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Whenever you throw a punch or a kick you twist and move your entire body in the direction of the punch and follow through.
As any competitive fighter will tell you, throwing everything you have behind a punch is usually very foolish. Not only is it extremely tiring, it leaves you vulnerable in the event that the punch does not connect. As such most punches involve leg strength in only a very minimal sense, instead relying on upper body and core strength.
Strong abs would help but I can tell ya they're not necessary to getting the maximum twist and follow through you can achieve.
If strong abs would aid in throwing a more powerful punch or kick, then they would absolutely be necessary for achieving the most powerful strike possible within the hard, physical limits of your physique.
Additionally, the notion that abdominal strength is more difficult to develop than any other form of strength is incorrect. It is more difficult to develop muscular definition in that area of the body, due the fact that humans use the core as the primary location for the storage of excess fat, but abdominal muscles are not especially different from any other skeletal muscle. They are, of course, smaller than several other muscles in the body, and therefore incapable of moving as much mass in isolation, but their physiological location makes them critical to any athletic movement.
Another thing to consider is that strength and power are different things. A person who can bench press 290 pounds may be very strong, but lacking in power due to a focus on the development of type IIA muscle fibers, as well a failure to develop the muscle memory necessary to properly leverage the muscle fibers they do possess.
And with high pain tolerance abs are useless in minimizing damage.
This is simply wrong. The ability to tolerate pain has no impact on the ability of the body to resist damage. A person may be able to tolerate the pain of a ruptured spleen, but their spleen will still be ruptured, and the consequences of such an injury will still exist.
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Superheroes have abs because the artists drawing superhero comics are drawing the naked human form, It's that simple.
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I think it is supposed to work on the same premise of being able to catch an extremely fast moving baseball without a glove and still avoiding injury. Basically, your hand has to move at a slightly slower speed than the object moving, while cushioning it's velocity and slowing it down. It is doable with a baseball. I do not recommend trying a bullet. Only an idiot would make an attempt with a bullet. I can personally attest to the fact that it works with a baseball though.
The bullet dug itself into his hand about an inch and he was incredibly lucky.
gak like that isn't possible without a couple dozen pounds of luck
Finally found my quote from a gym buddy born and raised in South Korea:
"It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press.
"It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.
"It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate.
"It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag."
The bullet dug itself into his hand about an inch and he was incredibly lucky.
gak like that isn't possible without a couple dozen pounds of luck
so the bullet was actually an airgun pellet?
By the technical definition(the best kind of definition!), that would in fact be a bullet.
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kronk wrote: I wouldn't read a comic about a fat super hero.
So, abs.
Not even Everyman?!
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I don't like the plastic rings that go on top. If you don't twist them on all of the way, then the drink will dribble under the ring and onto your shirt.
Edit: Also, the turny thingy that turns the blade broke after less than a few months of usage.
Magic my ass...
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xole wrote: I see it's a real slow day on dakka OT.
What is this about catching a bullet with your hand Mr. Primordial? Are you trolling?
The bullet dug itself into his hand a little over an inch, it was a .22, he had absurd quantities of luck, & he reacted to the shooter, not the bullet.
Yeah with absurd luck that's possible.
Random particles turning into gold spontaneously is possible & this is quite a bit less outstanding than that.
Finally found my quote from a gym buddy born and raised in South Korea:
"It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press.
"It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.
"It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate.
"It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag."
xole wrote: I see it's a real slow day on dakka OT.
What is this about catching a bullet with your hand Mr. Primordial? Are you trolling?
The bullet dug itself into his hand a little over an inch, it was a .22, he had absurd quantities of luck, & he reacted to the shooter, not the bullet.
Are you talking about the Watchman Comic book here?
xole wrote: I see it's a real slow day on dakka OT.
What is this about catching a bullet with your hand Mr. Primordial? Are you trolling?
The bullet dug itself into his hand a little over an inch, it was a .22, he had absurd quantities of luck, & he reacted to the shooter, not the bullet.
Are you talking about the Watchman Comic book here?
Yes I was referring to that. I even dropped the name "Watchmen".
People take the time to read all the comments when there's only 2 pages before commenting.
That was in the 3rd post in the thread.
Finally found my quote from a gym buddy born and raised in South Korea:
"It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press.
"It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.
"It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate.
"It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag."
1. This conversation has moved all over.
2. The Watchmen is a comic book. What happens in comic books is not always possible.
3. The bullet would have passed through a normal man's hand.
I don't like the plastic rings that go on top. If you don't twist them on all of the way, then the drink will dribble under the ring and onto your shirt.
Edit: Also, the turny thingy that turns the blade broke after less than a few months of usage.
kronk wrote: 1. This conversation has moved all over.
2. The Watchmen is a comic book. What happens in comic books is not always possible.
3. The bullet would have passed through a normal man's hand.
Not neccesarily. It would normally do that, but anything within reason is possible with luck as well as things that shouldnt be like spontaneous transmutation & combustion. The universe is primarily random splitting of atoms. He could have had freakishly thick skin on his hands & there was nothing stopping it from hitting a knuckle.
Finally found my quote from a gym buddy born and raised in South Korea:
"It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press.
"It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.
"It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate.
"It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag."
