How strong is too strong?

[ZT89]

Now I can see guys on here saying ''Well you're never strong enough!''

As an athlete in general you need to balance out many aspects of physical training to have optimal performances:

cardiorespiratory endurance
strength
stamina (lactic acid tolerance)
flexibility
coordination
balance
accuracy
power
speed

Strength is just one aspect (it does increase your power as well). I believe there comes a point where spending hours to increase your squat from 400 to 450 which probably won't have much of an impact, when you could be working on your cardio, flexibility, etc.

My theory/estimates are the following (based on say a 5'9-6'0 200lbs individual):

500 deadlift (2.5 x BW)
400 squat (2 x BW)
300 bench (1.5 x BW)
200 press (1 x BW)

Of course this applies with any height or weight, just use the (BW x) formula. I know this has been discussed before, but it's always the same arguments ''I don't need to be any stronger'' or ''I need to be stronger'', yet people rarely realise how many other aspects they are neglecting by focusing solely on strength.

What are your thoughts on this?

[secretlifter3]

You can always be stronger, however, it gets to a certain point where it takes too much effort year round to get stronger, whereas time can be better spent improving at your sport. As long as the time and energy it takes is not getting too high/too much, then it's not a problem to continue to develop strength.

It does get to a certain point where, the benefits decrease. It's much more beneficial for an athlete to take his squat from 225 to 405 than it is to take it from 850 to 1000 or something like that...