Key #1: Conserve potential energy. Try never to let the tanks get to the ground, because once they have gotten there, you are committed to getting them OFF the ground somehow. Keeping them on a backplate helps; slip into the plate from the back of the car or truck, and take them to a table or bench that is not at ground level. If they do end up on the ground, and you can't lift them, try shrugging into the harness and getting onto your hands and knees, and finding something to pull up with.
Key #2: We are all much stronger lifting from straight arm to 90 degrees, than we are trying to lift above that point. If you have to lift tanks higher than that to get them in the car, get a stool or stand to allow you to raise yourSELF up to where you can primarily use your biceps, and not the pectorals and other much shorter muscles with poor moment arms.
Key #3: Lower body muscles are stronger than upper body muscles, ESPECIALLY in women. Do what you can with your legs. For me, for example, that includes lifting my doubles as high as I can, and then using a knee to push the bottoms of the tanks up over the lip of the back of the car.
Key #4: For most people, diving is a buddy sport. Get help. (This goes for big, strong guys, too, who are going to regret all the doubles they dead lifted when they're about 45 and their backs go out.) Don't let ego get in the way of doing something rational.
Key #5: (For women) Guys like to carry heavy stuff and be helpful. Don't disappoint them.
Key #2: We are all much stronger lifting from straight arm to 90 degrees, than we are trying to lift above that point. If you have to lift tanks higher than that to get them in the car, get a stool or stand to allow you to raise yourSELF up to where you can primarily use your biceps, and not the pectorals and other much shorter muscles with poor moment arms.
Key #3: Lower body muscles are stronger than upper body muscles, ESPECIALLY in women. Do what you can with your legs. For me, for example, that includes lifting my doubles as high as I can, and then using a knee to push the bottoms of the tanks up over the lip of the back of the car.
Key #4: For most people, diving is a buddy sport. Get help. (This goes for big, strong guys, too, who are going to regret all the doubles they dead lifted when they're about 45 and their backs go out.) Don't let ego get in the way of doing something rational.
Key #5: (For women) Guys like to carry heavy stuff and be helpful. Don't disappoint them.
