StepCentre of mass inside base of support
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Goblet carry

One 20 kg dumbbell held upright at the chest, shown as a march on the spot because the model has no walking gait yet. The load in front challenges upright posture and breathing.

2°Ankle dorsiflexion
2°Knee flexion
1°Hip flexion
1°Trunk from vertical
43°Arm to trunk
133°Elbow flexion
20Ankle spacing, cm
14Hand spacing, cm
-1Knee outside ankle, cm
–Knee cave, ° inside toe line
50 / 50Load left / right, %
0Pelvis drop, cm

Load and joint demand

Load in the model: 20 kg. Balance and joint demand re-solve as you change it.

Lower back
58 / 58
Hip extensors
29 / 29
Knee extensors
30 / 49
Calves
36 / 72
Shoulder, per side
55 / 55
Elbow, per side
60 / 60

N·m now / peak over the rep.

Faults

Faults grow with knee bend and apply to lifts standing on the floor. The fault check flags a knee caving more than 10° inside the line of the toes and a load split beyond 60/40. Knee cave shows best in the front camera.

Body

Femur changes keep standing height fixed by shortening or lengthening the torso. Longer femurs force more forward lean in any squat.

Muscles worked

Upper back
60 pts
Abs and core
49 pts
Glutes
28 pts
Biceps
19 pts

Effort and your quota

4.5/10 effort4.5fatigue per set

Your quota per set: carry 20 kg each hand for 42 s, stopping 2 reps short of failure.

One hard set earns 28 legs points, 72 pull points, 19 arms points, 49 core points.

Prime movers

Upper back, abdominals, biceps (holding), gluteus medius.

What to look for

  • Stand tall; do not lean back.
  • Keep the elbows tucked under the dumbbell.
  • Take short, even steps.
How the model works, and its limits

One 3D skeleton drives both views. Segment lengths and widths are Winter's anthropometric ratios of height; segment masses and centre-of-mass positions follow Dempster's data. For free-standing lifts the whole-body angle is found numerically so the combined centre of mass of lifter and load sits over the middle of the foot. Arms and legs use two-link inverse kinematics with a pole direction. Rep timing follows a minimum-jerk profile.

Balance is quasi-static, so ballistic lifts are shown slowed down. Cable pull and pad support forces are not modelled. The spine is one rigid segment and joints have no range-of-motion limits or muscle forces.