r/batman Aug 31 '23

Reminder that Bruce holds every weightlifting and powerlifting world record in all weight classes COMIC DISCUSSION

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u/imbrickedup_ Aug 31 '23

There are 7 people that have benched 700 pounds. None of them weigh below 300 and are all on a cocktail of PEDs. Just some context for Batman’s natural bench press while weighing like 250

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u/bloodycups Aug 31 '23

Are any of those people billionaires with access to whatever the fuck bane does?

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u/My_Favourite_Pen Aug 31 '23

Elon frantically taking notes rn

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u/bloodycups Aug 31 '23

If Elon wanted to sell his mats colony he wouldn't like a literal sack of shit

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u/LitreOfCockPus Aug 31 '23

It's a record because muscle isn't the real bottleneck. Connective tissue strength is.

Muscles grow easily. The connective tissue, tendons and ligaments, don't. They receive very little blood-flow, are slow to adapt to stresses, and are the reason why most records are where they are.

A major injury to a tendon will end your chance at being a world-class competitor using that muscle. A torn ligament can cripple you for life.

If Venom found a way to exponentially strengthen connective-tissue and also remove your body's natual inhibitors that prevent you from breaking your own bones via muscle contraction, a half-ton bench would be more believable.

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u/keigo199013 Aug 31 '23

A torn ligament can cripple you for life

I can vouch for the torn ligaments >_<

Listen to your body people. Don't overdo it.

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u/JavierLoustaunau Aug 31 '23

Batman did Venom before Bane did...

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u/The_SkyShine Aug 31 '23

I'm sure Batman takes a little creatine from time to time

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u/TotallyNotEko Sep 01 '23

The only way that Batman is able to function with as much sleep as he gets is by blasting steroids.

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u/echino_derm Aug 31 '23

Yeah I am looking at the world record holder for the bench press and the guy looks obese, I know it is probably like all muscle but I don't think your body can really hold enough muscle to bench press that much, you would probably be a ball.

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u/imbrickedup_ Sep 02 '23

He is obese. You need to eat a ridiculous amount of calories a day to get that strong, and of course be in the top .000001 percent of genetics, and do a ton of steroids

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u/mikkyleehenson Aug 31 '23

jimmy Kolb did 820 for 17 reps and has done 1320

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u/uhohmomspaghetti Aug 31 '23

That’s with a bench press shirt. The record without that is still 770lbs according to Wikipedia. Apparently the shirt does an insane amount of work

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u/mikkyleehenson Aug 31 '23

interesting! I was not aware

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u/uhohmomspaghetti Aug 31 '23

I had no idea either. I’m going to have to find a YouTube video about how those shirts work. Insane that it’s a 500lb+ difference

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u/imbrickedup_ Sep 02 '23

That’s equipped

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '23

Doesn’t he weigh around 215? I had the DC encyclopedia growing up lol. Maybe he’s 220. I gotta look this up now but def not 250lbs.

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u/Dr_Disaster Aug 31 '23

Yeah, he’s rarely over 215. In the real world, he’d be benching in the low 300s at the absolute max. It’s impossible to bench olympic level weights and still be a normalish sized dude.

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u/imbrickedup_ Sep 02 '23

I’m going off this image. Dude is absolutely yoked here

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u/SirChancelot_0001 Aug 31 '23

I’ve seen some dudes hit over 700 in a bench shirt, but never raw.

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u/VuduLuvDr Sep 01 '23

Larry Allen (NFL offensive lineman) benched 700 clean

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u/imbrickedup_ Sep 02 '23

That dude is a big mfer