If I strapped a weight to a tortoise, could I train it go relatively fast?

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• Ledivin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The turtle would get stronger, but strength wouldn’t necessarily have to translate to speed

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  • DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Gotta tune your turtle for more horsepower, not more torque.

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    • zergtoshi@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If you have more torque and the same rpm, you get more horsepower as result.

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    • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Exactly, instead of making it pull weights, make it run after a salad or something and gradually increase speed/distance.

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  • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Maybe a strawberry on a pushing pole strapped in front of it too then?

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  • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Do non-human animals get more physically fit from working out?

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    • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Not sure about reptiles but mammals for sure.

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    • Ledivin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      As long as they have the food/nutrition for it, sure - it’s all just muscles 🤷‍♂️

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• einkorn@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Tortoises are fast. Though most of the time they just have no reason to and conserve energy because they are cold blooded.

  Also, those fuckers can climb! You got no idea how many times we had to pick up one of my mothers tortoises from neighbours because they found another way to sneak out of the enclosure we build outside.

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Sure you’re not thinking of turtles? I’ve seen them haul ass, but never a tortoise.

    If you’re mother has them, I’m sure you said what you meant, but still, never seen one scoot booty.

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    • einkorn@feddit.org ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yes, turtles are probably faster (especially in water), but I’m talking about Hermanns’s tortoise.

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• LouNeko@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  People use fingerboards to give their turtles the Zoomies.

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  • flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I needed this after reading real news. Thank you.

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  • catsup@lemmy.one ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I heard someone call this “turtle overclocking” lol

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  • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    This gives me ideas

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  • MelonYellow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It’s like he’s swimming

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• Free_Opinions@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It would be stronger but I doubt that would correlate much with speed or endurance. I can squat almost double my bodyweight but my cooper test score is around 2500. A runner with way less leg strenght could easily outperform me.

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• Texas_Hangover@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  just get you a snapping turtle. they haul ass!

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• adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Tortoises go faster the hotter they are; comes from having a cold blooded metabolism. So to make it faster, acclimate it to hotter environments as well as putting it on a muscle building regime.

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• southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You know, there’s some good eatin on one of them things.

  But, probably not.

  Reptiles don’t pile on mass the way mammals do. The greatest limitation to tortoise speed isn’t muscle anyway. It’s bone structure and metabolism.

  Strapping weight ain’t gonna get mr tarpin swole, he just gonna be tired.

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  • Nibodhika@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You know, there’s some good eatin on one of them things.

    GNU Terry Pratchett

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  • Vandals_handle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Get it a Terrapin Stationary Bicycle for endurance training.

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    • Entropywins@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Just a healthy diet of jerry and the boys will do…turtle will be trucking right along

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• potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Asking the real questions

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