Re:The Scientific 7-Minute Workout
by jacques_chester on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @10:55AM
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Smaller animals have a higher power to weight ratio than larger animals, because strength scales as a quadratic function and mass as a cubic function.
For the same reason, smaller weightlifers snatch a larger multiple of bodyweight than bigger weightlifters. At the Olympic level it goes from about 3xBW down to 1.6xBW depending on weight division.
Also, humans are upright bipeds in a body that has the architectural hallmarks of a system for quadripedal locomotion. Cats have not compromised those advantages: we have.
Tigers.
Do I need to say more?
Imagine if tigers started doing compound weightlifting exercises. We humans would be doomed.
Re:The Scientific 7-Minute Workout
by jacques_chester on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @07:47PM
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Yes. Proportionally, tigers can't jump as high as their smaller cousins, can't run as fast as their smaller cousins and unlike humans still use quadripedal locomotion.
Re:The Scientific 7-Minute Workout
by cantgetnode on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @11:27AM
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Dude my cat barely sleeps at all, and I have literally seen her drag a 90 pound deer up a tree. Her power to weight ratio is off the charts and she has a VO2 max of 88.0 at her peak. I too, do not go to the gym. I just do power squats all day.
Look at cats. Cats sleep up to 17 hours a day. They lie around seemingly doing nothing most of their waking hours. But if you watch a cat work out - wow!! it works out. It's going all out for a few minutes. Talking about a healthy country cat here, which, compared to its body weight pulls of physical feats a human can only dream of.
People often ask me if I go to the gym. Nope. I just do push ups now and then, not even every day, but when I do, I do them properly, military style push ups until I almost faint. Between 50 and 80 full on ones seems to do it for me. Takes... 2 minutes or so?! Fitness secrets!