Understanding strength

If you think you are strong, there is always someone else who is stronger over time.

Strength is only one of the many dimensions of your ability to overcome challenges. As an example, in American Ninja warrier, those that excel are not necessarily the biggest and strongest. Those that are the most agile may not last a marathon.

Some of the ideas that got triggered through this video are:

• It is important to make yourself multi-dimension and as adaptable as is possible
• There is a large gap between body building, weight lifting versus training to be the strongest man in the world. Look at the body posture and mechanics, it is drastically different than other disciplines.
• Physics work within certain constraints. For example, for a crowbar to work, the crowbar has to have enough rigidity for the payload. The weight that need to be applied is a function of the length (and of course direction) from the fulcrum and that has to be balanced against the load from the other side. If the crowbar is too short or you are not applying enough force/weight, it won’t work.
• While anyone can dream and train and improve from where they are today, the more important issue is whether that is even what you want to be?

Exercise
In internal styles, the emphasis is not to use brute force and often, a lot of people from those schools think that weight training actually negatively affects your progress. What are your thoughts? Does it help or hinder?
What is the difference between strength and power?