Talk:Transcendency/@comment-24318314-20140829044559/@comment-24070327-20140829202826

It's rather simple really. Haki is used to harden the muscles. As in literally harden them. To the point where they become more than a little resistent to being compressed as they usually are whenever one wills them into a movement. Because of this resistance to compression, the muscles become harder to move. And thus a noob will suffer from some encumbrance because he or she will not be used to overpowering the resistance. It'll take him or her longer to do so if he or she is strong enough to do so at all.

But when one does overpower the resistance and succeed in compressing one's muscles, the relaxation of the muscles that follow will produce a larger amount of energy release than it would have if the muscles hand't been harden. Cause it's a pretty standard rule that the potential, mechanical energy of something that is heavily resistant to compressions is greater than those that aren't as resistant to it.

Think of the muscles as rubber bands. Normal muscles are a flimsy rubber band while haki-imbued muscles are more durable rubbers. Needless to say, the more durable rubber band will be harder to stretch out. However, the snap-back from the more durable rubber band will be greater than the snap-back from the flimsy one.