Piggy backing is basically an ideal weight distribution -- the higher you carry the weight, the easier it is. This is even better than a backpack in that regard.

Still, 160 pounds is a lot to drag around for 1/4 mile, and someone who only weighs 150 is probably not going to be able to handle that unless he's remarkably strong.

80 pounds is something that is definitely doable, but this depends on the condition of the lighter guy. Based on the fact that he thought he could carry 160 pounds in a sack around his waist, it's pretty clear that this one has no idea what he is doing and loses unless the fat guy collapses before walking 400 meters.

picturing this right now. lmao thanks for the laugh

either that, or the skinny guy moves his head too much to one side and hurts himself badly. not sure if it's possible to break your neck that way but i wouldn't be surprised. i know people carry stuff on their heads, but that stuff falls off if you lose balance, it doesn't pull your head down.

also +1 for this goes the way of the LA walk prop bet

lolololol

did this happen?

I'm 5'11" 155lbs. Nonsmoker. I don't exercise regularly. Conversation with girlfriend regarding this bet went like this...

Me: Alright. Once around the track. 330lb. fatty versus me with an 80 pound backpack. Who takes it?

Her: Are you carrying anything?

Me: The 80lb backpack.

Her: Well the big guy is going to be better conditioned to carrying the weight.

Me: He's 330 pounds! He's not conditioned to do anything but fall over and eat a cheeseburger.

So of course, I grab a backpack. I hope this turns out to be as much fun as eating 90 oreos in the OreOOT 2008 festival.

Edit: After some trials (ie. seeing how heavy it really feels), I'm gonna say that with an 80 pound backpack it's probably even money/slight lean to big guy assuming biggie can actually make it around a track once at a slowish jog pace. That's a *lot* of weight. With 60 pounds placed in perfect carrying position, I think skinny guy takes it. If I had the desire I'd go try this out at the park this week. I've got a few days off to recover from injury.

Do you have access to a big fat guy?

Hmmm... there is a security guard at the casino I work at who *might* be that heavy. I've never talked to him before though.

I think I might just be better off trying to run a little bit with the weight and comparing that to what we know about the running ability of 330lb males.



Let's see if watchmaker reports back in with results from the real propbet.

I can't believe that none of the people betting on the skinny guy didn't put 80 pounds in a backpack, then tried to run around a track somewhere themselves. Assuming they have a backpack and some free weights laying around it would only take them about 1-200m to find out that the fat guy is a mortal lock if he can beat normal walking at all.
An in-shape skinny guy would have a chance here if they were wearing a body suit giving them perfect weight distribution of the extra 80 pounds. But carrying the weight any other way is going to be brutal. The weight is going to bounce up and down if the skinny guy tries to do anything other than a fast walk, and there's no way anyone is lasting through that. I think most people just underestimate how heavy 80 pounds is. You would have to be in reasonable shape to even carry it 400m. I will say that the smoking aspect is overrated for this distance and other stuff like the job of those involved, fitness of the fat guy, etc, is much more important.
The fat guy will probably be able to just briskly walk to keep up for the first part of the race, then break into a light jog to easily overtake the skinny guy at the end. Of course it is possible he can barely walk but unlikely given that he has some athletic background.

Definitely agree with this. And yeah, it's a little silly that if you were going to put down some bills on this, you wouldn't try it yourself first for some frame of reference. No way I'd be taking this bet at 80 pounds and at 60 it's close but I'd probably still say no (Who wants to take a bet like this without a significant edge? Humiliation factor, chance of injury, etc.) 45-50lbs and I think I can wafflecrush in a quarter mile. Again, this is without testing running at all, just feeling the weight. While I may be crazy, I'm not crazy enough to go try this at 2am here.

I was convinced this was never going down (ala every awesome prop that gets posted on here before it actually happens - except irie obv) so I'm excited to see Quadstriker taking up the role of the skinny guy in the name of research. I'll do that fat guy part in the next two days to give some idea of fat guy 400m times. I'm 300lbs, 6'0, 29 years old, ran cross country and track in HS with a 1600 PR of 4:43, 5k 17:05. Haven't run in years and am basically sedentary. Hopefully watchmaker comes through with a sweet TR but at least this way we can have a better guess

Do you guys happen to live near each other?

That would be crazy. Phoenix for me.

Swingdoc sounds like he's in better shape than our stereotypical big guy (little bit less weight. Actually ran CC back in the day) but at least it's something. What would a standard 400m time be for someone like me anyway with no weight?


Something I hadn't considered that girlfriend brought up late last night (Her and her stupid logical reasoning). Mr. backpack wasn't exactly designed for that much weight. Sure it holds it for 10 seconds of me standing still with it on, but I'm not sure if it's going to fail once I start trying to move in a somewhat-quick fashion. I can just see the bottom ripping out and the weights hitting my ankle. That would be fun to explain at the doctor.

So sorry guys. One party backed out, lots of excuses and blah blahs... "hurt my back", "too cold", BS, BS, BS.
You know how it goes. Seemed like an awesome idea.

Skinny guy sounds like a bitch.

did he at least buy out? otherwise thats some bull****

fat guy wins, not even close. Only way skinny guy can win this is if he is very good athelete.

I'm assuming it was skinny who backed out?

OMG please post the video

edit: obv only read the OP and obv fat guy by 95% of a 1/4 mile

I don't think there's any way you break a minute.

Prolly like 1:12 or so. You'll be hurting that last 200.

Yeah. His excuses were BS. He realized that there was no way in hell he was going to pull it off. I'm sure a skinny guy in good shape could probably make a go at it, but that ain't him.

He 'bought out' inasmuch as he now owes all people he had action with a pizza dinner. Everyone let him off the hook light- we're all pretty easy with each other like that.

Probably for the better, he'll have enough trouble in life with his subnormal brain anyway.

WHAT A ****ING BITCH

optimal lineup is 2 fat guys, 1 medium guy, and 1 skinny guy

LOL at the original bet of 160 lbs. An NFL linebacker type of athlete probably couldn't beat fat guy with 160 lbs of concrete strapped to them. Much less a 160 lb out of shape smoker.

3 fat guys and one skinny guy is slightly but unequivocally better.