If you’re involved in the olympic weightlifting or Crossfit communities then you most likely have heard of Mattie Rogers, and if you haven’t here are some of her accomplishments:

Silver medal: 2016, 2017, 2018 Pan American Championships

2016 World University Champion

Holds 3 American Records

Recently Mattie and 3 other athletes from their respective sports (powerlifting, Crossfit, bodybuilding) competed against each other in a series of tests used to determine explosive power: the 40 yard dash, the vertical jump, and the broad jump.

These also happen to be the exact same tests they use at the annual NFL Combine.

Mattie, not surprisingly ended up winning all 3 of these events due to the correlation between olympic weightlifting and explosive power development. She did so well however that it was worth taking a look at how comparative her scores were to elite football players that practice these tests year-round.

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First lets take a look at Mattie Rogers’ scores:

Vertical Jump: 31″

Broad Jump: 8’1

40 Yard Dash: 5.01

*It’s also important to note that Mattie was not wearing cleats during her 40 yard dash which slowed her time a little bit due to lack of traction. The average difference between sprints in cleats and sprints without cleats is about 1 tenth of a second or 0.10. This would put Mattie’s true 40 yard dash at about 4.91.

We will be using her estimated true time of 4.91 for our comparisons moving forward.

40 Yard Dash

Mattie’s 40 yard dash time of 4.91 was just as fast or faster than 71 of the athletes invited to test at the 2019 NFL Combine. Yes it is true that most of those athletes are offensive and defensive lineman that don’t necessarily work on speed, but she still did tie or beat a total of 8 skill position players.

Those players included 4 quarterbacks, 3 tight ends, and 1 linebacker. Each of those positions need to have a certain amount of speed and train for it often.

When you keep in mind that we are comparing her time against an all male group, and noting that she hasn’t had any sprint training to practice technique this is a pretty impressive time by Mattie.

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Vertical Jump

Mattie’s vertical jump of 31 inches was equal or higher than a total of 81 athletes including 25 skill position players.

Those skill players included 5 tight ends, 8 quarterbacks, 1 defensive back, 6 running backs, 2 safeties, and 3 linebackers.

This test converted better for Mattie than the 40 yard dash because of the advanced development of rapid vertical hip extension that she trains for during her olympic lifts.

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Broad Jump

Unfortunately Mattie’s broad jump of 8 feet 1 inch (97 inches) was equal or better than none of the athletes at the 2019 NFL Combine. This was likely due to her lack of technique and unfamiliarity in the test.

While watching the video of her broad jump you can notice that she tends to jump more vertically than laterally which caused her to land short of what she can truly score.

Overall Mattie Rogers has proved that becoming advanced in the olympic lifts (snatch and clean & jerk) not only make you incredibly strong but also develops large amounts of explosive power, which translates to practically every sport.

To watch Mattie and the rest of the female athletes compete, you can watch that here: Brute Showdown Episode 4: Look great, jump high, run fast

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