Watts the amount Eddie Hall could save on his electricity bill?
Keywords:
Sports, Physics, Deadlift, Power-Energy, Mechanics, Eddie HallAbstract
This paper investigates the amount of electrical energy the deadlift world record holder, Eddie Hall, could produce to aid towards his home electrical power supply. This would be done by deadlifting on a theoretical weights machine which converts mechanical energy into electrical energy. Assuming that Eddie can deadlift 465 kg [1] for a total of 100 repetitions throughout the day, every day for a year, it has been calculated that 21.8kWh of electrical energy could be generated. This amount of energy would save him a total of £4.15 on his electricity bill for the year.References
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