It boosts performance - related results: If you're an athlete of some kind, then simply having a greater baseline strength might accelerate your progress in your sport - specific skills. (neatstrength.com)
Being a good Mike in the NFL has very little to do with strength, although you do have to have a certain baseline strength. (sbnation.com)
Pull - ups are an excellent way to measure baseline strength to bodyweight ratio (there are numerical ways of calculating this, but for the purposes of training, athletes can assess their strength using their pull - up capability). (blog.bridgeathletic.com)