One of This Troper's gaming buddies is a good example of this trope. He's the tallest person in our gaming group, not exactly svelte (a lot of it's muscle, but not all of it), can pick up the more petite group members with no apparent trouble and estimate their weight in bags of concrete (he works construction), and is also a BoisterousBruiser.

This Troper fits into this nicely. She's 5'2" and fat (No, not chubby, not HollywoodPudgy, but ''fat''). The last time she punched someone they thought she'd broken their arm (And her upper body strength isn't that great by her standards).

This Troper is a death!fat chick who can lift two of her skinnier friends off the ground at the same time without much effort.

This troper's father is like this. He's big and round and yet he does all the heavy-duty yardwork with minimal effort. And when he sucks up his gut you can see his hidden abs...

Most of the toughest guys I know are this trope... main page is right, this is TruthInTelevision....

My Uncle fits this perfectly, he is utterly enormous, but at the same time can easily lift me off the ground, and has to make an effort not to crush me when he greets me. And I'm well on my way to this myself, an equal love of fried breakfasts and weight-lifting will do that to a man...

This troper is pretty sure she isn't "fat," but when her karate instructor was telling the class their different builds and fighting styles, he got to her and said "Stout and strong. You'd charge them."

This troper has a bit of a "thing" for (as she tends to put it) "pudgy tackle types."

This troper is five feet tall at most, weighs around a buck thirty-five, is politely termed "voluptuous" and tends to start wheezing if she has to run more than ten meters when something's not in danger. What surprises people is that she slings around thirty-pound bags of bedding with no apparent struggle and is fearless around even the biggest draft horses. This is because consistent barn work and riding may not define muscles all that well, but believe you me, do they ever make them stronger.

This troper is 5'7'' and squishy, with a reputation as something of the whiny, sensitive type. But you don't grow up in her kind of household without a lot of physical exertion, which is why she's squishy and stocky. As well as good for heavy lifting and the odd altercation.

This troper sounds like the one above, being 5'8 and...rotund, thanks to a mouth full of sweet teeth and little to no willpower when it comes to food. Doesn't stop him lifting up his friends with no apparent strain. Or keeping on going when he's drowning in his own sweat and other people have already given in, although that's more a characteristic of a {{Determinator}} than anything else.

This troper, while not exactly being short (6'3"), has a rather deceptive layer of fat on him. He can bench press 160 lbs, and can squat well into the 300s. For obvious reasons, few people mess with him.

You need to get out more. I'm a skinny 6' and 160 pounds, and my powerlifting total is 205/325/420 (bench/squat/deadlift)

People constantly mistake this troper as several inches taller and 30 lbs lighter than his actual 5' 8" and 225 lbs. That being said, his leg press maximum is over 1000 lbs at the ''end'' of his workout; the weight isn't any higher because he ran out of 45 lb weights and room on the bars.

This Troper's brother (David) is a tall built (but lean) football player who is friends with an overweight boy. Everyone thought he was weak until he dared David to punch him in the stomach. It hurt his hand! Henceforth, the boy's big stomach was known as the 'one-pack'.

To hell with the six-pack, he went for the ''Keg!''

This troper is a svelte 280 pounds, after having lost 60 pounds. He can rep over 1000 pounds on a leg press, can effortlessly walk with a 220 pound person in a fireman's carry over one shoulder, and has repeatedly had people punch him and hurt themselves while not being injured himself. And his goal is to get stronger still...

This Troper's dad ''is'' this trope. He can only be described as "round" but he lifts amazing amounts of weight on a daily basis.

I'm totally able to lift, what, 140 lbs. more than I weigh?

This Troper's boyfriend is a definate heavyweight, yet has a {{Bishounen}} face, recently got accepted by the Air Force, and has the strength of an ox (no, really. He carried one of his blacked-out frat brothers from one end of his campus to the other and barely broke a sweat). Also, This Troper's dad has what can only be described as a "gut of granite". He's fat, no doubt about it, but he's strong as shit.

This very nerdy, pretty overweight troper regularly visits his university gym, where he sees guys with bodybuilder physiques who clearly struggle to lift the 50-60 kg weights with regular repetitions for a prolonged period of time. Yours truly can lift his own bodyweight, close to 110kg, for several sets of fifteen reps. More often I stay around 80-90 and build the muscle slowly though, I tried doing it quickly in high school and ended up injuring myself.

I have an uncle, an old friend from high school, and a buddy I met from the internet who are exactly like this. None of those guys can be described as skinny or even looking traditionally muscular (with my uncle's silhouette resembling a pear with feet, for example), but the fact that each of them has the ability to pick up at least two people at once and not seem too concerned has to count for something.

This Troper is over 7' tall. I have noticable muscles, but my abs are covered with a thick layer of fat (Mostly the result of being a BigEater). I can, also, punch people unconciouse (though I prefer not to), and can have to try not to hurt people when I hug them. I'm a combination of GentleGiant, BoisterousBruiser, and this trope.

This Troper has some pretty incredible core and upper body strength, for a 40-pounds-overweight woman. I think I owe this to parkour training. I can easily place my hands on a wall and hoist my body up, whereas a couple of my friends, who are leaner and much more coordinated, struggle to do so without using their feet.