> range and diversity of motion versus strength Not what I’m talking about. > You could anchor twice as far and double the resulting force > throwing a baseba

> range and diversity of motion versus strength Not what I’m talking about. > You could anchor twice as far and double the resulting force > throwing a baseball and a heavier Rock would go through the same range of motion I think you’re missing a key detail here. Muscles can only contract at a finite percentage of their total length per given unit of time even with near zero load. This is mostly irrelevant when lifting something, but means very fast motions want the anchor point near the point of rotation. People are really quite extraordinary in how far the can throw light objects but it’s a real tradeoff.