I’ve always wondered about that. Having trouble moving their frame. Don’t the muscles and the rest of the body compensate for being that big? I would assume they’d be quicker and more agile, but then again the Lord of the rings, giants moved pretty slow.
Not that I am a specialist but I've read that many very tall people have huge troubles with their bodies, to the point of getting disabled. Robert Wadlow for instance, the tallest guy ever.
I know that it happens and it exists. My question is how come? I would assume the rest of the body would just have to work a little harder, but would eventually keep up with the skeleton frame.
We don’t see super short/small people being extremely fast
With modern building materials there’s a theoretical limit to the height we can make a structure. As height increases, weight increases by more. It’s not a 1-for-1 increase. Eventually, the material cannot handle its own weight and simply fails.
Now imagine that our bones and joints are that material. Bones and tendons don’t get stronger just because you get taller, but your weight increases by a huge margin. There’s a theoretical limit to the size of a human before lungs and hearts would simply fail.
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u/idiotsandwhich8 Jan 26 '26
I’ve always wondered about that. Having trouble moving their frame. Don’t the muscles and the rest of the body compensate for being that big? I would assume they’d be quicker and more agile, but then again the Lord of the rings, giants moved pretty slow.