[quote]ElbowStrike wrote:
Alright fuckers it’s time for some epic fucking nerdery in this thread:
From: Coefficient of Friction for Skin: The Incredible Hulk - The Physics Factbook
The Hulk immobilizes four fully armed Abrams M1 tanks, and two RAH-66 Comanche helicopters in the remote desert before arriving at San Francisco, and freefalling from an F-22 fighter plane at flight level higher than 950 (95,000 feet or 28.96 kilometers). In one instance, he lifts up one of the Abrams and swings it in 3 full circular revolutions before finally releasing it into the sky. Interestingly and miraculously, the troop inside the tank survives the entire ordeal.
According to Wikipedia, the Abrams tank weighs about about 61.4 tonnes (or 61,400 kilograms), and is about 9.76 meters long, with its 5.89 meter gun included. According to IMDb The Hulk himself weighs about 3,400 pounds or 1657 kg when he’s at his maximum mass. His onscreen height is about 15 feet or 4.6 meters. Using this data, and the tangential velocity we are about measure, we can determine the centripetal acceleration of, and the centripetal force applied by the tank.
…
Conclusion
The Hulk throws the Abrams tank, weighing 61,400 kg, 420 m away. Or in other words, Hulk’s got pretty big muscles. On the side note, the guy in the tank somehow managed to survive this throw.
61,400 kg hammer thrown 420 meters…
From this article: http://www.athleticscoaching.ca/UserFiles/File/Sport%20Science/Theory%20&%20Methodology/Throwing%20Events/Hammer%20Throw/NSA%20Round%20Table%20-%20Hammer.pdf
Of the types of exercises that specifically determine performance in the hammer
throw, the following are the most effective: bench press, snatch, squats, clean and
jerk, standing long and triple jump, throwing the shot forwards and behind the
head.
(This information is based on the statistical analysis of the results of tests carried
out on 82 hammer throwers).
Below are the results of the testing of the physical conditioning of hammer
throwers. The statistical characteristics of the selection are: std. dev. = standard
deviation, min. and max. = minimum and maximum value of the parameters.
Statistical characteristics:
Competition Result(m): 72.40
Bench Press(kg): 127.6
etc,
etc…
According to Wikipedia: Hammer throw - Wikipedia
…the men’s competition hammer weighs 7.257kg.
A 61,400 kg tank thrown 420 meters works out to roughly…
61,400 kg * 420 m / 7.257 kg = 3,553,534 meters
So at a ratio of 72.40 meters to a 127.6 kg bench press 1RM…
That’s 3,553,534 meters to a 1RM bench press of 6,262,858 kg, or:
13,778,288 pounds, or:
153,092 plates per side.
I have to say that’s pretty good.
You know, for a girl.
ElbowStrike[/quote]
Hmm seems kinda light