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CLASSIC: Real-life Superpowers

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Myostatin Related Muscle Hypertrophy

By eight months old, Liam could do a pull up. And by nine months, he could climb up and down stairs. So soon the family thought what's going on here allegedly figured they should get it checked out. They took him to a specialist who diagnosed Liam with a rare condition that's loosely called myostatin related muscle hypertrophy. It's not a gene that is supposed to give you super strength. But when it's broken, you get more muscle essentially.

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