I didn't realise quite how feeble I was

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I'm fit. I run and I do lots of yoga, I'm surely stronger than most my age (55).

I had a box to move onto a shelf in a cupboard. I couldn't lift it enough to get my hands under it to eventry and lift it up iyswim.

I asked DS (22yo, with a manual job) to help, imagining it would be a two person job, and he lifted it like it was nothing.

I didn't like having my frailty demonstrated. I know people will tell me heavy weights are the way to go, but even so, this was a shock.

Running doesn’t make you strong. It burns calories.

Yoga (depending on the moves) makes you flexible more than strong.

You need to do weight/strength training. You’re not frail you’re just weak because all of your exercise is focused on cardio over building muscle.

I struggle to move heavy things, not because of their weight, but because they are awkward for a short person.

I don't think women always realise just how much stronger men are than them.

This too… men naturally have 33-60% more muscle mass than women. 40% more on the upper body. Men are like female athletes on steroids…. Hence their physical dominance of the entire world