I do believe the gentleman asking the question did not fully understand what Mel Siff was saying about neural recruitment. Neural recruitment is required to HAVE the muscular contractions you perform at high-speed with shorter contraction times AND low-speed with longer contaction times (please see rate coding). Without the motor unit recruitment, the longer muscle contractions will not be able to take place either. Mel never stated that explosive training was more beneficial for structural strength than slower training to exhaustion, rather they are both necessary at various stages in training. He DOES however state that "the fundamental principle of strength training, then, is that all strength increase is INITIATED by neuromuscular stimulation. Earlier in his book, he also states "Physiology tells us that structure is determined by function, where muscle hypertrophy is initiated by neuromuscular stimulation. Although hypertrophy is the long-them result of a certain regime of neuromuscular stimulation, it is not the inevitable consequence of all types of work against resistance." The REAL KICKER HERE IS THIS STATEMENT: "In drawing upon this distinction, it should be noted that there is no such thing as purely structural training, since all training is essentially functional, which under certain conditions, may also ellicit structural changes. Moreover, THE PRODUCTION OF MAXIMAL STRENGTH DEPENDS TO A GREAT EXTENT OF AN OPTIMAL DEGREE OF MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY." Hypertrophy as part of speed and strength is due to the mechanical forces created by a muscle inside its fascial envelope. Without sufficient hypertrophy, intra-muscular coordination will not be optimal. This is just as important as how many muscle fibers are being recruited, since it relies on the NEURAL and MECHANICAL properties of force/strength production. When we look at what we do for specific sections of ANYONES trianing, we must have variation in regard to torque placed on joints, speed of contraction, time under tension, and plane of motion. As fitness professionals, athletes, soccer moms, and anyone who works out, we have to modify our workouts. The whole F-I-T-T principle was never more relevant. We must vary the muscular contraction spectrum to ellicit different responses and keep the body evolving. Any program that does not do this is most likely incomplete and not fully addressing the dynamic capabilities of the body. This means we are missing the results that we could get!