While the presidential party lounged on the deck (Miami, a five-gun Treasury cutter), Lincoln playfully demonstrated that in “muscular power he was one in a thousand,” possessing “the strength of a giant.” He picked up an axe and held it at arm’s length at the extremity of the handle with his thumb and forefinger, continuing to hold it there for a number of minutes. The most powerful sailors on board tried in vain to imitate him.*

Skinny guys fight until they're burger.

* Team of Rivals, Goodwin, 2006, pg. 436