But Can You Bounce A Quarter Off Of Yours?
JACKSONVILLE, FL - MARCH 19: The opening jump ball of the Temple Owls game against the Cornell Big Red during the first round of the 2010 NCAA men's basketball tournament at Jacksonville Veteran's Memorial Arena on March 19, 2010 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
Everyone wants a butt that’s so tight you can bounce a quarter off it, right? Ok, maybe not. But guess what – you probably already have one!
According to a physics professor from Cal State University, Long Beach, the average person most likely has a butt that you can bounce a quarter off. And it’s not because they’ve got muscular butts, but because butt skin is naturally bouncy.
It’s all based on something called the “coefficient of restitution,” or COR, which measures how well an object will bounce off a surface. It’s measured on a scale of 0 to 1. If something gets a “1,” it means an object will bounce off it perfectly. And thanks to the tightness of the skin on our butts, the average butt has a COR of 0.82. That means a quarter SHOULD bounce off a bare butt nicely.
It also means our butts are slightly less bouncy than a ping pong ball, but have more bounce than a basketball.
So can we stop doing lunges now?
Carla Rea is the morning show co-host on “The Mike and Carla Morning Show" on 96.3 KKLZ, in Las Vegas. She has been working with her partner and friend Mike O'Brian for the past 25 plus years. At KKLZ for 12 years. Carla Rea is a Gracie Award winner. She started out in talk radio, "when talk radio was still fun" Rea says. Prior to, and along with doing the morning show, Carla is also a comedian. You may have seen her on Conan O'Brien, Evening at The Improv, Showtime, or several comedy clubs across the country. Carla also worked as a light feature reporter at KSNV/NBC Las Vegas, going behind the scenes at various shows, and restaurants on the Las Vegas strip. As a content creator 96.3 KKLZ, Carla writes in a sarcastic, cheeky, unapologetic way on Las Vegas, movies, TV, celebrities, and this thing we call life.
