Easy physics question

to properly calculate this you need to know the coefficient of static friction between the person and the wall
either you make a random dubiously-accurate estimate or you measure it experimentally

also, the angle you push at is another variable that changes the final result
it would take the most force/strength to push them directly into the wall and hold them up with only friction
it would take the least force to push straight upwards and ignore the wall entirely

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>>341392
>>341391

We're talking like a villain chokehold here, so let's say 45 degrees, and just the strength needed to maintain the hold. I'm okay with dubious

Well I don't know shit about how to estimate the amount of friction. If there was none at all, pushing them up against a wall at a 45 degree angle would require force equal to ~1.41x their weight, so 184 pounds of force.

With friction it would be somewhere in between 130 and 180 but I'm not sure where precisely.

>>341398
Awesome! And then what would be the force required to hold them up there against gravity, but with the wall working with you?

>>341401
That's the number I just said.

Pushing a weight straight upwards would be easier than holding it against a wall.

Holding something at an ANGLE without a wall would be much harder though, since on top of the force to hold it up you also need to apply torque. You'd have to use the muscles in charge of rotating your arm around your shoulder, and the work they have to do gets harder the longer your arm is.

>>341405
Ahh okay perfect, thank you anon!!