It’s all about the grip. Just stand behind her, have her tilt her weight slightly forward and with just 2 fingers I could put her a good 4 feet in the air… 
I’d be scared of breaking her!
Hey, the link doesn’t work homie! Can you post a working one again?
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looks like it has something to do with where she grabs you: like the harder you lift, the more she actually gets pressed into the ground:
That is what is happening. As the force is exerted up on her waist, she presses down and it is transfered to their arms.
Similar trick: Sit in a chair, have someone try to push you over. Easy. Now, do it again but this time place both hands under their elbows (or general area) saying that you don’t want to go flying when they succeed. They can’t move you. The force is being directed in a triangle from their hands to your shoulders then down and back to their arms. Be sure to bet a beer or something on the second try.
Unbendable arm. Lay it on their shoulder, bicep up, but flex your wrist downward (like hammering something). Arm mechanics won’t let it bend.
And who says that they don’t teach you anything in shaolin-do? 
Grab her teets… 
I was thinking of rubbing some other area 
Even without Golden Tiger’s force returning idea (which is quite intetresting actually, have to have a play with it) her arm position IS preventing them from lifting her efficiently, thus aiding whatever trick she is using by stopping them from getting underneath her.
The glam shot with her at the comedy/magic club where the two buff guys are trying to pick her up is fake. As for the rest, look at the tension in her hands, its definately a combination between the placement of her hands, and relaxation. Ever try to pick up a dead body? its hard. She is basically doubling her weight. so in essence they are all trying to pick up 300 lbs. of constantly changing weight disribution.
“Ever try to pick up a dead body?” Um, I have, but I’m a touch concerned that you have :eek:
yeah, it looks like she’s applying a little downward force on thier elbows or inward to the joint. that’ll rob you of lifting power, even if using your legs. it actually freezes the arm in the position she sets it in and as you lift your arms change position, even if only using your legs. you’d have to lock your arms in position with your elbows close to your hips before she grips you then lift by legs.
I’ll giv you a $100 if I could pick her up that way.
pinch her boob, distract her mind, and then pick her up 
dont be too concerned, Im not.
I don’t know about these girls, it looks like they are pushing down, but…
I had a friend who did akido who could do this trick. He had two of us on either side trying to lift him by his arm pits. His arms out to the side didn’t touch us. And yes if you distract them it dosen’t work, the real trick is to not get distracted. It’s a mind/Chi trick, he tried to teach us. Relax you body, metaly picture you have roots that go deep in to the ground, and don’t get distracted. when they try to pick you up stay relaxed, if you stiffen up at all it won’t work.
I don’t want to seem gross, but if you have ever tried to pick up a dead body it is very difficult. That is why it is called DEAD WEIGHT!! I agree there is no clearly defined center of gravity and the body is so loose it is very difficult to hold on too! Even when you do lift it it slips out of your hands if you have to carry it very far!
Make it an unconcious person then, it should be the same thing.
I suspect others are right that it’s probably a combination of her hand/arm position on the lifters’ arms and her relaxing her body to make it more limp. The relaxing gets the dead weight effect already mentioned. And as people noted, it’s a lot harder to lift someone who’s completely limp than one who’s got some muscle tension. Her hands and arms could be positioned to redistribute the force applied to her body and/or to affect the lifters’ arm use in some way. Anatomy isn’t really my thing. When there are two people, true, she can only hold on to one arm from each person. But in those pictures she’s always holding both people’s left arm, so one lifter is using the arm more on her stomach while the other is using the arm more on her back. Particularly if her grip is affecting the arms she holds, this could make it harder for them to lift her since they’re applying force from opposite sides. If they’re misaligned, you’ll get rotation rather than a canceling of the horizontal force to leave only the upward force.
There’s a bit more to it than just relaxing. You need to hyper aware of the people lifting you, of how the force is affecting your body to lift it, if you will. There are a thousand little points of pressure. Not only were they are actually touching you, but also on other parts of your body. When someone lifts you by the arms, you feel some tention on other joints of your body, such as hips, knees, ect. The trick is to keep the relacation “active”, i.e. moving to counter thier efforts.
Actually, all of you guys are right. It is just a trick. There are a few facts in this:
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She is using dead weight.
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Her arm placement does affect the guys ability to lift her.
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They are trying to lift her from the waist, and it is very difficult to lift someone with out thinking that you will crush them when they are using dead weight.
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Leverage
I just tried it on a female friend of mine who is only 90 lbs. I could easy throw her 5 yards. I told her what to do, and I couldn’t lift her.
However, this TRICK of hers doesn’t work if you lift from behind under the armpits. :mad: