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Re:The Scientific 7-Minute Workout by jacques_chester on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @10:55AM (#5705237)
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.

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Re:The Scientific 7-Minute Workout by nikster on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @11:04AM (#5705335)
Tigers.

Do I need to say more?

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Re:The Scientific 7-Minute Workout by pvnick on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @11:11AM (#5705391)
Imagine if tigers started doing compound weightlifting exercises. We humans would be doomed.
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Re:The Scientific 7-Minute Workout by jacques_chester on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @07:47PM (#5709183)
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.
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