Why do some human beings have good chins? Specifically, what makes a good chin?

[punchr]

Is it mental? spiritual?

Think back to the caveman days. Men would bash rocks on each other's skulls and those who had the good chins had a better chance of winning those fights and mating with the females.

But what makes a good chin in the first place?

[Larry the boss]

Mental toughness,different build ups of the skull..neck strength..etc etc

[LoadedWraps]

Is it mental? spiritual?

Think back to the caveman days. Men would bash rocks on each other's skulls and those who had the good chins had a better chance of winning those fights and mating with the females.

But what makes a good chin in the first place?

To be able to take a shot flush and stay standing/keep going with no training or experience is genetics. Training teaches you skills such as balance, tucking your chin, how to take the impact, etc which will improve your ability to take a punch. You can also improve your toughness by doing neck exercises and core exercises. Let's not forget that the chin isn't a muscle, and humans have the same nerve endings throughout the area (no source for this). You can improve around the chin, and how to take a shot, but a chin is a chin, the only variance there is genetics imo.

[punchr]

To be able to take a shot flush and stay standing/keep going with no training or experience is genetics. Training teaches you skills such as balance, tucking your chin, how to take the impact, etc which will improve your ability to take a punch. You can also improve your toughness by doing neck exercises and core exercises. Let's not forget that the chin isn't a muscle, and humans have the same nerve endings throughout the area (no source for this). You can improve around the chin, and how to take a shot, but a chin is a chin, the only variance there is genetics imo.

What are the genetics though?

[LoadedWraps]

What are the genetics though?

Heck if I know bro, not really too knowledgable when it comes to biology and most sciences, I was too busy checking out bandidas in class to remember most of what was being discussed. Genetics can get pretty complex.

[Dean_Razorback]

calcium? a solid bone structure?

[TheMexHurricane]

Is it mental? spiritual?

Think back to the caveman days. Men would bash rocks on each other's skulls and those who had the good chins had a better chance of winning those fights and mating with the females.

But what makes a good chin in the first place?

Wrong. Taking a shot to the head and taking a shot to the chin are 2 totally different things. My guess to your question btw is that bone density and head structure are what matters. If your chin is very large and your head's tiny.....then maybe it would anchor your head a bit more versus having a very large head and a small chin, which might seem to snap your head/brain much more viciously????? Then if your skull and/or chin bone is very dense= less snap with your head/brain as well?????

[aldo5408]

Idk but this is a good question for some reason all UK fighters have a mediocre to awful chins

[Furn]

Its mostly to do with the make up of the cell membrane of you the neurons in your brain.

neurons send signals via something called action potential. This works by having positively charged ions on the outside of the cell and negatively charged ions on the inside, creating a chemoelectrical gradient.

gates in the membrane open when stimulated and this causes the negative ions to rush in and this sends cascading signals down the neuron.



Now, when a hard blow to the head is recieved its beleived that this disrupts the ions and they are thrown out of balance, effecting the abiltiy of the neuron to function. Becuase the membrane is made up of fluid lipids its easy to disrupt it and have these tiny ions move in and out of the cell uncontrolled.



If the right part of the brain is effected, it will cause loss of equilibrium and if the blow is hard enough, the brain will shut down completely as a self defense mechanism to avoid serious damage, which is how you get KOed. The cells can realign the ion gradient using gated ion channles but this takes time and energy which is why being in better shape helps your chin.

As to why some have better chins than others that isnt really known as studies to discover that with any certainty would be unethical. It can be theorised that it would have something to do with number of ions, gated channels, fluidity of the cell membrane, mitochondria in the cells and a number of other factors.

So basically its the like how some people are smarter than others its just the make-up of your brain, and theres not a lot you can do about it, other than be in shape and not drained etc.

[-Kev-]

I always thought it was in the legs, mental toughness, and stamina. I could be wrong. I don't think it's one thing.