Do I detect a hint of sarcasm? If not, then I apologize. For the record, I am not currently, or recently when Jon hit me, a 330lber. And I am certainly no badass. Hell I quit training MMA because I just hate to be hit in the face... and went to Judo because there is no hitting in that sport. I am not particularly tough or anything like that when it comes to fighting and dont make any such claims or relate any stories to give that impression. I am simply talking about abdominal strength, particularly as it relates to getting hit, since this is an MMA forum . I am a 290 pounder, who hasnt trained in any serious way for several years. I would characterize myself as fairly out of shape.
Yet even out of shape, I retain the ability so smile at a guy who hit me as hard as he can in the stomach, a guy that I think hits harder than anyone who has ever hit me in my life, and I have had 300+ pound guys who clean and jerked over 400lbs do the same thing to me, and not cause half the bruise that Jon did. I would hate to get into a fight with Jon, if he hit me like that in the face, id have broken bones and need surgery. If he had hit me in the ribs, he would have broken them. And for the record, Caleb Ward, who weighs around 280lbs, does a standing back flip with no problem, has clean and jerked 446lbs, and who I think could flat-back about 9/10ths of the guys in the NFL off the line, also hit me the same night Jon did. Caused a minor bruise and was nothing like Jon. So, as most of you know, size aint the only thing when it comes to hitting hard.
I only conclude from this what I think many of you guys know anyway. And that is that if you squat big weights, and lift big weights overhead, you have a strong core. Another way of putting it would be that if you can pick up and put over your head say, 400lbs, then you are all over strong, you pretty much cant have any real weak points. your legs are strong, y9ur abs are strong, your back is strong, your shoulders are strong, your arms are strong. which is a good thing.
