What you are talking about is not punching power. It is non-chemical collision kinetics.....different formula, different topic. Oh wait...I see that Ember also points this out. The reason that punching power is a better indicator of KO power than collision kinetics is the fact that men, in practice, have higher KO rates than their professional women counterparts. Why is that? It surely ISN'T that all men land their punches solidly while all women only produce glancing blows ALL the TIME! Further, if anyone has seen a professional boxer "shadow box," though s/he is not landing any punches, the punches being thrown do have atleast minimal power. If the topic is now changing to collisions...I know of an easy way to level the playing field for both men and women....give them both guns. Just the opposite is true for most folks. Testosterone therapy is actually a possible TREATMENT for Metabolic Syndrome. The data is unclear concerning pregnancy...but for nearly all non-pregnant folks, men or women, testosterone therapy is thought to help, not hurt. Since testosterone is an anabolic which may help with obesity and insulin resistance...other mechanisms are also being looked into...for example, growth hormone analogs.
who's this on Facebook? http://www.facebook.com/people/Vegas-Michelle/100000160508840 bark really does look worse than the bite!
no - not me good models though and I never believed that was you for one minute - I just thought the photo was amusing
When emberKSW said, "Oh yes, and women can increase their testosterone, but I don't recommend it" I had to laugh. I don't know how old most of you are but who remembers the Russian and East German female swimmers from the 60's? Talk about Testosterone...and yes of course Steroids and plenty of it. OB
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Krieger It was a wider problem than just the commies though Thirty or so years ago I played rugby with a chap who at the time was world-class junior (under-21??) hammer thrower He used to say that virtually all the "major" first-rank athletes at the time were on steroids. He did mention names - some of which would shock even now - but I won't name them, no point in raking up scandal now. He wasn't just talking British - he meant most of the global athletics "family" he met during his globetrotting. Only real difference is in the way the East Germans systematically doped their children - the "west" just doped the adults. What you have to remember is that many of the architects of the german doping scheme are now in China. How do you think the Chinese have improved so much in sport in the last ten years?
IIRC, they weren't exactly TRUE females, meaning they had that rare XXY chromosome. So it wasn't so much about steroids, but that they were NATURALLY enhanced when it came to strength (increased testosterone levels?). Doping has always been on the books as cause for DQ in the Olympics, but I seem to remember since this was a natural phenomenon, it raised quite an uproar.
Quite true Unknown, but you wouldn't wanna be smacked in the nuts by either of these little fellas either: http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=1405608412602
It's not at all hilarious, by the way. I wish I could get a group of adults who all wanted and were prepared to train that hard on the pads.
Here you are Unknown, I also found it on YouTube for you so that you can watch without having to join the horrid Facebook — that just about everyone else in the world is on! [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt9ePCfIsVc"]Minime and Mohawk (Giovanni and Carlos) - YouTube[/ame]
Thanks for that, Pugil. I've seen this clip before, however, and those kids are indeed remarkable. I only assumed it was humorous since I had anticipated something with midgets rather than children when you mentioned "little fellas." And it's not that I think that FaceBook is horrid, and using a pseudonym just might be something I should look into. The truth is that I have immediate family members which desire more privacy than what a typical account might prove to provide, especially if using it in the way it's meant to be used.
