June 15, 2010

Strong man Joe Rollino has died. Over a hundred years old, he was taken out by a mini van collision. Already he was strong a a child, as shown in the New York Times article. He will be missed, but more children of strength will keep up the tradition. Guliano may be the strongest boy. Then there's Maevax, who may well be the strongest little girl. (That's 125 kg or 275 pounds she is bench pressing for reps.) Some have said that lacking the gene for myostatin will create such power from birth... But the feats of strength I've listed were not done by people with huge muscles...

Joe Rollino attributed his strength to not smoking or eating meat - that and getting regular exercise... A great grandfather of mine was pretty strong too for a small man. He could pull nails out of boards with his teeth, and could hold out a keg of them with one arm straight out. He didn't make it to be a centenarian.