Ok... so... my family and I have been moving house... meaning... moving 100+ lb furniture up and down stairs and in one bedroom and out of another, etc.
And... I got to thinking. I'm pretty strong. In gym class, I was the one who would use the 10-20 lb weights... whilst everyone else used 5 lb weights. It's not because I'm more fit... but because I always had more strength... and I guess that's because of mass ratio. 10 lbs is far less weight to a 200 lb person than it is to a 100 lb person.
So... if I get down to 140... will I lose my strength? I know I know... keep working out and lifting weights... but you can't deny the mass ratio of a 50 lb bag of dog food (which I'll be lifting fairly often, or 50-100 lb dogs, which'll most likely be a daily thing) makes it harder for a 150 lb person (however fit) to lift than a 200 lb person. That's just basic physics.
It's not something that'll keep me from wanting to lose weight... just an honest question... is it possible to retain that strength after weight loss? Even though you're smaller and weigh less, can you still pick up the same things with just as much ease?
I dunno... I think up random questions sometimes. And drive myself nuts. For example... I almost went CRAZY last night trying to figure out how things get cold. I just couldn't understand the physics of it.
So yeah... thoughts?