Power is composed of strength and speed. Neurological processes coordinate physiological processes. Physiological processes can be enhanced through conventional strength training regimens. Neurological processes are governed by the motor cortex. The motor Cortex employs motor programs to control predetermined explosive movements. Motor Programs are structurally reinforced through learned motor skills. Motor skills are specific to the intended movement and constructed of abilities. Abilities are non-transferable and subject to specific movement patterns for their selected use. Training with non-specific activities will not elicit the same neural responses in another specific activity. When athletes become advanced in specific motor skills there is little transfer with even similar skills. Olympic Lifts do not simulate any sporting movement accurately. Therefore, Olympic Lifts do not enhance general power. Power training must be very specific to the movement involved. Power training must load the athlete sufficiently but minimally effect the actual sporting movement. The above arguments identify that power training needs to be considered as a specific motor skill and not as a general ability. Much of the research to date has centred on a reductionist perspective. This perspective concentrates on individual mechanisms (ie motor units) involved in local muscular systems and gives little attention to the complex interrelated aspects of movement (motor skills and motor programs). Olympic Lifting can be an effective way to produce large scale muscular activation in training. However, the role that they were traditionally designed to perform (developing general athletic power) is unattainable within the current scope of motor control theory.