@jeremiahhempel1975
Always thank the organizer afterwards. You'll see their faces light up because this is often thankless work that gets a ton of flak from competitors rather than gratitude.
@matthewm0530
first competition in just under 2 weeks, your channel has helped a lot during the process leading up to this!
@willjaeger1878
Hey Bromley, it was very nice meeting you at the show. I was one of the spotters/loaders and I really hope it wasn't me that dropped the pad in the wrong spot on Fingals. If I was, I apologize. The implement was bouncing and moving around so much between reps, we were all having a terrible time with it. You had a great show, and it was awesome to see you back competing and doing well. Good luck at the Arnold. Great video, too. Lots of wisdom in here! Edit: just watched the clip on your IG and it looks like it was the other spotter who botched the pad drop. I will DM him and let him know that he is now infamous 😂
@tranquil87
I remember when I went to Barbell Apparel to look at your stuff/Clarence's and within 10 minutes of shopping and reloading the page the price of the SAME PAIR of jeans had skyrocketed to an extra $100 - Still "sale" price, mind you. This was on a pair of jeans that was already ridiculously overpriced. Next day I looked and it was the same. And no, it was not a price error. It was price gouging. I work in tech for a popular app and I know a shitty website that is running an A/B experiment when I see one. I got in their "will this idiot pay that much?" bucket and noped the fuck out and never visited again. I ended up getting a $25 pair of "tech stretch" jeans at Old Navy during a big sale which I absolutely love and I'm sure they're just as good (and probably better, tbh) that the Barbell jeans. Congrats on your win.
@jculbert2221
Those who haven't competed are watching this like: "the fuck is the matter with these people, why all the fuckups!?" ... Those of us who have are like "yup." I just competed at SCC Provincials Ontario, and just off the top of my head: the guy loaded 90lbs extra on my yoke, had to do the plate math over for him before he believed me... Same guy set my yoke height like 4" too low, didn't believe me until I stood it up and had like a foot of clearance... We had a car/UTV/ATV deadlift, they told us to start warming up, but didn't tell us which one... We assumed the side-by-side, so my entire division warmed up with it... Felt a bit heavy... Turns out we warmed up with an extra 150 lbs, they had us on the ATV instead. Shit like this is par for the course. Loved every second of it!
@MattKuepferling
Congrats Bromley! Awesome and fun to watch you smash the 70s powerlifter volume, clean up the diet, and take it at regionals! Keep doing what you are doing.
@keltoibard
First off - congratulations on the win Bromley. Second - pretty much everything you detailed in this video applies to Highland Games. My mentors taught me all the same stuff, notably: - there is enough variation in the 'standard' implements that still falls within the rules that you always warm up on the real thing if they let you. Most ADs and judges encourage it. - similar to your medley times example, HG height events accumulate more points faster than distance events. If you are looking to jump places, the height events are a key. - don't be a dick. ADs talk to each other regularly and you will find yourself mysteriously uninvited from competition. - the best part about strength sports is unquestionably the people. Sportsmanship matters a tremendous amount. Excellent video.
@uzuetad
I appreciate you and your guidance immensely. I feel like we're very similar in temperament and that inspires me. I'm a half crippled military vet and fear of failure used to prevent me from even trying to lift. I've grown emotionally and hope to match that physically. Anyway, much respect and appreciation. Congrats on your win!
@henrydinh8688
Doing my first strongman comp next month in Sacramento, in the Mens LW category. Thank you so much for putting out such great content (including the older content from past years)!
@davidstudenick2724
Congratulations on the win and that was a fantastic recap. I appreciate your measured response to not just being strong as hell, but using your head and being a decent human being as a competitor. You deserve many more wins!
@Impish1
22:40 Completely agreed, this is a phenomenally wise insight. In life, "true competitiveness" is actually a cooperative effort: everybody doing their best to raise the bar as a field in order to coax out the purest performance, inching closer and closer to the impossibility of perfection.
@TheComedyButchers
More like strongley
@4gttnfren
I really enjoyed the camaraderie and help from the other people at my first meet, it’s like a big cook out, without the food and lifting heavy stuff instead of playing cornhole or horse shoes, much more enjoyable than powerlifting meets
@LouisSerieusement
congrats ! It is well deserved. Those advices are gold and most could/should be applied to any events, sports or not. Thank you
@BurntSofa
hell yea man, well done. keep it up, always love the content
@jasonplate3020
Kick ass!!! Congrats and thank you for all the great videos!
@elliottwhitticar2383
Congrats on the win, and thanks for sharing your hard gained wisdom.
@LeeH3nson
Well done Bromley
@ar23x
This video didnt showed up in my feed, had to look it up. Congrats!
@AlexanderBromley