- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
If you have read the books (which you must, BTW) you will know that he was a regular kid until he got kidnapped from his parents at the ripe age of 6. He was trained as a regular soldier until about 20. At that time, he had a surgery that genetically enhanced him, such as better eye sight, stronger muscles, thicker and stronger bones, and faster reflexes. With these enhancements, he was stronger, faster, and smarter as a soldier. He trained with these improvements for a couple of more years until he got the MJOLINR armor. Which increased all of these abilities even further.
So technically, he is a human encased inside of a machine.