That’s what I’ve always thought!
I could never understand how Superman could get to have so much marked muscle if he is naturally able to lift tons without much effort, which makes it very difficult for him to break down his muscle fibers and regenerate them to gain muscle mass.
Unless in the Fortress of Solitude he has a gym with weights made from neutron star cores, he is much more likely to have a belly like the strongest men in real life.
Exactly. His body isn’t human, it just looks like it. He gets all his energy from photosynthesis. In at least one “bullshit” iteration, he can sap solar power from plants directly.
That’s what I’ve always thought! I could never understand how Superman could get to have so much marked muscle if he is naturally able to lift tons without much effort, which makes it very difficult for him to break down his muscle fibers and regenerate them to gain muscle mass.
Unless in the Fortress of Solitude he has a gym with weights made from neutron star cores, he is much more likely to have a belly like the strongest men in real life.
Inactive Myostatin gene or it’s equivalent if they’re alien.
Exactly. His body isn’t human, it just looks like it. He gets all his energy from photosynthesis. In at least one “bullshit” iteration, he can sap solar power from plants directly.
This is not a human with a humans constraints.
Excuse me, but even we regular humans can sap solar power from plants… although not directly.