Talk:Peak Human Strength/@comment-4915599-20130808035002/@comment-5937321-20130813024422

There seems to be a bit of a misunderstanding here. The idea of "peak human strength" being 800lb comes from Marvel and the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe series. They specifically say that it means lifting it over your head and NOT bench press. As far as I know, the world record for that is 581 lbs.

Also, Captain America being described as peak human means that he's the peak of human possibility. In other words, Cap is as strong as a human being could ever be. It gets confusing when others describe people like Batman as peak human since people think that that means that he's as strong as Cap. I prefer the "olympic level athlete" term for guys like Batman.