#394 I Drank 1 Gallon of Milk a Day (GOMAD) for Strongman & Wrestling | Bruss Hamilton

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Dave Tate

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🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 128 minutes

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"The Gentleman Barbarian" Bruss Hamilton, a former U.S. Marine, World Strength Games u265 champion, and 2025 America's Strongest Veteran who traded the strongman field for the pro wrestling ring.

Trained at the Black & Brave Wrestling Academy under Seth Rollins and Marek Brave, Bruss has become a staple of the Midwest independent scene (SCW Pro, AAW, Iron Spirit Pro, ZOWA Live, Wrestling Revolver and more) and is now heading into a WWE tryout. Off the platform he's a husband, father of six, and online coach, using his journey from undersized drama kid to world-level strength athlete to help others chase their own version of "Gentleman Barbarian" strength.

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0:00.0	So I actually special order with my local grocery store seven gallons every Tuesday.
0:05.0	That way I don't have to find it. I just take it with me.
0:08.0	Sometimes it's not cold when I drink it.
0:11.0	How long is it sitting?
0:12.0	A day? Sometimes too.
0:14.0	I'm going to go and win the World Strength Games in two years.
0:17.0	Go to pro wrestling school and I'm going to go to the W.W.E. And we're going to go all in.
0:21.0	It's time to sit down, keep it real, and cut the bullshit. Welcome to Table Talk.
0:36.8	For us, Hamilton, the gentleman's barbarian, where I want to
0:40.8	jump off with you is the gallon of milk a day. I have another jump off point here, which we're
0:46.8	going to get to. Okay. But he came back and said, hey, did you know about this gallon of milk
0:50.8	a day thing? Go mad, right? And i know all about it so you live it yeah so
0:56.9	first like how i tried this once once i got a couple stories with this i tried it once because
1:05.1	everybody i was training with at the time was doing it and they're all putting on weight i'm like
1:09.6	shit i need to do that. I got through
1:11.5	one day, because I figured I got to test this. I'm just going to buy one gallon. And so I go back
1:17.3	the second day. And while I'm in the store, I blow up the bathroom. Just absolutely just
1:24.8	blow it up. And I'm trying to like rationalize, will I get used to this or will I not?
1:32.2	And I'm like, screw it.
1:33.1	I'm just not going to do it.
1:34.5	And then kind of axed it from that point.
1:37.8	Many years later, somebody asked me a question because Mark Ripito is a big proponent of this.
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