I thought people here would find this to be of interest. I don't know if I'll be able to watch the show or not, but I'll try.

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/29/717863.aspx

This quote is relevant to what guys like Dan John, Alwyn Cosgrove, and Mike Boyle have been pointing for some time...

Two hundred muscles come into play when you walk, and you use 100 muscles when steering a car. Even lifting a cup of coffee exercises 70 muscles.

And to generate some discussion, I was wondering what you guys thought of this...

Normally, your muscles use only a third of their fibers at a time. But in extreme situations, like lifting a half-ton rock to save your life, all those fibers come into play.

We've all heard anecdotes of mothers suddenly being able to lift a car off of their child who is trapped underneath or similar things... Do you believe that these claims are correct or is there always some other explanation? Personally, I find it odd that not a single person (including professional athletes like power lifters, Olympic lifters, strongmen competitors, even MMA-type fighters) has yet figured out how to call upon this seemingly supernatural, disproportionate level strength at will.

Tim

DAMNIT. I had been waiting for a couple of weeks to watch that show yesterday. I even had a little note on my desktop to remind me. Oh well. If it's a series that's going to be on regularly though, I'll have to make damn sure I catch it.

DAMNIT. I had been waiting for a couple of weeks to watch that show yesterday. I even had a little note on my desktop to remind me. Oh well. If it's a series that's going to be on regularly though, I'll have to make damn sure I catch it.
I was curious about it, and we forgot to catch it too. TLC re-runs those kinds of programs constantly, so I'm sure it'll come back around.

-R

figured out how to call upon this seemingly supernatural, disproportionate level strength at will.Have you seen this guy? I'd say he does a pretty good job.
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Have you seen this guy? I'd say he does a pretty good job.

That's a very entertaining video and an awesome performance on his part, but it's not what I would call "disproportionate" strength. He's a pretty big dude who I'm sure has been training for a 1-RM deadlift for a long time. And he's not lifting 3 times the weight of other power lifters/strongman competitors of comparable size.

Tim

Personally, I find it odd that not a single person (including professional athletes like power lifters, Olympic lifters, strongmen competitors, even MMA-type fighters) has yet figured out how to call upon this seemingly supernatural, disproportionate level strength at will.

Tim

There is a very good reason for that. Your body has inhibitory and feedback mechanisms to prevent you from exerting so much strength that you tear muscles, damage tendons and bones etc. Powerlifters and Olympic lifters who train for strength do indeed recruit larger percentages of their muscle fibers than does your standard gym rat -- but even those guys don't have 100% neural activation, yet a good number of them still have more injuries than they can count (ever read Dave Tate's injury list? It would take me all day just to type it!).

Have you seen this guy? I'd say he does a pretty good job.
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It looks like he grabs something from behind his ear and snorts it just prior to the final lift. Some kind of popper? Stimulant?

This sounds interesting.

I'll be downloading it from here (http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=human+body+pushing+the+limits).

It looks like he grabs something from behind his ear and snorts it just prior to the final lift. Some kind of popper? Stimulant?
Ammonia cap or related item.

I for one, don't doubt that the extremes people can go to, to save themselves or others. I'd like to think that if i was in a situation that I wouldn't be limited by a injury or a handicap that stopped me.