12/26/2025
2010 (I think) throwback.
I was a full-blown strongman at 305 pounds. Not lean at all, not trying to be. Just big, strong, and cast as the human problem-solver/enforcer named Pinky in a YouTube mafia comedy called Stunods.
Cold pool, no heat, shot with no electric for heat in the pool because a hurricane had just rolled through days earlier.
I ended up with pneumonia afterward because… of course I did. We also used Smithville Village in NJ after hours for a New Hampshire backdrop and we did it like a crew of oversized goons who definitely had permission to act like clowns.
Fun choices, heavy bodies, freezing water, a lot of laughs. Strength athletes will get this. Sometimes the best memories come from doing uncomfortable things when you’re built like a tank and don’t know any better. Good times.
