The Science of Superhuman Strength
Salepage : The Science of Superhuman Strength
Bob Renning was travelling on a roadway near Minneapolis on Sunday night when he noticed a 2006 Chevy Trailblazer engulfed in flames and smoke on the side of the road.
He stepped out of his car and saw the imprisoned driver, Mike Johannes, kicking the door and trying in vain to escape.
Renning attempted another tactic as adrenaline began to flow through his body: pulling the door frame open with his bare hands.
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“I’m not sure how I accomplished it, but I got my fingers in behind the door frame along the top and just began tugging until the glass cracked,” he explained to “CBS This Morning.”
Renning’s insane superhuman power is something you’d only see in a movie. While it does occur in real life on occasion, hysterical strength, as it is known, is not recognized by medical science because there is no evidence to back it up. It is difficult – and immoral – to recreate the atmosphere that favors this behavior in order to undertake a lab research.
So how do you explain Renning’s ability to rip a car door off, or why little girls are capable of lifting a tractor or a car to save Dad’s life?
Humans are capable of epic heroic acts in times of intense hardship, according to the innate “fight or flight” reaction. An overactive hypothalamus, a little portion of the brain that regulates the body’s metabolic balance, such as body temperature and stress levels, causes hysterical strength. The hypothalamus is related directly to the adrenal gland, which produces the hormone adrenaline.
Some experts believe that, like brains, humans only utilise a portion of their muscular capacity on a daily basis. “When adrenaline is pushed into our circulation, blood is redirected away from our intestines (who needs to digest food in a stressful scenario, anyway?) and into our muscles,” writes neurologist and science writer Jordan Gaines Lewis on her blog. “As a result, more oxygen reaches our muscles.”
Adrenaline also aids in the conversion of stored energy in the body. “The combination of higher oxygen and energy levels develops our muscles above and above typical levels,” she says.
According to Scientific American, analgesia, or the inability to feel pain, may also result in spontaneous superhuman power. It’s a physiological response that’s unquestionably necessary for anyone who needs to lift 3,000 tons of steel.
