A lot of cases have been described when, having got into an extreme situation, a person showed great power, in particular, he was able to lift a passenger car to free the person he has clasped. We decided to check whether in critical conditions a person becomes so strong.
For example, in 2012 ABC television company toldthat 22-year-old Lauren Kornaki lifted the BMW 525i light car, which, breaking off the jack, fell on her father. The girl was able not only to free him, but also to carry out resuscitation actions, which allowed him to survive before the arrival of the doctors. At the same time, she never engaged in power sports. Even earlier, in 1982, Reportedthat the city of Lorensville (Georgia) Angela Kavallo freed his son from under the 1964 Chevrolet Impala. She was able to raise a car weighing 1.75 tons by 10 cm above the ground.
Similar phenomena are manifestations of the so -called hysterical power. Several dozen situations are described when people allegedly lifted not only cars, but also SUVs, as well as agricultural technology. Scientists relate to such manifestations of endurance extremely skeptical, since such situations cannot be simulated artificially and prove this phenomenon by experimentally. “You cannot organize such an experiment in the laboratory - after all, it is necessary that people believe that their lives are in danger of real danger,” - explains E. Paul Grain, a teacher of neurobiology and kinesiology at the University of Victoria in the province of British Colombia, Canada.
The awakening of such physical strength in extreme conditions Related With the emission of adrenaline. The stressful situation stimulates the hypothalamus - the area of the brain, which is also responsible for the balance of tension and relaxation. He sends the signal to the adrenal glands, which begin to earnestly produce adrenaline (in a scientific epinephrine) and norepinephrine (Norepinephrine). These two hormones increase heart rate, accelerate breathing, expand the pupils and slow down digestion. The level of blood saturation with oxygen increases sharply. Adrenaline also accelerates the processing of glycogen into glucose, which gives a huge charge of energy. All these processes are evolutionarily debugged and occur almost instantly, which allows you to quickly begin to act in critical situations, including lifting heavy objects.
In sports, the exercise when the athlete leans and lifts the bar with several discs from the ground, is called a standing traction. World record belongs The Lithuanian athlete is a Jew of Savitskas, who was able to raise 523.8 kg. It turns out that in cases of hysterical power, an ordinary person should two to three times higher than the athlete's record.
However, researchers converge In the opinion, in such stories, the raised weight is most often overstated. If you consider an example with a car, then the weight of the entire car is taken for the raised weight. At the same time, in order to free a clamped person, it is necessary to raise only one side of it. The weight in this case is also distributed to those wheels that remain on the ground. It is also worth considering that the car is not homogeneous in weight: the hardest part - the cylinder block - is usually located in the front central region, and usually lift from the extreme parts. Thus, the weight of 150-200 kg is the most realistic.
One of those who experienced a surge of hysterical power is 32-year-old Nick Harris. To free the six -year -old neighbor, he Raised Mercury sedan. After the incident, he tried several times to repeat this, but he never managed to even tear off other cars from the ground a little. This indirectly confirms that outside of extreme situations, a person without special preparation for this is not capable of this.
Robert Girandola, teacher of kinesiology at the University of South California, confirms: “Obviously, this potential is laid in us, there is nothing supernatural in this manifestation of power. Although, of course, no one raises the whole car. ”
Thus, the stories about heroes lifting cars, in order to save the people clamped under them, really took place, but the weight raised in them was incorrectly indicated. A person in an extreme situation is quite capable of raising the edge of the car by several centimeters, which is usually enough to extract the victim. At the same time, no one ever lifted the entire car into the air.
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