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Old 11-25-2008, 07:36 PM   #18 (permalink)
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I'm not big, but me and another guy equal to my size can lift the whole front of my car off the ground.

I weigh about 150lbs, 5'8", no muscle tone at all... in fact, I appear quite the opposite of a stereo-typical "strong" person my age (23).

When I put the engine in my 4th gen Honda, I lifted the old one out with a strap around my neck... it's about 300lbs with the transmission and accessories, still full of fluids.

I didn't put the new one in that way though, I used the help of my roommate at the time.

It took four of us to move my friend's old VW beetle 50 feet (school science teacher thing) And I would venture to say that none of us was much bigger than I am now.

Point is, it's not so much how stong you look or how big you are, it's knowing how to use the strength you have to your advantage.

This applies everywhere, all the time, including non-physical strengths.
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