Strong?

Strong is NEVER a word I would have used to describe myself.  I have a list of other words to use, but strong and none of its synonyms are on that list.  Here comes the but that follows those statements. The word strong was used by someone else to describe me.  While at the Y, I had a health consultation, which means I had to answer a questionnaire and had one of the trainers show me how to use the machines.  On the cardio side, I'm pretty comfortable.  I can hop on a treadmill and walk for a bit.  It's the "other" side of the room that imtimidates me.  The weight machines, the Nautilus machines.  I worked with a wonderful lady named Leila who showed me around.  She also took me to each of the Nautilus machines and showed me how to work those and set them up for me.  She kept telling me how strong I was.  WHUCK????  Me strong, you are kidding me.  But when I was on the machines, I often had to up the weight that I was working with.  So, someday I may feel comfortable adding the word strong to my vocabulary when describing myself.