Is it possible to double the gravity in a single room???

Question

Is it possible to double the gravity in a single room???
if it is i wanna try it cause if you can you would be able to work out with twice the effiicentcy cause weight is based on the amount fo gravity an dyou muscles are only used to your normal weight but double it and double your strength unfortunalty you would have to be in this enviroment forabout a month befor you were able to stand but after that you are free to work out and loose weight twice as fast and be twice as strong

Answer 1

Doubling the actual gravitational acceleration in a single room is not so easy to achieve, however, there are things which could be done to simulate the experience and your body would not know the difference.

As you said, wait depends on the gravity [gravitational acceleration]. But weight is a force, like any other, so there is more than one way one could "weight down" your body.
Weight = mass * gravity
If you cannot increase gravity, increase the mass. If you double your mass, you double your weight. If you distribute the additional mass evenly across your body it would have the same effect as increasing the planet's gravity.

In science fiction (2001: A Space Odyssey especially comes to mind), centripetal acceleration is often used to provide an artificial gravity in space. This is also quite possible in real life and there are machines which are built to do just that.
Centrifuges work on the principle of spinning an object around and around (cause the object to experience a centripetal force). Fighter pilots and astronauts train on these, and I have even seen them in a few amusement parks as rides.
I have been in one in which a crowd of people is brought into a large circular room and every stands against the walls. The room is sealed up and then (unbeknownst to the people inside) gradually spun at an ever increasing rate until there is actually 3 times the effect of Earth's gravity acting on you...pushing you into the wall. At this point, the floor is dropped out from under you, but you do not fall since the force of friction from the wall hold you up (remember, the wall is providing the centripetal force causing you to accelerate at 3 "g"s, so friction is quite high).
From my experience, 3 "g"s is not too bad, but I have also been in a 4 "g" centrifuge which was rather uncomfortable to say the least. On liftoff, the space shuttle (and those inside) is said to experience up around 7 times normal Earth gravity.
This same principle is at work in roller coasters when one goes up and around loops (feeling almost weightless), although in the opposite direction.

Anyway, it is near impossible for you to actually double gravity, but there are methods to simulate it in such a way that it will have the same effect.

Answer 2

Changing gravity hasn't succeeded yet (rather than doubling, most people are aiming at eliminating it).

What you want is to double the weight of your body (gravitic force working on your body)? Wear a weight suit, or lots of weights distributed over your body. While this will increase momentum of any movements not in the direction of gravity, too, that's an even better training effect.

Answer 3

Sure it's possible dude. Simply double the entire mass of the Earth...that's all. Every atom in your body is drawn to every atom of the earth. Since you asked about the gravity of "a single room" You could just try to somehow double the mass of it and everything in it, including the air and yourself. You might try flying to a solid planet that is twice the size (or rather mass) of just find one that's the same size but is double the density of Earth, giving it twice the mass. I have given you several good answers to choose from. Good luck with your mission. This answer will self destruct in 5 seconds.

Answer 4

Yes it is possible, it's just not probable. Gravity is a space-time effect. The only way to affect it directly is to affect space time. Ways you can do this include accelerating the frame of reference in order to increase it's mass. Mass is a function of streptation (rotation about self) at the quantum level and in 4+1 spatial dimensions. By accelerating toward the speed of light you SLOW down that streptation to the local frame and increase mass to the external frame. This won't solve your problem. I'd explain this but I don't have 3 weeks to write a thesis on it.

Answer 5

You could just work on the principle they use in space travel for artificial gravity. Just spin the room you are in to double the gravitation of normal gravity. This would be highly unpractical, it would be cheaper to hire a trainer and have them work with you.

Answer 6

Yes you can double or triple or quadruple the gravitational force by spinning it. The centrifugal force will have the same effect as acceleration.

Answer 7

i don't think you can. unless you eat so much till you increase your bodyweight to twice as much as before..then the gravity acting on your doubled too.. xD

Answer 8

Sure it is, accelerate it upwards at about 10m/s^2. Would only take a few minutes and you'd to be spacebourne though, so I wouldn't recommend it.

Answer 9

No. You can't change the gravity of Earth as it is fixed .

Answer 10

Nope, impossible unless you wear metal boots and plant magnets under that room