Free food for lifting a chair...

ewker · 22-Sep-03, 12:13 AM

ok, so there's a local restaurant that has this gimmick to get a free meal, and i'm hoping some of you all can give me any pointers you may have. alright, what you have to do is get on your knees, put one hand on the ground and the other around the very bottom of a chair leg. now if you can lift the chair off the ground you get a free meal. the owner of the restaurant is not much bigger than i am. i'm around 5'10" 170 and workout quite often. now he does have relatively larger forearms than i. do any of you know any tricks to do this, or should i just start doing a certain forearm workout? if so, which workout would be best for this? (and no dirty jokes please)

abarlament · 22-Sep-03, 11:07 AM

Try to jerk it up, lifting it slowly would seem pretty tough, just try to jerk it up, but it sounds like forearm and shoulder strength are the most important.

**cursor** · 22-Sep-03, 11:33 AM

Get your body as close as possible to the chair (while still allowing room to lift it). Focusing the center of gravity closer to the core of your body will give you serious mechanical advantage. Try it at home with your own chair. Experiment and see how you position with respect to the chair changes things.

Timbers · 22-Sep-03, 11:41 AM

let us know how you do!

PoorBoyTek · 22-Sep-03, 11:47 AM

sounds like wrist strength as well...u allowed to wear wrist support?

ewker · 22-Sep-03, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by PoorBoyTek

sounds like wrist strength as well...u allowed to wear wrist support?

i don't know if you are allowed to wear one or not, but the owner can do it without one so i'm assuming you probably can't

TsiTalon · 22-Sep-03, 11:02 PM

just pick the chair up, hit the manager over the head with it and take meal !

arbit · 27-Sep-03, 04:02 AM

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/bbin...?page=Forearms

PS: I had to try the chair trik. Coodnt do it

But my forearms/wrists(as well as my chest/biceps/triceps/quads/hams/neck) are small an week

**Jaster** · 27-Sep-03, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by ewker

ok, so there's a local restaurant that has this gimmick to get a free meal, what you have to do is get on your knees, put one hand on the ground and the other around the very bottom of a chair leg. now if you can lift the chair off the ground you get a free meal.

WHERE, WHERE!!!
I can get free food!!

Hell I will lift that chair and toss into the next county!!

Merrida · 27-Sep-03, 12:37 PM

I'll bet Jakandan is a good one to ask. I have a feeling this is a "trick" not an endeavor of strength. Probably has more to do with physics. It's like standing straight against a wall and trying to touch your toes. Can't do it.

DaLinkWent · 27-Sep-03, 12:52 PM

I'd guess that Merrida uis right it probably has something to do with physics or leverage.

Maybe it has something to with where on the leg you grab the chair . . .

**cursor** · 29-Sep-03, 01:36 PM

So ... what happened with the free meal? Was it good?

mustang GT · 05-Oct-03, 11:33 PM

I have strong forearms, so I would get that free meal! But if it really has to do with physics and leverage, then I would have to use a different technique.