The Breakdown: Defying Death at the Gym

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 15:35 in Health & Medicine

Who isn't amused by the rare and impressive science-savvy party trick? One that involves the potential to risk death death by flinging yourself Superman-like at a bouncy training ball, only to have it pop you back up in an amazingly graceful backflip? Before you cry "impossible," here are the physics behind this seemingly impossible stunt. read more

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