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Originally Posted by Mark G
Hi Rachel
You obviously work out,so you know lots about how the body works in different ways. There's this girl I used to know who was the same weight as myeself,133 lbs,but about four inches shorter than me. Anyway,she would lose to me at arm wrestling,and I could carry heavier boxes in the workplace than her,but she could lift and carry me far easier than I could carry her. Is ito do with different muscle groups ?
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i dont think you'll get an answer to your question from her so i'll give it a shot to help u out :
when you lift boxes, i guess you both used mostly arm strength? from her losing to u in armwrestling its obvious you have stronger arms (im assuming you both had equally good/bad techniques at arm-w). lifting someone usually requires strength in more parts than just the arms. Perhaps she has bigger leg strength than you and can thus carry you longer than you can carry her? depends on the type of lifts as well.