day no. 15,121: five hundred pounds from here to there

"We must make this campaign an exceedingly active one. Only thus can a weaker country cope with a stronger, it must make up in activity what it lacks in strength." —Stonewall Jackson

You can lift 500 lbs. by being strong enough to do it all at once or by being active enough to do it 100x in 5 lb. increments. If the job requires 500 lbs. to be moved, you will have to either find the strength or the perseverance to move it. But not all jobs grant the time it would take to do it in 5 lb. increments. And not all objects can be broken down. Some require all at once or not at all kind of strength. Others can be broken down, but cannot be assembled back together again. While still others can be broken down, but cannot be reassembled with the same structural integrity exhibited prior to being broken down. If you have the strength to lift 500 lbs. you have options. If you aren't strong enough, you have limited options in proportion to your limitations. If you're weak, lifting it all at once is not an option. If you're strong, you may opt to lift 50 lbs. 10x, not because you have to, but because you find that advantageous. But either way, you must work with what you have and if the gig is 500 lbs. from here to there, then you must flex whatever resources you have available to you.