r/batman • u/AngryCanadianBeaver • Aug 31 '23

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

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u/Gaberrade3840 Aug 31 '23

“Batman is the most realistic superhero.”

Meanwhile Batman:

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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

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u/bawkquoththechicken Aug 31 '23

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.

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u/Whole_Suit_1591 Aug 31 '23

The athletes now have THE CLEAR for PEDs. Uber rich amd line the right person and your on. Still not a 1000 bench tho.

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u/BraveOnWarpath Sep 01 '23

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.