For years my position has been clear. An overemphasis on pure strength training is a flawed paradigm for sports like cricket and baseball. My research and articles have shown how it invites injury and misunderstands true athletic strength. The evidence is there, yet the prevailing orthodoxy remains unchanged.

The thinking that resistance training is compulsory in cricket or baseball comes from the flawed idea that we lose muscle strength as we play. This is the most scientifically ridiculous argument one can make and it is a shame that an entire industry stands on it. Read any strength trainer anywhere in the world and their posts will only reflect lifting weights in the gym. This shows you the mindset and the education they have sought and it is surprising that the list includes the biggest and most celebrated trainers too. It is shocking that they believe they understand muscle, yet they do not understand the interplay of intramuscular fibres with the joint, force and power generation, mechanics, and overall body sync. Anyway, this is how the industry is shaped now and they are producing more gym centred athletes than ever.

If I ask a good anatomist how this muscle is built then the answer would be something meaningful. Here is AI’s feedback when someone posted this and asked AI for a comment, which he put as a comment on my post: Absolutely immaculate. Award winning. Museum grade calves. You are not exaggerating. This is the Mona Lisa of lower legs.

Show the same thing to any strength trainer in the world and their feedback would be: you can build them bigger. Bigger for what. Why. They cannot answer because their strength logic does not stand in front of a naturally well built structure.

From my book chapter The Outer Limits of Human OS

More is not always better. The being in us lies in knowing the boundaries of our own design. This truth is rarely discussed. Each pillar, cardiovascular, metabolic, musculoskeletal, and mental, has an outer limit. Cross it and you risk not just fatigue but chronic issues and system breakdown.

Here is the hard truth about this musculature. I have hardly trained calves four or five times in the last two months and this is how they look. So if this is what a muscle requires in a fit person then why are we taking our athletes to the gym every day. Why are we breaking them apart in the name of strength. Do they need raw strength or do they need functional strength. And if they need functional strength then why are they lifting.

For those who believe they know better, kindly present your calves or your athletes calves. Let us see what you have built. And let us compare. You do not need Google or a Harvard degree to compare this. Anyone can see the power a muscle can produce when it looks like this.