: Why is it easierto lift people who stiffen as opposed to people who relax?

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On a same mass basis, people who “struggle” or “stiffen” are oddly much easier to lift or carry than people who “relax” or “let go”, and i cannot understand why.

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It’s kind of like carrying a wood box versus trying to transport a bunch of Jell-O or similar in your hands. I’m no physicist, but I think it’s easier to find a sort of center of gravity on something stiff that doesn’t constantly move and jiggle around with its center of mass changing more frequently, if that makes sense.

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