Tug-of-war

One, two, three – pull! In this experiment, you can challenge yourself and your body! How strong are you? Is it possible to improve your results? Can you pull harder by using your body's position, strength, speed and stamina?

People have been able to measure workhorses' ability to pull by connecting a pair of Shire horses to a dynamometer that measures force. The dynamometer was not enough, but it was estimated that the horses' traction was about 5 tons!