Of course not. [Coby smiled fondly, knowing he could train Saul roughly the same way with a lot more courtesy in his own actions.]
Vice Admiral Garp had this odd belief that simply beating someone can make them stronger. His methods were exceptionally brutal, but then--not entirely wrong. The reason for my own strength comes because he tightened my muscles with this training--so that I could use Rokushiki in the first place.
[Sauntering aside, Coby wandered towards the back of the training hall, picking up one of solid training dummies he occasionally lifted around. This one in particular was made of solid metal. Why on earth have a solid metal training dummy? As Coby hefted it onto its feet, he extended his index finger and drew his arm back--just before he stabbed it into the left pectoral of the dummy itself, making a clean hole in its metal frame. He left his finger there so Saul could look.]
Frankly speaking, this style requires intense muscle strength. Just lifting weights or doing regular exercises won't give you such a thing. Muscle strength is gained by your muscles 'stretching' and healing over and over, so it's natural that a drastic increase in strength comes from your muscles healing from intense stretching.
[Saul was probably dying from boredom, so Coby concluded--]
My training won't necessarily be strictly allowing you to try and connect attacks on me. I won't be striking you directly, but it will hurt. It's fortunate for you that the 'will' of my fist can be softer than my fist itself.
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Vice Admiral Garp had this odd belief that simply beating someone can make them stronger. His methods were exceptionally brutal, but then--not entirely wrong. The reason for my own strength comes because he tightened my muscles with this training--so that I could use Rokushiki in the first place.
[Sauntering aside, Coby wandered towards the back of the training hall, picking up one of solid training dummies he occasionally lifted around. This one in particular was made of solid metal. Why on earth have a solid metal training dummy? As Coby hefted it onto its feet, he extended his index finger and drew his arm back--just before he stabbed it into the left pectoral of the dummy itself, making a clean hole in its metal frame. He left his finger there so Saul could look.]
Frankly speaking, this style requires intense muscle strength. Just lifting weights or doing regular exercises won't give you such a thing. Muscle strength is gained by your muscles 'stretching' and healing over and over, so it's natural that a drastic increase in strength comes from your muscles healing from intense stretching.
[Saul was probably dying from boredom, so Coby concluded--]
My training won't necessarily be strictly allowing you to try and connect attacks on me. I won't be striking you directly, but it will hurt. It's fortunate for you that the 'will' of my fist can be softer than my fist itself.