Damned straight.
And if you can use heavy ass weight AND get the MMC in high gear, its the swoley grail lol.
What people don’t realize also is that in order to do successful physical therapy or prehab in glutes, abs, or shoulders, or scap or anything else you also have to be able to get a good MMC. You have to be able to control the muscular recruitment.
I hammer this with every single client I have regardless of their goals—If you can’t feel it, you can’t activate it. If you can’t activate it, you cant control it. If you can’t control it, you can’t recruit it. If you can’t recruit it you can’t grow it. Or fix it.
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This is sorta on topic and off slightly… Of course this might be my old school mentality showing through. i admit im a dinosaur about some things in regards to size and strength development. Case in point one of my lifting heroes was Ted Arcidi when i picked up my first weight…So yeah im old but thats besides the point.
Not sure at what point where there has become a general disconnect between strength and Hypertrophy over the years. If you look way back most Powerlifters in the off season did Allot of hypertrophy work research Bill Kazmiers old routines. Also allot of Bodybuilders spent some time focusing on strength at certain times The Barbarian brother (Yeah, they didnt compete as pro BB they where as well known as most of the eras pros to the general public). Damn things have changed … As I said Im a Dinosaur.
So it kind of confuses me when people think its either or…
I blame two things for this… The popularity of multi ply gear in Powerlifting which made the need of additional muscle mass not as vital. With the pendulum swinging away towards less equipment it will be interesting too see how things change.
The 2nd the improvement of different types and regiments of certain " Supplements" 
which IMO lessons the need for someone to Maximize the strength component in their programming… Im probably talking out my ass on that one.
Ill add this in also… I think when you mention PowerLifter, Most think of some SHW guy. They never think of some High level Unequipped at lower weight classes who are Jacked (Hate that word)
Ill be honest this post is less informative than it is just a personal rant. So take it for what it is… 
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