I really did see this in action. When I was in my early 20s' I went weight training with two friends as part of our Tae Kwon-Do training. My friends lifted massive weights and I lifted light weights and did loads of reps and plenty of stretching. My friends became amazingly strong and got huge muscles. I got thinner and thinner and you could see all my muscles, rather like something from anatomy lessons
When we sparred my chunky friends were very slow and, basically, rubbish at fist-fighting and kicking. And the bigger they got the slower they went. I think they would have been good at grappling, but they seemed to lose flexibility and agility. On the other hand, I seemed to get faster and more agile. Although I weighed so much less than my muscular friends my blows seemed to bounce off them rather than have much effect.
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