Where do you Grip a Human Weight?

I once saw my cousin do biceps curls with my niece. Something to pass the time while waiting in a mortuary lobby, I suppose. He made it look easy. Seems like bench-pressing an adult could be a little more complicated.

Human weights pose for photographers as they stand in a line in order of their weight at a Gymbox gym in London January 21, 2009. A British gym is trying to add human interest to otherwise dreary workouts by replacing traditional dumbbell weights with human ones.The Gymbox chain gym in central London says fitness enthusiasts can now swap their usual lumps of metal for human beings in a range of shapes and sizes.

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May the Wrath of Hanuman Descend upon You

Monkey with a mission

Reuters, Jan 30 - In India's southern Karnataka, a monkey prevents the authorities from demolishing a roadside temple by attacking officials who venture near the temple premises.

The bizarre incident saw the monkey defending the temple dedicated to Hindu monkey god 'Hanuman'.

The authorities in the Kolar region of the state are planning to demolish the temple to widen the national highway on which it is located.Locals said the monkey normally does not harm anybody but surprisingly turned hostile towards the officials who came with the intention of demolishing the temple.