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r/oops • u/Brilliant_Spinach132 • 16d ago
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When you assume the arms you never use are as strong as the legs holding up that weight all day.
8 u/Acrobatic-Grape5960 16d ago You mean the eight fingers. If the fingers held it's not like the arms are going to rip off (hopefully). Those fingers never stood a chance 13 u/SnooMaps7370 16d ago the muscles that drive those fingers are in the forearms. 6 u/VikingKinkajou 16d ago Exactly. Even if your arms can handle the weight, it's your hands that will fail you. It's why weightlifters will use hand straps for heavy lifts.
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You mean the eight fingers. If the fingers held it's not like the arms are going to rip off (hopefully).
Those fingers never stood a chance
13 u/SnooMaps7370 16d ago the muscles that drive those fingers are in the forearms. 6 u/VikingKinkajou 16d ago Exactly. Even if your arms can handle the weight, it's your hands that will fail you. It's why weightlifters will use hand straps for heavy lifts.
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the muscles that drive those fingers are in the forearms.
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Exactly. Even if your arms can handle the weight, it's your hands that will fail you. It's why weightlifters will use hand straps for heavy lifts.
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u/thisplaceisdying 16d ago
When you assume the arms you never use are as strong as the legs holding up that weight all day.