This is interesting, 110lb woman cannot be lifted off of the ground

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DanTMWTMP

DanTMWTMP

Lifer
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Originally posted by: wetcat007
Originally posted by: RaistlinZ
LOL. It's not amazing, just simple leverage I think. You notice they all are trying to lift her with their hands around her waist. You'll also notice that the lady has her hands on their arms, so she's using their weight to help keep herself grounded.

If they were to simply wrap their arms around her legs and lift (or keep her from putting her hands on their arms) they would be able to lift her easily.
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hmm good catch
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haha ya, i noticed it after he mentioned it. interesting
 
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Mucho

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The original Houdini not Harry use to do a trick where no one could lift his 8 year old son off the stage. It was learned he boy had a metal belt and a giant magnet was below the stage.
 
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Goosemaster

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Originally posted by: Mucho
The original Houdini not Harry use to do a trick where no one could lift his 8 year old son off the stage. It was learned he boy had a metal belt and a giant magnet was below the stage.
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Then one of those Wayward Wright brother's flew over the building and the engine wisked the poor boy away:p
 
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Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
Originally posted by: wetcat007
Originally posted by: RaistlinZ
LOL. It's not amazing, just simple leverage I think. You notice they all are trying to lift her with their hands around her waist. You'll also notice that the lady has her hands on their arms, so she's using their weight to help keep herself grounded.

If they were to simply wrap their arms around her legs and lift (or keep her from putting her hands on their arms) they would be able to lift her easily.
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hmm good catch
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haha ya, i noticed it after he mentioned it. interesting
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Notice how she how her hands are posiioned inder their arms
 
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Thinking about this it may be that she is standing slightly off centre to the person picking her up.
If the spine is not straight the body will limit the amount of force it can exert to protect the spine.
Try it by standing with one leg on a surface 1cm higher than the other and seeing how much you can lift in front of you!
 
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chambersc

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To that magnet folks:

I thought the same thing as you. Look at the last picture (I think it's the last) where she's standing on a tarmac. You can't have a magnet below the concrete. I also don't know what to believe about the muscle hypothesis. If you look at some of the guys, she couldn't squeeze hard enough so that they wouldn't have full control of their muscles without them noticing -- hell, on some of those guys, she couldn't squeeze hard enough in general because they're (the muscles) so big. Plus, maybe I'm being naive but I think that she's just resting her hands on the inside of the arms as it's the most logical place for her to put them.
 
HeroOfPellinor

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Criss Angel did this too and, oddly, his hands were positioned exactly where hers are on people's arms. Not shens, just physics.
 
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Tom

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Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Criss Angel did this too and, oddly, his hands were positioned exactly where hers are on people's arms. Not shens, just physics.
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I think you are right, but I can't figure out why ?

Is the placement of her arms making the lifter try to lift their own body ? Or is limiting their lifting power to just their forearms ?

 
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DaShen

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Originally posted by: RaistlinZ
LOL. It's not amazing, just simple leverage I think. You notice they all are trying to lift her with their hands around her waist. You'll also notice that the lady has her hands on their arms, so she's using their weight to help keep herself grounded.

If they were to simply wrap their arms around her legs and lift (or keep her from putting her hands on their arms) they would be able to lift her easily.
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QFT...

In fact a lot of the tricks in martial arts work with the same principle. To center the core muscles and use leverage to manipulate the movement of others.
 
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Yanagi

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Originally posted by: Jeeebus
just give her five dolla, you pick her up long time.
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And 2 days after yo'll see her on the street screaming: CD/DVD FIVE DOLLA! NO 50 cents, FIVE DOLLA!
 
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mugs

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You can make yourself more difficult to lift, but not impossible.

I'll believe it when she lets me try it myself. ;)
 
HeroOfPellinor

HeroOfPellinor

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Originally posted by: Tom
Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Criss Angel did this too and, oddly, his hands were positioned exactly where hers are on people's arms. Not shens, just physics.
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I think you are right, but I can't figure out why ?

Is the placement of her arms making the lifter try to lift their own body ? Or is limiting their lifting power to just their forearms ?
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I'm pretty sure it's just leverage. No matter how strong you are, you need to have something near your center of gravity to lift it. If, by bracing against their elbow she can keep herself further away from their center of gravity there's no way she can be lifted. It could literally be a matter of inches.
 
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