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Originally Posted by Icelander
Muscle mass counts, of course, but just plain mass is also very hard to deal with once grappling range is reached.
Power lifters who can lift anywhere up to twice what I can lift under optimum circumstances, but weight 20-50 lbs. less, are still at a hefty disadvantage in grappling with me.
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That might have something to do with which muscles they've trained (ratio of leg strength is probably nowhere near ratio of arm strength), though of course there's a reason sumo wrestlers and football linemen build up non-muscle mass.