Thats the best case scenario, towards your game, being that strong and not letting it interfere is awesome
The part I remember was a magazine article of him being weak on his bench at first. The 450 I looked up: http://www.criticalbench.com/shaq-bench-press.htm I know what you're saying about the flabby look on distance runners. "Flabby" conveys being fat, but its more just un-musclar looking. Instead of a Corey Maggette look they'll have more Ryan Bowen type build.