I've read thru the sections in The Ultimate Brick on real-life weight-lifting values and how to achieve similar results with HERO. But, I was wondering if raw STR would really be how to model things like Olympic or World records.
My thought would be to base it off of an EGO Roll (vis-a-vis Pushing). Say you had a character with 15 STR, he would always be able to bench press 150 kg, clean and jerk 100 kg, dead lift 180 kg, leg press 400 kg, and snatch 80 kg. That sounds impressive, especially if converted to English measurements. If the character makes his EGO Roll to Push, he just became a 20 STR character for purposes of one event. So, those numbers go to 300 kg bench press, 200 kg clean and jerk, 360 kg dead lift, 800 kg leg press, 160 kg snatch. From what i recall, those sound remarkably like the actual records. And it would also match that real-life weight-lifters can't always make the lift when it counts (they fail their EGO Roll).
This has been intriguing me for some time, as it seems that many people assume that 20 STR would be the max that a human could have for STR, at least for NCM. That 20 STR would make the character better than any current record-holder.
It seems to me, that EGO should be a central factor to almost any dedicated character. Especially to any character taking a background of Physical Training or Mental Training as it would be the basis for the character to push themselves to achieve and maintain their capabilities. Not left behind, as only valuable for mentalists.
I would appreciate any comments on my analysis, especially any constructive criticism. I don't know if I'm understanding the underlying essence of EGO in HERO.