is the tall guy stronger?

jackamo

id say comeing from me being 17 and 6ft 5 its quite hard to go heavy at my height but i am benching 100kg free weight soo it aint too bad

exaktlywhat

ok, so if i may interject my two cents, while the taller person has longer muscles the shorter persons muscles can grow thicker overall as they arent as long. so thicker muscles would be stronger. look at it like this for a minute, a powerlifter grows very thick muscles while a swimmer grows longer muscles. both require lots of physical strength but which would be stronger. or with boxing, tyson was good because he had short arms that were like tree trunks, he hit hard, really hard. lennox lewis, not the longest arms either, very hard hitter. but now look at muhammed ali, he had long arms and when he boxed it was one distance punch after the next. he also wore down his opponents. now im not saying that he was a light hitter, but he used distance and speed because he knew that against guys like foreman he wouldnt make it if they got close. and the next time someone comes at you with their chin tucked use an upper cut or a good solid jab to the forehead should be enough to lift their head. i used to take boxing lessons from a guy my mom worked with who was an amateur boxer for years. guy had knuckles that looker like leather. he always told me that i didnt have arms for power punches so i learned to jab a lot and lure people in for some good solid connections. bruce lee however was very small but he could do what he called the 6 inch punch. he could stand with the tips of his fingers against a board or block, whatever he felt like destroying really, and all you saw was his hand close and his body twist and whatever was in front of it get destroyed. but that was because he knew how to put his entire body into a punch.

Deadpool

You don't want to go jabbing guys in the forehead its one of the hardest parts of the body, you might be ok with gloves on but try that barefist your asking to break your hand.

Why do you think headbutts are so effective....

exaktlywhat

ok, i was talking in the ring, in a street fight, you come at me with your head downim going to wait till youre close enough and then ruin yur life.


*edited by garry*

exactly i do fear for your mental state what were you thinking posting this stuff.

9519sam

i heard lenox was 6'7" and 18stone is this true?

i saw a video of lee doing the 1" punch thing it looked like his whole body snaped, and the guy went flying. somthing to do with his inner chi he said

exaktlywhat

watching it in slow motion he actually starts the punch at the hipstwisting into it and then following with the rest of his body. its amazing how good he was. he actually had to slow down for the cameras, nowadays they speed the film up to make the stars look fast. his one thumb pushups were pretty cool too.

garrilla

violence shud only be used as a last resort in any situation but if you come up againt a boxer get them on the floor they cant box on there back.

9519sam

sound advice, no one can beat a grapler

exaktlywhat

it has been brought to my attention that my post on fighting was too brutal. i just wanted to say that i am a pacifist by nature. i do not like conflict and it takes a bigger man to walk away, but from experience i know there are some situations you will not be able to walk away from. in this case i believe in using whatever means necessary to ensure my personal safety. so please, dont go out tearing off ears and breaking knees randomly. i assumed that readers would be intelligent enough to know this but apparently there are folks who have less faith than i do.

9519sam

lucky i checked me mesasages before i went out! guess its just another night in front of the telly for me then