I mean Like in Super Smash Bros with Captain Falcon (FALCON PUUUUNCH!) or Donkey Kong? Or is it just for presentation?

  • derekabutton@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    This sounds like a stupid question, but in a sense, yes you can charge up a punch.

    Heads up, this may be oversimplified. Your nervous system prevents you from using an entire muscle group at once. When you lift something, your individual muscle fibers take turns. If the item is light, these fibers take long breaks due to how many are needed to lift the item. If you are lifting something heavy, your fibers have fewer breaks.

    You can train your body to use more of your muscle fibers initially. There have been instances of parents lifting entire cars to save their children. Adrenaline dont provide power, but rather unlock the abilities of your muscles. Some of your muscles would snap associated bones if the fibers were all used at once, which is why people can’t do this in most circumstances.

    But yeah, if you were to manage to train your body for it, you might be able to perform a punch using all of the associated fibers in the muscle groups involved, at great physical damage to yourself. I mean that or working out to build the muscles will charge your punches in a sense. That’s not an exciting answer though.