You don't need to be that strong. You just need to dare.

On my bike, the tube was crimped. The aluminium mudgard was even against the tube. This is why I heated the tube, to allow it to ease finding back the original shape.
The day before, (bike just purchased) I showed it to J. Van Genk, one of the best ever Belgian bike builder. He told me that we could try and to come back with the fork dismantled.
But as soon as I had dismantled it, I tried by myself and was asthonished by the result.

Don't push too much at the begining.