As Yet Another Backup Plan, I'm going out for firefighting. One of the tests is to exert a certain amount of force with a sledgehammer on a measurement plate in 10 seconds. I want to be able to do it in one swing. :)
Appearance would be nice, but I'm just interested in the strength portion of it. We've got a weight machine in our apartment complex that nobody uses, and I'm working on it - benching about 135 right now.