Brain Out 2 Level 74

Overview

Level 74 asks "Who is the real fitness freak?" Four figures are shown: a delivery guy eating, a woman posing with a small dumbbell, a cat raising its paws, and an old man in a work vest who looks out of breath on the phone. The obvious gym-posers are not the answer. To find out, take off each person's outer clothes and look at the body underneath — the old man is secretly ripped.

• Difficulty: Hard
• Estimated moves: 4

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Look at the four candidates. At first glance the woman lifting a dumbbell looks like the fitness enthusiast.

1. Undress each one. Drag off / remove each person's outer layer to reveal the body underneath.

1. The delivery guy: under his uniform he is just an ordinary thin guy in a tank top — not a fitness freak.

1. The woman: under her jacket she wears a sports bra but has no real muscle — she is just posing with a light dumbbell.

1. The cat: stripping it off just reveals a normal pink cat — it is not even a person.

1. The old man: take off his work vest. Underneath he has a muscular, six-pack body, glowing with strength.

1. He is the real fitness freak. The "old and weak" looking grandfather is secretly ripped.

1. Confirm the clear. Strength rays shoot off his muscles, and the prompt reads "Old and strong!" The green next button appears.

Strategy & Reasoning

This is a don't-judge-a-book puzzle. The level presents an obvious candidate — the woman holding a dumbbell — and distracts you with her posed stance. But a small dumbbell and workout clothes do not make a real fitness freak. The trick is to undress everyone and inspect the actual physique.

Once you strip away the outer layers, the deliveries guy is ordinary, the woman is just fashionably dressed, and the cat is irrelevant. The surprising one is the old man in the bulky work vest, panting on the phone. Remove the vest and he has a sculpted six-pack and defined arms — the body of a dedicated lifter. The cliché "old and strong" is the punchline.

Do not tap the woman just because she has the dumbbell. The dumbbell is light and she is dressed for show. The answer is hidden under the old man's baggy uniform. Once his muscular torso is revealed with the strength sparkles, the level clears.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Mistake: picking the woman with the dumbbell. She is just posing; her body under the jacket is not muscular.
• Mistake: picking the delivery guy or the cat. Neither has a fit body.
• Mistake: only undressing one person. Remove the outer layer off ALL of them to compare. The old man's work vest comes off to reveal a six-pack — that is the real fitness freak, and "Old and strong!" confirms it.

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