Is it a historical fiction or is it true that ancient people easily lifted hundreds of pounds of weapons?

Seeing this question, I can't help thinking of Li Yuanba. Someone has calculated how much Newton's force Li Yuanba needs to throw a 300-pound sledgehammer into the sky. I admire the calculation process, and the results make me stunned. Of course, Li Yuanba is only a character in the novel, and the novel will be slightly exaggerated when written. After all, it looks good.

So now let's talk about whether it is possible for ancient people to make random gestures with hundreds of pounds of weapons in their hands. First of all, as far as archaeological discoveries are concerned, hundreds of kilograms of weapons have not been found, so we can't say whether people have them or not, so we should infer for ourselves.

We modern people, holding hundreds of pounds of things, you will say wow, this is ridiculous, how is it possible? It is not impossible. Call a roadside mechanic, and you will know what strength is in minutes. Can you climb stairs with a few bags of cement on your shoulder? So it's not that we can't do it, it's that we lack exercise. Look at the big iron in the gym. How cool it is for a man to lift it. He feels bad if he doesn't lift it for a day. Many facts tell us that we still have strength, but we just haven't brought it into play.

Not only that, looking at our ancestors from a distance, in fact, our human bodies are getting smaller and smaller, which has a lot to do with the development of industry. Now I don't have to work hard on many things, so our strength is getting smaller and smaller. According to this calculation, it is not impossible, or even impossible, for an ancient general to wield a 100-Jin broadsword.

There is another saying that can be confirmed, that is, in the martial arts champion election, one thing is to lift a stone, 200 Jin, 150 Jin, and sometimes there are several heaviest lifts, so it can only be held longer than anyone else. Therefore, from this perspective, a well-trained and prestigious general is embarrassed to go out without a few hundred kilograms of weapons.