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50% Facts

Garrett Fear: Can powerlifting ever grab a mainstream audience?

50% Facts

Jim McDonald

Fitness, Entrepreneurship, Business, Tv & Film, Health & Fitness, Film Reviews

4.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2022

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Can the next generation of powerlifters (and powerlifting promoters) finally bring the audiences (and sponsor money) the sport has dreamed of? Garrett Fear thinks so, and he gives us some insight into how it might work. We kick it off with talk of PC vs console gaming and standup comedy. You can find Garrett on Instagram @notnotgarrettfear Join our Discord for free! Check out our gym (Third Street Barbell) at ThirdStreetBarbell.com and subscribe for updates about our apparel line at 3sb.co! Local memberships and international fresh fits! Get early access to our NEXT DROP! Hosted by Mike Farr (@silentmikke) and Jim McDonald (@thejimmcd). Produced by Jim McDonald Production assistance by Sam McDonald. Theme by Aaron Moore. Branding by Joseph Manzo (@jmanzo523)

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0:30.9

I mean, you don't need to. You can always just find a tech person and be like, yo, help

0:44.7

me what to get. That's kind of what I do. But then I'm like, you know what? Is this

0:50.2

person right? And then I do some research. And then I find some better stuff that's usually

0:54.8

equally as good, but have to cost. That's the big part. But you got to get a, if you're

1:00.0

going to go Xbox, that shit's like, what, $600 anyways? Minus will go PC and come

1:04.5

game with me, buddy. Is the thing is, if I do do a PC build, I'm still going to play

1:10.7

on a controller. No, me too. Now, mouse and keyboards from nerds, dude. We're fucking cool.

1:15.3

That's kind of more what I was talking about. Yeah. Mouse and keyboard. Other than when

1:19.6

you get like stunned, like, dude, it's a fucking mouse. It works on, it works on two axes.

1:25.9

Like it's much easier to get your aiming down on them. Yeah. That shit's for nerds, dude.

1:30.2

I grew up in the 90s. I plan a controller. Absolutely. Yeah. Absolutely. I played around

1:36.2

a little bit with my grandson's PS5 when we were in Canada. It's pretty cool. Yeah. So

1:41.0

the controller is really cool. The PlayStation. Isn't it PlayStation exclusive? Is the new

1:46.8

Harry Potter coming out? I wouldn't fuck Harry Potter. Okay, dude. Look, you get one

1:53.3

Star Wars tat and you're just going to hate a leviosa. Come on. Can't we level both?

1:57.5

I have first off, I have four Star Wars tat, too. I only have one. I have none. Secondly,

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