Occasional reminder that when I was training and sparring in LA (boxing & American Kenpo striking, BJJ grappling) another dojo regular was a retarded guy and I realized “retard strength” was real and it’s cause his muscle coordination was too poor to use helper muscles to dynamically pass off loads between muscle groups, so every action he took in the corse of everyday life would exercise every major muscle involved up to bear full total weight, so he was strong as a bear.

He’d still move to block like a half second after my strikes landed, though, which just goes to show: that Kung fu movie trope where the big dumb bruiser tries to crush the protagonist in a bear hug but he breaks free and uses a trivially basic head-fake to disorient the brute and leave him open? 100% accurate.