Should Batman be powered down

[J.R.]

No...Batman's human..he's got to have something going for him.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

I think he is far too skilled at this point, even without a social life it would be impossible to train to that level. The Human body needs a certain amount of food, sleep and rest to build and grow stronger, faster, etc. If he truely trained from dawn till dust everyday for his life he would be the weakest most fragile person on the planet as opposed to what he really is

 

[ShadowBoxing]

plus this whole 725 bench (he doesn't look like he can) and Olympic level in ALL events in his bio is a load of crap they need to change. Perhaps they should put out a new handbook that tones down some of that stuff

 

[hey yo its sean]

No.

 

[Lackey]

I wish he use more of his detective skills than asking Oracle for info. Also I wouldn't his attitude to change some, he's way too rude and tough with everyone.

1. Read City of Crime and Broken City

2. Oracle hasn't been in Gotham for a long time now. She no longer helps Batman.

 

[Hush]

No...........

 

[goldmill]

BTW, weightlifting does not sunt your growth. TOtal fallacy.

 

[Red Mask]

Batman's still a human being, there's nothing to power down.

 

[Darthphere]

plus this whole 725 bench (he doesn't look like he can) and Olympic level in ALL events in his bio is a load of crap they need to change. Perhaps they should put out a new handbook that tones down some of that stuff

Its been that way for years, why would they change it now.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

BTW, weightlifting does not sunt your growth. TOtal fallacy.

no it does...i'm a fitness trainer, it absolutely does. As a kid he could do very light weight such as 5 or 10 pound weight and or pushups and situps, pullups and other bodyweight exercises. But weight training will stunt your growth.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Most people who tell you its a myth assume the person in question started training at 16 or older (since most gyms require that as a minimum age). If you start training at 12 (like Batman did) its much different. People at 12 body's are just starting to change. There apetite spikes in reaction, they need more nutrients and more food to sustain there growth. Weight training uses a massive amount of nutrients and a massive amount of fuel. So why can't a 12 year old just take double or triple to compensate. Your body can only take so much before it fills up so to speak. Most protien and nutrients the average athlete takes in is lost to waste. A 12 year old body, just like any body, will send nutrients and protien, carbs, sugars, water, etc. To the place where it needs it most. If you a cutting and tearing your muscles up weight trainning, guess what, thats where it will send the nutrients.
PTs often give kids some line about how Michael Vick or Shaq are huge and muscular so that effectively disproves it. WRONG!!! most pro-athletes are naturally strong and fast and tall. Its just their genetics. Vick probably didn't do any intense weight trainning until 15 or 16 like the rest of his teammates, however he just got results at a faster rate due to inherent genetic factors.

If you want proof look at little Hercules, the kid will be small for the rest of his life

 

[The Riddler]

He can bench 725? But there was a story in which he became addicted to steroids after he couldn't save a person who was traped under a 400 pound beam. And if he could bench 725, he's be way more riped than he's usually drawn. He'd have muscles like beach balls.

lifting and benching are two very seperate things.

 

[The Question]

Yes. But lifting 400 pounds is much easyer than benching 725 pounds. In fact I'm pretty sure it's near impossible for any human to bench more than one rep of 725 pounds.

 

[Lackey]

Most people who tell you its a myth assume the person in question started training at 16 or older (since most gyms require that as a minimum age). If you start training at 12 (like Batman did) its much different.

who said Batman started weightlifting at 12?

 

[SpawnofInuyasha]

Batman's still a human being, there's nothing to power down.

It's impossible for a man his size to bench 725. He supposed to be a normal human. Plus they should not even have someone as powerless as him going up against the likes of superman. Superman should be able to breath and knock him out.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

who said Batman started weightlifting at 12?

his DCU bio says so

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Yes. But lifting 400 pounds is much easyer than benching 725 pounds. In fact I'm pretty sure it's near impossible for any human to bench more than one rep of 725 pounds.

just about the highest recorded bench (by the way his bio specifies bench) is 800 (which is what Cap A can do).

 

[Varient]

sigh.

 

[The Question]

just about the highest recorded bench (by the way his bio specifies bench) is 800 (which is what Cap A can do).

Really. Okay. Still, Bats aint anywhere near ripped enough to bench 725. He'd have to have muscles like thoes guys on the world's strongest man compititions. Thoes guys look like mini Hulks.

 

[Lackey]

his DCU bio says so

show me

 

[Lackey]

I looked at 3 different official Batman bios and none of them say that he started weightlifting when he was 12 or that he can bench 725.

 

[War Lord]

no it does...i'm a fitness trainer, it absolutely does. As a kid he could do very light weight such as 5 or 10 pound weight and or pushups and situps, pullups and other bodyweight exercises. But weight training will stunt your growth.

Weightlifting itself won't hurt a child. There's no biomechanical difference between doing a bench press and a push up, a chin-up and a lat pulldown, or a freehand squat or a weighted squat.

What can hurt them is focusing on heavy weights. This will hurt them because it could get them to be stronger than their body structure is going to handle, especially if the kid is prone to trying to show off how strong he is by doing something stupid like benching as much as he can.

If somebody is going to weight-train a child, you're not going to hurt them by getting them to do high reps (20 to 30 reps on each exercise) in proper form.

Having said that, imo, it is overall better for a child to be involved in various sport activities as opposed to a specific sport activity like body building so he/she can be as athletically balanced and coordinated as possible.

 

[War Lord]

I looked at 3 different official Batman bios and none of them say that he started weightlifting when he was 12 or that he can bench 725.

Here you go Shirley.

http://www.starnet-database.com/dbase_deo/profiles/batman/batman.html

In principle, whatever is close to the utmost of any physical ability, that is what Batman can do as far as DC is concerned.

 

[Lackey]

that's not official

 

[War Lord]

that's not official

It's pretty much official.

Most of the official DC bios mention that in all athletic events, Batman has trained himself to be at an Olympic level. Pick an event and Batman could win the gold as far as DC is concerned.

That's probably why DC doesn't really give stats for Batman because those stats would constantly change every four years.