Unbeknownst to the average “punter” whose exercise routine is comprised of an occasional alcohol mediated sprint race home from the pub with inebriated acquaintances, the act of lifting and lowering objects weighing twice or perhaps even thrice one’s body weight is considered by a segment of the Health and Fitness industry to be an essential life skill.

“Fuck no. I can’t think of any good reason to lift 200kg off the floor” replied a bemused responder to our street reporter’s unsolicited question, “Especially if the only reason I’m lifting the bloody thing is to put it back down again a couple seconds later! If I wanted the pleasure of heavy manual labour I’d visit a bariatric brothel haha!”

Despite the apparent meaninglessness of the endeavour, many a Health or Fitness Professional sees it fit to expend exorbitant sums of energy engaging in protracted debate over the most effective and least injurious technique for lifting super heavy objects.

“Look, I get it ok. Lifting heavy isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. But if you ask me it fucken should be” explained Barney Bulbous, a Physiotherapist and Strength and Conditioning Coach, who is renowned within his circle for that time someone dared him to pick up the backend of Toyota Hilux. By all reports, he showed those cunts how it’s done.

“You gotta lift heavy to prepare yourself for what life throws at you. I mean, you wouldn’t ask a casual jogger to run 2km if they weren’t capable of safely keeping pace with Mo Farah, right? And you wouldn’t send a bloke out for a round of golf unless he could put it to two feet on the 16th at Augusta. Well by the same token, I’m not going to let a patient with Kermit the frog arms go around lifting shopping bags or bending to start a lawn mower until he can safely deadlift three times his bodyweight. It’s not complicated”.

This reporter can confirm that the debate continues on a social media platform near you.