Originally Posted by
zenchaser 
I ended up going to the gym instead of the pool and I saw this little tiny woman lift the craziest weights I ever seen!! Looked like more than 250lbs. I just couldn't believe it.... I hung around and watched her for awhile because I was just so amazed!
It's not as hard as you think. I learned how to lift weights a couple years ago and was deadlifting close to 300 lbs. within a month or so. You just build up to it.