“What’s easier to pick up the heavier it gets?”/“Women.”

A riddle that might be popular at some gyms is:
 
Q: What’s easier to pick up the heavier it gets?
A: Women.
 
The joke became popular in 2011. “Ah, sarcasm. Perhaps the only thing that gets easier to pick up the heavier it is” was cited on Twitter on March 21, 2011. “It may sound like a gravitational paradox, but it turns out that heavier women are easier to pick up” was cited on Twitter on August 9, 2011. “What’s easier to pick up the heavier it gets? Women” was posted on Reddit on December 3, 2011.
 
The fat riddle has been printed on many images.
 
       
Twitter
Kim Heffel
‏@kimheffel
Ah, sarcasm. Perhaps the only thing that gets easier to pick up the heavier it is.
5:50 PM - 21 Mar 2011
 
Twitter
Kelkulus
‏@kelkulus
It may sound like a gravitational paradox, but it turns out that heavier women are easier to pick up.
10:41 PM - 9 Aug 2011
 
Twitter
King Of The North
‏@MadThinkr
Women may be the only thing that are easier to pick up as they get heavier.
8:49 PM - 12 Aug 2011
 
Twitter
Tiger West‏
@GovernorWoods
Fact: Women are the only thing in the universe that gets easier to pick up the heavier they get….. #ItsFunnyBecauseItsTrue
11:36 AM - 20 Aug 2011
 
Twitter
CherrySlushie‏
@Cherrym_1982
I find it very sad and enlightening about us as a ppl that humans are the only thing that get’s easier to pick up the heavier we get.
11:04 PM - 21 Aug 2011
 
Twitter
Qad
‏@QadTweets
A woman RT @emilyandrewss: What gets easier to pick up, as it gets heavier?
7:32 PM - 23 Aug 2011
 
Twitter
Virgin Neck‏
@AsiansPissMeOff
what gets easier to pick up the heavier it gets? women.
5:14 PM - 13 Nov 2011
 
reddit
What’s easier to pick up the heavier it gets?
submitted December 3, 2011 by flipsideCREATIONS
Women.
 
Google Books
5,000 Great One Liners
BY Grant Tucker
London: Biteback Publishing Ltd
2012
Pg. ?:
What’s easier to pick up the heavier it gets?
Women.
   
Google Books
Bob and Brenda’s Joke Book
By Paul Gwilliam  
Lulu Press, Inc. (Lulu.com)
2013
Pg. ?:
What is easier to pick up the heavier it gets? - Women.
   
Reddit—Jokes
What’s easier to pick up the heavier it gets?
submitted May 6, 2013 by d0berman
A woman
 
Reddit—Jokes
What gets easier to pick up the heavier it gets
submitted March 9, 2016 by dannybw824
Women
 
Reddit—Jokes
What gets easier to pick up the heavier it gets?
submitted July 9, 2017 by Autisticunt
Women.