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Seminar Christophe CLANET

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Dr. Christophe CLANET

LadHyX, Ecole polytechnique

 

« Physics of weightlifting »

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Hossein Rezazadeh, Iran (M0 = 152 kg) lifting a weight of M = 240 kg
© Christophe Clanet LadHyX, Ecole polytechnique

How does a human lift a weight ? Can we relate the dynamics of the lift to the molecular actin-myosin interactions responsible for muscle contraction ? We address these questions with bench press experiments that we analyze with a theoretical model, based on the sliding filament theory. The agreement is fair and we discuss its possible extension to medical diagnostics.

 

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