In martial arts, we learned that if you get hit sort of often, after some time, you can take a punch better. Same goes if you drop a medicine ball onto somebody's stomach as they do sit-ups. So in a sense, you are getting stronger, but not so much "swole" as a toughening up.
In other words, you may be able to take a harder hit, but it won't make you able to hit harder.
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