History Quotes / CharlesAtlasSuperPower

-> ''"[[TheReveal Okay, here I go.]] The deciding factor for success for this hard training plan is if you can see it through to the end. This is the important part, [[{{Cyborg}} Genos.]] You have to keep yourself going no matter how tough it gets. [[SuperStrength I have become this strong in only three years.]] [[TrainingFromHell 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and 10km running.]] Every single day! It goes without saying that you have to eat three meals a day, but in the mornings, a banana should be enough. Another rule is to never use your air conditioner, be it summer or winter, to mentally strengthen yourself. At first, it'll be tough as hell, and you'll start thinking that taking a day off isn't a big deal. [[{{Determinator}} But I didn't.]] In order to become a strong hero I didn't stop even when my whole body was in pain and I was spitting blood. Even when my legs felt heavy and refused to move, I kept doing squats. [[BodyHorror Even when my arms made strange cracking sounds]], I continued doing pushups. After about one and a half years of training, I noticed two things about myself: [[BaldOfAwesome I had lost all my hair,]] and I had become strong. In short, train so hard you think you'll die or lose your mind. That is the only way there is to become strong. [[EvilutionaryBiologist You guys messing around with evolution and the new human race and all that crap]] will never make it this far. The true power of us human beings is that we can change ourselves on our own."''

-->-- '''Baron von Blitzschlag''', ''Avengers: The Initiative''

''{{beat}}''\\

-->--''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler''

->'''[[spoiler:Fine]]:''' How? How can normal man like you stand to the power of [[ArtifactOfDoom Complete Relic]]?\\

-> ''"What do I care for your suffering? Pain, even agony, is no more than information before the senses, data fed to the computer of the mind. The lesson is simple: you have received the information, now act on it. Take control of the input and you shall become master of the output."''

-> ''"You take 50% less damage from all melee attacks.'' ''[[LampshadeHanging Because of training.]]"''

-> '''Maxima:''' We have a teammate named Mathias. Goes by Math, thinks Mathias sounds too biblical.\\

-->-- ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0951.html Strip #951]]

->-- ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''

-> '''Beast Boy''': I thought you said you didn't have superpowers.\\

-->-- ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear''

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-> '''Beast Boy''': I thought you said you didn't have superpowers.\\
'''Robin''': ILied. ''[kicks [[TheBrute Mammoth]] several meters back]''
-->-- ''WebVideo/TeenTitansTheAbridgedSeries'', lampshading this trope

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-> ''"What do I care for your suffering? Pain, even agony, is no more than information before the senses, data fed to the computer of the mind. The lesson is simple: you have received the information, now act on it. Take control of the input and you shall become master of the output."''
-->-- '''Chairman Sheng-ji Yang''', VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri

->''"I am half-man, half-amazing!"''
-->-- '''Montel Vontavious Porter''', ''[[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWE Friday Night Smackdown!]]''

->''The Charles Atlas course with Dynamic Tension''\\
''Can turn you into... A BEAST OF A MAN.''
-->-- '''Music/TheWho'''

-->-- '''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''', [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0951.html Strip #951]]

->''So ze secret to ze ultimate super soldier is... ''proper diet und exercise?''''
-->-- '''Baron von Blitzschlag''', ''Avengers: The Initiative''

->''Учение трудно, легко в бою!'' (''Uchenie trudno, legko v boyu!'' -- roughly "Train hard, fight easy!")
-->-- '''[[FourStarBadass Generalissimo]] Alexander Suvorov'''

->'''[[spoiler:Fine]]:''' How? How can normal man like you stand to the power of [[ArtifactOfDoom Complete Relic]]?\\
'''Genjuro:''' I eat, watch movies and sleep! A True Man knows nothing else!
-->-- ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear''

-> '''Maxima:''' We have a teammate named Mathias. Goes by Math, thinks Mathias sounds too biblical.\\
'''Sydney:''' Does he have super-Abacus powers?\\
'''Maxima:''' He's a martial artist. A really really really good one.\\
''[several panels later...]''\\
'''Sydney:''' He's that good, huh?\\
'''Maxima:''' Good enough that trying to differentiate between his abilities and someone with actual super powers is a futile exercise.
-->-- ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' (please note that while this is happening, we're also getting scenes of Math fighting with one of the strongest members of the team... and winning, effortlessly)

-> ''"[[TheReveal Okay, here I go.]] The deciding factor for success for this hard training plan is if you can see it through to the end. This is the important part, [[{{Cyborg}} Genos.]] You have to keep yourself going no matter how tough it gets. [[SuperStrength I have become this strong in only three years.]] [[TrainingFromHell 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and 10km running.]] Every single day! It goes without saying that you have to eat three meals a day, but in the mornings, a banana should be enough. Another rule is to never use your air conditioner, be it summer or winter, to mentally strengthen yourself. At first, it'll be tough as hell, and you'll start thinking that taking a day off isn't a big deal. [[{{Determinator}} But I didn't.]] In order to become a strong hero I didn't stop even when my whole body was in pain and I was spitting blood. Even when my legs felt heavy and refused to move, I kept doing squats. [[BodyHorror Even when my arms made strange cracking sounds]], I continued doing pushups. After about one and a half years of training, I noticed two things about myself: [[BaldOfAwesome I had lost all my hair,]] and I had become strong. In short, train so hard you think you'll die or lose your mind. That is the only way there is to become strong. [[EvilutionaryBiologist You guys messing around with evolution and the new human race and all that crap]] will never make it this far. The true power of us human beings is that we can change ourselves on our own."''
-->-- '''Saitama''', ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan''

'''Robin''': ILied. ''[kicks [[TheBrute Mammoth]] several meters back.]''
-->-- ''WebVideo/TeenTitansTheAbridgedSeries'', lampshading this trope.

-->-- '''Mas Oyama''',''This Is Karate''

->''"When you feel someone's gaze on your exposed skin, your muscles contract out of nervousness, and you look slimmer. Having been completely naked since I was born... my muscular strength is now far beyond a normal person's."''
-->-- '''Number 7''', ''Manga/Oddman11''

->Lune Zoldark: Thanks, guys! It took a lot of practice to get this down right.\\
Nu Stein: That kind of skill....is she a newtype?\\
Lune: Nah. I trained in Jupiter's gravity field. By the way, what's a Newtype? Are they similar to a Psychodriver?
-->-- ''Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars''

->'''Robo:''' Bruce, c'mon. ''[on the ground]'' Wait. What just happened?\\
'''Creator/BruceLee:''' I kicked you.\\
'''Robo:''' That was like... [[LightningBruiser being hit by a truck]]. And I've ''been'' hit by trucks.
-->-- ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo''

-> '''Surgeon:''' Storms! Highprince, you're all scars under here! How many times have you been wounded in the shoulder?\\
'''Dalinar:''' [[MadeOfIron Can't remember.]]\\
'''Surgeon:''' How can you still use your arm?\\
'''Dalinar:''' Training and practice.\\
'''Surgeon:''' [[LampshadeHanging That's not how it works!]]
-->-- ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'' (second book of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'')

->''"From the age of thirteen I practiced every day with the straight sword. I followed a strict vegetarian regimen, and harsh training of barefoot sprints (five) between cities, squats and breathing exercises (two bells), and sword drills and resistance training (three bells). By the age of sixteen, my body was a steel edifice. I was so often mistaken for a man I began to wear my hair long with no pins and unbind my breasts. I could break stone with my hands with no effort, I could sprint between the Yellow City and the Lunar dominions in a day or less and barely strain my breath. My mastery of the sword complete, I enlisted in the Middle Army's third legion, where I was widely respected as a swordswoman of incredible power. When it came time to face my first real opponent, the Colossus of Pardos, in my youthful pride and immense skill, I brought all my training and mastery to bear. Scarcely half a day passed before my sword was shattered into thirty pieces, my right leg was almost torn from its socket, and my honed body was broken pathetically in a hundred and forty places. I defeated him by gouging his brains out through his breathing valves. My thumbs, in this case, proved far more useful. At that moment, with my thumbs in his brains, I had a revelation. I had trained far too broadly. Existence and the act of combat are absolutely no different, and the essence of both, the purity of both, is a singular action, which is Cutting Down Your Opponent. You must resolve to train this action. You must become this action. Truly, there is very little else that will serve you as well in this entire cursed world."''
-->-- '''Meti's Sword Manual''', ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons''

->'''Cell:''' How did you acquire this new strength? Enlighten me!\\
'''Vegeta:''' [[MemeticMutation I do a lot of push-ups and sit-ups - and I drink plenty of juice.]]
-->-- ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' (Funimation dub)

->''One of the best things about DBZ is that, in regards to almost all the basic powers in the show, if the characters are asked how they can do what they just did, they can honestly say “I work out.”''
-->-- [[http://greentrickster.tumblr.com/post/166500394441 Tumblr post]]

->'''Klaus:''' What kind of a boy is this Hayate Ayasaki?\\
'''Maria:''' Um...let's see...He caught up to a car going 80km/h on a bicycle...and was run over like some trash in the street, but the boy was still fine.\\
''{{beat}}''\\
'''Klaus:''' Maria...what kind of Franchise/{{Gundam}} is he?\\
'''Maria:''' No...he's actually human.
-->--''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler''

-> ''"[[TheReveal Okay, here I go.]] The deciding factor for success for this hard training plan is if you can see it through to the end. This is the important part, [[{{Cyborg}} Genos.]] You have to keep yourself going no matter how tough it gets. [[SuperStrength I have become this strong in only three years.]] [[TrainingFromHell 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and 10km running.]] Every single day! It goes without saying that you have to eat three meals a day, but in the the mornings, a banana should be enough. Another rule is to never use your air conditioner, be it summer or winter, to mentally strengthen yourself. At first, it'll be tough as hell, and you'll start thinking that taking a day off isn't a big deal. [[{{Determinator}} But I didn't.]] In order to become a strong hero I didn't stop even when my whole body was in pain and I was spitting blood. Even when my legs felt heavy and refused to move, I kept doing squats. [[BodyHorror Even when my arms made strange cracking sounds]], I continued doing pushups. After about one and a half years of training, I noticed two things about myself: [[BaldOfAwesome I had lost all my hair,]] and I had become strong. In short, train so hard you think you'll die or lose your mind. That is the only way there is to become strong. [[EvilutionaryBiologist You guys messing around with evolution and the new human race and all that crap]] will never make it this far. The true power of us human beings is that we can change ourselves on our own."''

'''Klaus:''' Maria...what kind of [[Franchise/MobileSuitGundam Gundam]] is he?\\

-> ''"What do I care for your suffering? Pain, even agony, is no more than information before the senses, data fed to the computer of the mind. The lesson is simple: you have received the information, now act on it. Take control of the input and you shall become master of the output. "''

->''"Though we cannot make it possible to fly to the heavens like Franchise/{{Superman}} or to make your body transparent like Film/TheInvisibleMan, we can make things that are impossible for ordinary people possible, if you practice diligently."''

-->-- '''Number 7''', ''Oddman 11''

->One of the best things about DBZ is that, in regards to almost all the basic powers in the show, if the characters are asked how they can do what they just did, they can honestly say “I work out.”

->''" From the age of thirteen I practiced every day with the straight sword. I followed a strict vegetarian regimen, and harsh training of barefoot sprints (five) between cities, squats and breathing exercises (two bells), and sword drills and resistance training (three bells). By the age of sixteen, my body was a steel edifice. I was so often mistaken for a man I began to wear my hair long with no pins and unbind my breasts. I could break stone with my hands with no effort, I could sprint between the Yellow City and the Lunar dominions in a day or less and barely strain my breath. My mastery of the sword complete, I enlisted in the Middle Army's third legion, where I was widely respected as a swordswoman of incredible power. When it came time to face my first real opponent, the Colossus of Pardos, in my youthful pride and immense skill, I brought all my training and mastery to bear. Scarcely half a day passed before my sword was shattered into thirty pieces, my right leg was almost torn from its socket, and my honed body was broken pathetically in a hundred and forty places. I defeated him by gouging his brains out through his breathing valves. My thumbs, in this case, proved far more useful. At that moment, with my thumbs in his brains, I had a revelation. I had trained far too broadly. Existence and the act of combat are absolutely no different, and the essence of both, the purity of both, is a singular action, which is Cutting Down Your Opponent. You must resolve to train this action. You must become this action. Truly, there is very little else that will serve you as well in this entire cursed world."''

->''"Though we cannot make it possible to fly to the heavens like {{Superman}} or to make your body transparent like Film/TheInvisibleMan, we can make things that are impossible for ordinary people possible, if you practice diligently."''

'''Hit Girl:''' [[DoubleSubversion Except]] ''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome me]]''.

-> ''"[[TheReveal Okay, here I go.]] The deciding factor for success for this hard training plan is if you can see it through to the end. This is the important part, [[HollywoodCyborg Genos.]] You have to keep yourself going no matter how tough it gets. [[SuperStrength I have become this strong in only three years.]] [[TrainingFromHell 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and 10km running.]] Every single day! It goes without saying that you have to eat three meals a day, but in the the mornings, a banana should be enough. Another rule is to never use your air conditioner, be it summer or winter, to mentally strengthen yourself. At first, it'll be tough as hell, and you'll start thinking that taking a day off isn't a big deal. [[TheDeterminator But I didn't.]] In order to become a strong hero I didn't stop even when my whole body was in pain and I was spitting blood. Even when my legs felt heavy and refused to move, I kept doing squats. [[BodyHorror Even when my arms made strange cracking sounds, I continued doing pushups.]] After about one and a half years of training, I noticed two things about myself: [[BaldOfAwesome I had lost all my hair,]] and I had become strong. In short, train so hard you think you'll die or lose your mind. That is the only way there is to become strong. [[EvilutionaryBiologist You guys messing around with evolution and the new human race and all that crap will never make it this far.]] The true power of us human beings is that we can change ourselves on our own."''

'''Robo:''' That was like... [[LightningBruise being hit by a truck]]. And I've ''been'' hit by trucks.

-->--'''Montel Vontavious Porter''', ''[[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWE Friday Night Smackdown!]]''

-->--'''Jay Pinkerton and Peter Lynn''', ''[[http://jaypinkerton.com/batman-origin-comics/ Batman Origin Comics]]''

-->--''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear''

-->--''Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars''

->''"The real deathblow comes from Zell's kung fu. Because swords and meteors are one thing, but a good ChuckNorris roundhouse to the jaw will finish anything -- even ''the devil''!"''

-->--''SenkiZesshouSymphogear''

'''Hit Girl:''' [[DoubleSubversion Except]] ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome me]]''.

->''Though we cannot make it possible to fly to the heavens like {{Superman}} or to make your body transparent like Film/TheInvisibleMan, we can make things that are impossible for ordinary people possible, if you practice diligently.''

->''"When you feel someone's gaze on your exposed skin, you muscles contract out of nervousness, and you look slimmer. Having been completely naked since I was born... my muscular strength is now far beyond a normal person's."''