FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 days agoHeroes with super strength would be really out of shapemessage-squaremessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up163arrow-down1message-squareHeroes with super strength would be really out of shapeFreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square26linkfedilinkfile-text
Since exercise is really easy for them, they wouldn’t burn as many calories and would have a harder time losing weight
minus-squareGhostPain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 days agoInvulnerability brings up the same issues. How do you break down and rebuild muscle when you are impervious to harm? Like not only would the classic superhero physique not exist, but mutants like Wolverine would be skinny/flabby dudes. And none of them could get IVs or any other medical treatment that called for needles or surgery.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoWolverine doesn’t count as he just heals super fast.
minus-squareGhostPain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoThat’s not the point. We build muscle by tearing muscle down and growing it back. His healing super fast wouldn’t give the muscles time to grow it would just replace the muscle tissue that was there already.
Invulnerability brings up the same issues. How do you break down and rebuild muscle when you are impervious to harm?
Like not only would the classic superhero physique not exist, but mutants like Wolverine would be skinny/flabby dudes.
And none of them could get IVs or any other medical treatment that called for needles or surgery.
Wolverine doesn’t count as he just heals super fast.
That’s not the point. We build muscle by tearing muscle down and growing it back. His healing super fast wouldn’t give the muscles time to grow it would just replace the muscle tissue that was there already.