How does super strength work in the MCU?
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-- wot -- — 1 year ago(October 21, 2024 09:02 AM)
It is clearly not based on muscle mass? Cap is muscular af but big enough to stop a helicopter taking off by holding onto a wall? nah.
Thor has god like powers so it is
somewhat
believable that he can do the things he does.
But in caps case, there is nothing god like or magical about him right? he was just given a formula that excellerates him to the peak of human fitness, so he is just a guy who has reached a fitness level that would be impossible for a human to reach in a lifetime in normal circumstances.
But, human strength has always been muscle based right? so as he is just a juiced up to **** human, he should NOT be able to do things like stop a helicopter taking off right? Not based on his size at least. -
LucasBrown02 — 1 year ago(October 21, 2024 11:55 AM)
A perplexing problem, but perhaps the answer lies in our own anatomy. While apparent human strength may not be particularly impressive compared to comic book superheroes, the potential strength in our muscles is actually much greater than we fully realize in everyday usage. In fact, the potential is so large that if we used our muscles to their maximum capabilities they would tear our body apart and shatter our bones.
To prevent this from happening our brains and nervous system actively inhibit how much of our muscles we can utilize at any given time. Occasionally, however, in extreme situations, these limitations can be overridden by stress hormones to access our full strength potential. If you've ever heard of an old lady lifting a car to save her dog trapped underneath, this is the reason why.
So armed with that knowledge, I posit that rather than Captain America's muscles being the basis of his increased power, it may actually be increased bone strength that is mostly responsible. This would allow his muscles to operate at a greater capacity than an average human without the same risk of serious injury. AKA super strength.
As for Thor, it's possible that in addition to a stronger skeletal structure like Captain America, his muscle fibers may be constructed in a more durable manner than a human, allowing for even greater strength than Captain America.
Other superheroes' strength differences could be explained in the same way. Differing combinations in bone strength and muscle durability will result in differing power levels between super heroes,
even despite similar apparent sizes
. Now keep in mind this is all a theory and nothing has been proven at this time, but I think you'll find it offers a compelling explanation. -
-- wot -- — 1 year ago(October 21, 2024 12:09 PM)
I was just gunna write off your reply completely and accuse you of having a meltie as it was rather long but i did read it and the bone thing actually makes a lot of sense.
What about Ironman and Rhodey tho? Now I cant recall off the top of my head them lifting anything super heavy in the films even tho they did for sure, but Roady tells a story about he picked up a tank ( Boom, looking for this? )
so how is THAT possible? Stark and Rhodey ARE regular joes, so how does being in an vibranium suite allow them to pick up tanks? that would still require a **** ton of strenght right?
You could put a bunch of 7'2 pro wrestlers in iron suits and they could still not lift a tank between them so what gives?