That's true around competitions, but the main reason they aren't strong relative...

		sn9 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What we get wrong about athleticism That's true around competitions, but the main reason they aren't strong relative to powerlifters is because they don't train to express maximal strength. They could easily add a few top sets of higher intensity work with low reps and get much stronger.

If you define strength as one-rep max, sure.