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If made from ash those spears would have been under 10lbs.
Also the spear tips were probably not that heavy. 5" long made from iron and diamond shaped to pierce armor.
They have found metal butt ends for them to counteract weight of the spear tip. If they counterbalanced the spear correctly it would take very little effort to hold it in position.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarissa