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spaced | 18:09 Tue 06th Jun 2006 | Science
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If every muscle in your body could be put together to make one big muslce, how much weight could you lift?
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This question cannot be answered, because if you made a larger muscle it could not attach to the bones in the same way that a small muscle could therefore the leverage ratios would change, so in fact the question really has no meaning.


Technically if all your muscles were put together then you would be abe to lift anything because there would be no agonist muscle stopping the bones of the joint being seperated from each other by the 'working' muscle. also you'd have no stabalising muscle at the point of origin, meaning basically you'd lift ****** all.

I'll have a go and dismiss the techy stuff. Assuming this muscle is hanging from a crane, then attaching a weight to the bottom. then by adding up what you think each body muscle is capable of lifting, ie calf =20 stone x 2 (2 legs) then thighs, arms, back, jaw, shoulders, neck, tongue, crikey there's loads of 'em, backside even! don't forget that most of these have more than one muscle in there!.....etc etc...I'd guess at at least a ton+. Good question spaced!


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