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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pyk" data-source="post: 1151120" data-attributes="member: 14254">Dex check = short burst of speed (sprint) to make the gap smaller.Con check = higher endurance for keeping that speed up.Let's see, Zack Thomas (Miami Dolphins Linebacker), Willie McGinest (New England Patriots Linebacker), Donovan McNabb Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback), Art Monk (Ex-Washington Redskins Wide Receiver), Herschel Walker (Ex-Dallas Cowboys Running Back), hell, pick any pro/college football player. Better leg strength = faster running speed. The whole "lean, toned muscles for greater speed" is a myth.And, Walker beat Willie Gault in many tests of foot speed, on and off the field - Willie Gault, the olympic sprinter turned Chicago Bears Wide Receiver, if you don't know who that is.Don't just stick with football, though. Hockey players have exceptional lower body strength to skate fast. Look at soccer players - great lower body strength, especially needed to kick the ball the length of the field. Baseball - fastest bat speed (ok, so it's not foot speed, but still same exact principle) I've seen of any player was Jose Canseco - with frikken tree trunks for arms.Runners that can't lift/carry much means they don't have upper body strength to mach the lower body strength. Just because you don't know anyone who is a good athlete, does not mean the principles do not apply. Why do athletes of any sport constantly work with weights if not to build strength? Don't try the "lower weight more reps" BS, because that's just BS. Read about it. Ask real athletes. Find out.</blockquote>

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