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Becoming Batman: The Possibility of a Superhero

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Battling bad guys. High-tech hideouts. The gratitude of the masses. Who in the future in their life hasn’t dreamed of being a superhero? Inconceivable, right? Or is it?

Possessing no supernatural powers, Batman is the most realistic of the entire superheroes. His feats are achieved through rigorous training and mental discipline, and with the aid of incredible gadgets. Drawing on his training as a neuroscientist, kinesiologist, and martial artist, E. Paul Zehr explores the question: Could a mortal ever transform Batman?

Zehr discusses the physical training necessary to care for bad-guy-fighting readiness at the same time as relating the science underlying this process, from strength conditioning to the cognitive changes a person would endure in undertaking such a regimen. In probing what a real-life Batman could achieve, Zehr considers the level of punishment a consummately fit and trained person could care for, how hard and fast such a person could punch and kick, and the number of adversaries that individual could dispatch. He also tells us what it would be like to fight at the same time as wearing a batsuit and the amount of food we’d want to consume on a daily basis to care for vigilance as Gotham City’s guardian.

A fun foray of escapism grounded in sound science, Becoming Batman provides the background for attaining the realizable―though extreme―level of human performance that would allow you to be a superhero.


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