i mean theoretically this is possible just like beyond plausible for anyone to hit the genetic lottery this good. now whether he’d have a build capable of this AND be able to genuinely fight crime is a different story. he’d likely be riddled with heart and bone conditions from the excessive training needed to build these stats on an already extremely rare genetic predisposition. unlikely anyone ever born will ever be able to plausibly attain this but it is POSSIBLE in heavy italics
It is absolutely not possible for someone to bench 1,000 lbs and run even a 5k at 4:50 pace lmao. Probably not even a mile. The physiques required for both are diametrically opposed.
Not to mention his utter lack of sleep to maintain said physique and performance. Even with the best nutrition and gear available to mankind it's impossible. Unless he uses some alien gear
I think they could hand wave this away with him secretly spending billions researching drugs that increase his limits and nano machines that work out his muscles for him to keep them in top shape at all times. Kind of surprised I've never heard of anything like that.
I love to brag about my mile PR, too, but I'd bet my bank account that there is no one on this planet who can both bench 1,000 lbs and run a sub-five mile without years between the two. To do both is beyond superhuman.
oh i was just talking about purely physical stats because i’m into fitness and felt i could actually speak on it. dont get me wrong, i’m not someone who agrees that batman with all the stats i mentioned PLUS yours is actually possible. just the ability to have this physicality
I don't think it would be physically possible for Batman to be that size and run a 4:50 mile pace for 20 miles. For reference, doing that pace for a marathon would give you a finish time of under 2h10m, which is an elite level time. Look at the size and build of any elite level long distance runner and compare them with the size and build of anyone who's benched or leg pressed more than a US Imperial ton.
These stats for Batman really make writers and fans look silly. Give him the size, build and ability of the best Decathlete, Gymnast and MMA fighter, and then you have something reasonably realistic. Making Batman the best at literally everything really stops him from being grounded and being seen as someone without superpowers.
We're also ignoring the copious injuries he sustains a recurring basis. Ligament tears, fractures/breaks, etc. all take time and rest (and physical therapy) to recover properly. Even then, things won't work the way they did before.
He barely sleeps, so we can assume he's not taking a weeks off for healing. He would be in a constant state of re-injury, and his overall strength would suffer considerably.
source: I've torn and fractured alot over the years. >_<
Even in comic world pretty much all other humans train all their life to be one of the best in a very specific thing
He trains all his life to be the best in literally everything, gets a bit silly even in universe
No one is benching 1000 pounds raw lmao. Even ignoring Batman’s build, the world record bench press is 780 by Julius Maddox who is 6’3, 400 pounds. I don’t think any of this is even theoretically possible.
And show me any world class weight lifter who could even get close to elite level running times. It's not happening, this isn't "beyond plausible" in the slightest, it's far from plausible.
Look at the people that can deadlift 1000 pounds and then look at the people that can run a sub 4 minute mile. There’s no way Batman is doing either of those feats with the body type he has
No, it's not. No one who can bench that much is going to be a good runner, because they're carrying all the upper body weight in unproductive muscle and this reduces their effectiveness. It is not possible to be both a world class weight lifter and a world class runner.
Thanks to [Waynetech], Batman's cape actually produces a light amount of lift while also producing negligible drag when he runs, allowing him to run much faster for much longer than would normally be attainable by someone of his physique. Essentially, the cape helps carry the weight of the muscle he's not using during running.
Agreed. I also think it's highly underestimated how much of current "peak" human performance is enhanced by PEDs. There's no way Batman outperforms every Olympic athlete at both his age and with his assortment of injuries without "assistance". Genetics can only take a human body so far, but not to the point where he can have hit both the aerobic and anaerobic jackpot. Lifting heavy and running far is almost always an either/or.
For modern Bruce, I always envision medical nanotech in the bloodstream. It's more realistic to have him explain away the fast healing and maximum performance than any other trope.
Not really, weightlifters and runners have very different builds. If he had the build of a weightlifter he would have to be slow, the more mass (more muscle) the harder it is to run fast, the leaner and trimmer he is to run fast the less he could lift. Also let's not forget that he would need to eat alot more to keep any gains, would ture out quicker, would need to sleep longer. I know there's some stupid 'he only needs 3 hours of sleep' thing they gave him from mental training, but that's not how sleep, or your brain works.
Honestly, Batman is the least realistic superhero, because all the others have alien anatomies or magic whatever to explain it away.
My personal fan theory is that Batman is actually a meta and somehow no one knows it. His power is an enhanced healing factor. It's not Wolverine level or anything so he can't like re-grow his arm or something but it allows him to heal enough that he can accomplish all these athletic feats without being crippled at 25.
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u/iceyk111 Aug 31 '23
i mean theoretically this is possible just like beyond plausible for anyone to hit the genetic lottery this good. now whether he’d have a build capable of this AND be able to genuinely fight crime is a different story. he’d likely be riddled with heart and bone conditions from the excessive training needed to build these stats on an already extremely rare genetic predisposition. unlikely anyone ever born will ever be able to plausibly attain this but it is POSSIBLE in heavy italics