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Originally Posted by cadams
Anyone else notice that, or was I just seeing things?
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I actually noticed it to. I though there were a few hits after he came back that were going to put him out again, and he jumped up like he never had in the past and kept going.
I was wondering if maybe it wasnt a body hardening thing. The Marine Corps implemented a new for of hand to hand combat traninig just before I got out that was a mix of many martial arts styles. Part of the exercises were called "body hardening" we would strike each other in sensitive nerve areas over and over and over and over. After the first few sessions the pain became less and we were able to strik harder.
Now take Schaub. As a backup QB the ammount of physical abuse he was taking is minimal. After a few years riding the pine could his tolerance for the pain have lessened? Football players play through pain all the time because they are used to it. Take a person with the same physical size and general health of a NFL player that has never taken those hits and throw him into a even a practice scrimage and the likelyhood of them not feeling every little thing is pretty small. Hits, bruises, tweaks and such that a regular player shrugs off wouldnt be as easy for that person.