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<blockquote data-quote="green slime" data-source="post: 2212967" data-attributes="member: 1325">No MoonZar, you incorrectly read the rules:So a 16 Strength can lift 230 lbs over his head (not an impossible feat by a long shot.) or lift a maximum of 460 lbs (but note, this is not over his head.....just lifting from the floor and staggering around under the burden....and he'll probably put his back out...<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> )Also, lifting a certain weight over your head is easier than bench pressing the same weight. A Snatch-and-jerk will use the muscles in you legs and back, which are far more powerful than your arms. Once the weight is moving upward, you move quickly move under the weight (squating), locking your elbows, and making sure it is directly above your center of gravity, whereupon it is just a matter of keeping it balanced there as you leg muscles once again push up, until you are standing.Bench presson the other hand is very difficult, as the muscles work from an extreme angle, where they are weakest, and as your arms actually have to physically move the weight themselves, without any assistance from your legs. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="green slime, post: 2212967, member: 1325"] No MoonZar, you incorrectly read the rules: So a 16 Strength can lift 230 lbs over his head (not an impossible feat by a long shot.) or lift a maximum of 460 lbs (but note, this is not over his head.....just lifting from the floor and staggering around under the burden....and he'll probably put his back out...;) ) Also, lifting a certain weight over your head is easier than bench pressing the same weight. A Snatch-and-jerk will use the muscles in you legs and back, which are far more powerful than your arms. Once the weight is moving upward, you move quickly move under the weight (squating), locking your elbows, and making sure it is directly above your center of gravity, whereupon it is just a matter of keeping it balanced there as you leg muscles once again push up, until you are standing. Bench presson the other hand is very difficult, as the muscles work from an extreme angle, where they are weakest, and as your arms actually have to physically move the weight themselves, without any assistance from your legs. :) [/QUOTE]

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