For the average person,
what does it mean to handle something gently?
Picking up a cup gently and putting it down gently—most people probably don't find this difficult.
But what if you have to gently lift a 15-liter water bucket and gently place it on the ground?
Most people would probably just drop the bucket onto the ground.
Because an average person's muscle strength can't support slowly lowering the bucket to the ground.
The slower you put it down, the more force your muscles must endure.
That's why in the fitness world, they encourage you to slow down your movements during training,
to cause more extensive damage and stimulation to the muscles.
But the premise of moving slowly is that you can easily manage that weight. If a person's bench press limit is two hundred kilograms, then the controllable weight for them would only be one hundred kilograms.
