By Adam Johnson, Velocity Sports Preformance (7/5)

It is widely accepted that strength training is an important part of a football player’s training regimen.  I would have to say that almost 90% of the football players that come to train at Velocity Sports Performance come in with one of their main goals to be increasing their strength.  Depending on the age, training experience, and the position of the player I need to determine what kind of strength they need to work on the most. 

That’s right, there are different kinds of strength and different positions may need one type of strength over another.  For the purposes of this article the types of strength I will cover are maximal strength, starting strength, explosive strength, speed-strength, strength-speed and metabolic strength.

Maximal Strength – Maximal strength is probably the simplest form of strength to understand and the type of strength that all others depend upon.  Simply put, maximal strength is the amount of weight an athlete can lift in one attempt regardless of the amount of time it takes them.

Starting Strength – Starting strength is the measurement of how fast and forceful a football player can explode from a dead stop.  Exploding from an offensive or defensive line position is a perfect example of starting strength in football. 

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