Its "You". 
You feel bad for a guy and try give him a win for his mental health and he just doesn't know how to take it
school children are to be given a 10lb dumbell each during lessons so they will be able to raise the hands higher when they want to answer a question.
Studies have shown that adding weight to a part of the body allows that part to resist gravity much better.
The funny part is you actually nearly made a great analogy, but you just didn't realize it.
You just basically described the principles of weight training you idiot.