The Celt-Teutonic race of the North struck fear and awe in the Mediterranean legions of Rome. Their physique and size bred myths of terrible giants that spread around the south; great Northern stature and muscular size was notorious of this barbarian race.

Studies show a Germanic woman challenges a good number of Mediterranean men and can physically overpower the typical Asian man. Almost wholly, the world's strongest are born in Northwest Europe, and modern fitness and sporting comes out of England.