Goonhub
12-19-2012, 12:03 PM
Bench pressing is primarily a chest exercise, not an arm exercise. Pull-ups work out the back, not your hands/grip.
You could argue that this isn't a big deal because most people have no idea how to work out. I'm not talking about just SS13, I'm talking about the entire population. Even like 80% of the people who actually go to a gym have no clue what they're working out with particular motions, or they do the motions wrong. But by the same token, design has tried to follow reality with a lot of things, with handwavium shit only substituting when it gets into serious sci-fi.
Anyway point is I'm studying for a fitness biomechanics certification so I've got enough knowledge to make a spark, though I don't claim to be an expert by any stretch.
To force open an airlock - presuming you even wanted to do that since that sounds like a huge benefit in game - you'd need triceps primarily, with biceps secondary and chest tertiary. You need true arm exercises for that. You can use a barbell or dumbbells for that, but as far as a sabotage-ready machine you'd likely want a Preacher Curl Machine (obviously with integrated weights instead of a separate barbell). Preachers work out the bicep, and reverse Preachers work out the tricep. A sufficiently poorly designed machine could be sabotaged to have the weight fail to connect during the lift. Conceivable injuries involve punching yourself in the face with a normal Preacher, or busting the shit out of your legs (or maybe groin if the machine was REALLY badly designed) on a reverse Preacher. Both could lead to stuns/KOs.
Better grip is usually a function of practical use, not focused training. There are a few things you can buy, like grippers, but they are so specialized (and small) that it's unlikely you'd ever find one in a gym. If you're trying to develop that in the gym you typically mimic the practical uses. A climbing wall comes instantly to mind as a good one for that, and it's sufficiently susceptible to sabotage to be appropriate. Just have the safety harnesses handled by an emaggable computer system.
You could argue that this isn't a big deal because most people have no idea how to work out. I'm not talking about just SS13, I'm talking about the entire population. Even like 80% of the people who actually go to a gym have no clue what they're working out with particular motions, or they do the motions wrong. But by the same token, design has tried to follow reality with a lot of things, with handwavium shit only substituting when it gets into serious sci-fi.
Anyway point is I'm studying for a fitness biomechanics certification so I've got enough knowledge to make a spark, though I don't claim to be an expert by any stretch.
To force open an airlock - presuming you even wanted to do that since that sounds like a huge benefit in game - you'd need triceps primarily, with biceps secondary and chest tertiary. You need true arm exercises for that. You can use a barbell or dumbbells for that, but as far as a sabotage-ready machine you'd likely want a Preacher Curl Machine (obviously with integrated weights instead of a separate barbell). Preachers work out the bicep, and reverse Preachers work out the tricep. A sufficiently poorly designed machine could be sabotaged to have the weight fail to connect during the lift. Conceivable injuries involve punching yourself in the face with a normal Preacher, or busting the shit out of your legs (or maybe groin if the machine was REALLY badly designed) on a reverse Preacher. Both could lead to stuns/KOs.
Better grip is usually a function of practical use, not focused training. There are a few things you can buy, like grippers, but they are so specialized (and small) that it's unlikely you'd ever find one in a gym. If you're trying to develop that in the gym you typically mimic the practical uses. A climbing wall comes instantly to mind as a good one for that, and it's sufficiently susceptible to sabotage to be appropriate. Just have the safety harnesses handled by an emaggable computer system.