away from time that could be devoted to skill work. I suspect this strength-needs curve is shifted up for gymnasts but a similar scenario is seen.
I've been thinking about this in terms of evolutionary biology also in that endurance adaptations come and go quick and easy but strength, especially beyond a certain point is very slow and tough to bring about.
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