Who is the strongest person you know?

Superman, of course.
Sorry, I’m a nerd.

A guy who goes by the nickname of “El Dicipulo” meaning “The Diciple”. He is a bodybuilder, the most massive one I have ever seen in person.

An example of his strength… When he does leg press exercises at the gym, he loads the machine up with several 50 kilo weights on each side of the machine, until the machine cant have any more loaded on to it, then two grown men sit on top of the part that he has to push up with his legs, and he does 20 repetitions on it. He must be lifting close to the ½ ton mark.

@TheIntern55,
I’m a nerd too. :D:D:D
(I actually have a Superman costume….)

Me!

I am a tenacious little thing, have overcome lots of stressful life stuff, ( well hell, by 50 most of us have ) I am resilient, strong willed, no nonsense when pursuing a goal, kind, fair, honest and, as my daughter said recently ( kidding me about a confrontation with someone that was trying to manipulate me ) “Mom, I think she’s afraid of you, not because your mean, because your so honest and clear and direct!”

Okay, well….I prefer to be liked, but, respect will suffice. lolol

My father and mother both were, but in different ways.
:)

Son Goku.

Lucille fights bears. She’s pretty strong.

Mom. And then her own Mom.

Me.

As far as who I know, it’s me. But, in general, women who survive war rapes.

The strongest person I’ve ever personally known was my sister. When she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, it was in Stage 4 of 5, she fought it tooth and nail. Through chemotherapy, radiation and a a painful autologous bone marrow transplant (using stem cells from yourself), she kept up a diligence to fight it.

She never missed a day of teaching at the local high school, as she scheduled treatments on Friday afternoons and dealt with the aftereffects over the weekends. When her lovely hair started falling out, she had it all cut off. She bought a wig at Mom’s urging, but gave up wearing it because it was scratchy. Friends knew that she was battling cancer, and the stares of others didn’t bother her.

For five years after the diagnosis, she battled the disease. She lived long enough to attend her eldest daughter’s wedding and her middle daughter’s college graduation, despite the odds. When sis finally passed away, I watched a handful of her friends, as well as a few people she disliked (a fellow teacher, the ex-husband), crumble.

This woman was strong…the strongest person I have ever known.

I moved a couch by myself the other day.

@Pied_Pfeffer

What a remarkable woman she was!
I don’t think I’d fight that hard, I’ll just come home and sit on the porch and watch the little birdies til it’s time.

My mother. She has had a very interesting life but got a terrible injury at age 26 and multiple surgeries were performed. She is as strong today as she was at 26. Love you Mom!

My husband. He was crushed by a car when he was a teenager and spent 6 months in the hospital. He survived (obviously). This is only one of the many terrible things he has had to deal with throughout his life. He’s a trooper and won’t take shit from anyone or anything.

The strongest person I know personally would have to be my husband. As I have mentioned, he lives with quadriplegia from an SCI more than twenty years ago. That didn’t stop him from fighting for six years for custody of his three children to save them from a very rough situation. He lives an incredibly full and fulfilling life and is the coolest guy I know and my very best friend.

@SuperMouse

What does SCI stand for?

@Coloma it stands for spinal cord injury.

The strongest person is the one who has the weakest body but has the strongest willpower, desire to live, compassionate heart and if he or she happens to have a great sense of humor as well, this person is “Superman” in real life.

I would have to say me. Without being conceited, I never give up when I think something is important. I have had to overcome a number of challenges in life and I have done that and done it well.

There are other people who are equally strong for different reasons though and who inspire me and are instrumental in helping me remain strong in my own life. My father who kept his family together when many would have walked away and taken the easy road. My mother, for choosing to have my sister and forgo a possible extension of her own life (she died of cancer that was diagnosed when she was pregnant). Students I know who despite physical and mental disabilities, keep working without asking for anything more than absolutely needed support. They don’t ask for extensions or special consideration, even though I would be happy to give it, but just get on with making the most of their lives. So inspiring and so strong. A particular student who found out she had cancer but kept studying, kept getting HDs and is now in remission and has gone on to do some amazing things with her life.

We are surrounded by strong people. We may never find out their stories though. I am constantly surprised when I do hear the stories of people’s lives and the challenges they have endured and survived.

I feel the same—I’d say “me,” too, but don’t consider it conceited either. It’s just, I know what I’ve been through and where I am now. I’m sure others have gone through the same or worse, but I don’t know about others’ experiences, only mine.
I believe strength is not in muscles or gung ho, but in resiliency: the ability to pick yourself up, grow from an experience, and come back out of it better than you were before.

Yes, you know psychology and other social sciences cannot really explain resiliency, why is that one person overcomes, triumphs, prospers and another falls into the bottle or the gutter or a life of crime?

Well…it’s not over til the fat lady sings, I AM getting rather chubby in my middle age, but, I am still singing. :-)

@Coloma Sing on! I’ll join your chorus!!!

My wife is a ferocious pit bull and I have yet to see her back down from anyone or anything including me!

I don’t know who the strongest person I know is. I’d have to line them up and have them duke it out. Like one of those fights to the finish for everyone. Thunderdome or something.

Now, I have that song in my head – “The Thunda’dome!”

My wife

My grandmother. She faced a lot of adversity and always kept going and never was bitter.
She was a place I found comfort and unbias in everything. It is where I learned to be a great listener to be able to hear the whole story before speaking.
I learned and owe a lot of myself to her.
I do miss her, but carry her spirit with me always.

My Mom, who was raped on a regular basis as a child, put up with my abusive dad for many years, survived ovarian cancer, beat alcoholism, is currently putting herself through college, and is always, always, there for her family no matter what she may be going through.

I am probably one of the strongest people I know – I am extremely determined and have been through much trauma in my life.

As for someone else ..the one person that comes to mind is a friend of mine. She was in a really bad automobile accident that put her into a coma for 3 months. When she woke up, she had to learn how to walk and talk again. Now, you would never know she was in an accident ..except for the scar on her neck (from the tracheotomy) and her voice sounds somewhat like a deaf person’s.
Before the accident, she was very superficial ..the stereotypical pretty slim popular blonde. The accident changed her personality completely. She is now one of most compassionate and honest people I’ve ever met. I did not know her before the accident but I was told all the stories ..lol.
She is now working in a physical rehabilitation facility. She’s one of the most physically fit people I know as well. Amazing woman ..she’s one of my heroes.

@blueiiznh

ZING

Lack of bitterness is a key component to resiliency in my humble opinion.
Discriminating yes, bitter no.
That’s the dif between laughing at the dog crapping on your lawn and pulling out a shotgun! lol

Humor IS everything!

@Coloma I think a positive attitude is extremely important for resiliency as well. And, yeah, sense of humour is so very important.

Well My Girlfriend since of all that has happened…And my mom, very strong women.

@Pied_Pfeffer,
That’s incredibal. I hope she knew how wonderful she was…
@FluffyChicken,
Her life sounds strangely close to the life of my mother. I agree. That takes strength.