musclebound

[ muhs-uh l-bound ]

/ ˈmʌs əlˌbaʊnd /

having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.

rigid; inflexible: musclebound rules.

Origin of musclebound

First recorded in 1875–80; muscle + -bound¹

Batman is then drawn back to Gotham to do battle with the muscle-bound menace Bane, played by Tom Hardy.

2012’s Most Anticipated Movies: Dark Knight Rises, Hunger Games, More |Marlow Stern |January 4, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Hot, scantily clad girl with perpetually dewy skin plus a muscle-bound, invincible, heat-packing man?

Film-Inspired Cocktails: Fast Five |Brody Brown |May 1, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
And so for the opening round of political punditry, we turned to the muscle-bound grapplers themselves.

Senate Smackdown |Bryan Curtis |September 16, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
I'm not going to try and cure this planet full of muscle-bound sharpshooters.

Deathworld |Harry Harrison

And I'm glad to see your mind isn't as muscle-bound as your body.

Deathworld |Harry Harrison
The rigid school is muscle-bound, and lacks life and vitality.

The Renaissance of the Vocal Art |Edmund Myer
For athletics they had their turn vereins in which men went through hard, laborious exercises which made them muscle-bound.

History of the American Negro in the Great World War |W. Allison Sweeney
It was a heavy and muscle-bound business, as that of a man shoeing his first horse.

The Open Boat and Other Stories |Stephen Crane

muscle-bound

having overdeveloped and inelastic muscles

lacking flexibility

musclebound

Having inelastic, overdeveloped muscles that function poorly together for concerted action.