Why is our blowing power so strong but sucking power weak, also same with leaf blowers and vacuum cleaners?
In: Physics
Blowing air means bracing your torso (creating pression in the chest) to compress the air, and those muscles are already strong from standing, running and other activities.
Sucking air requires expanding your chest (creating a depression) and those muscles are comparatively smaller because they’re not used for much else…
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