Items of Note

In year 1 I reached out to several of my guys like Garage Gym Lab, Garage Gym Experiment, and Garage-Gyms.Com. You’ll notice their logos have changed, and back then they had roughly 10k followers, compared to their 100k+ today. But they are still around. Avid supporters of the GGC from day 1, ride or die. Working Class Barbell was an original sponsor, and they took home the first ever GGC Ambassador award in 2022. We also started our non-profit donations this year. I put up $250 to the charity of the winners choice. My dude picked Special Olympics, and we never looked back.

Year 1 laid a lot of foundational aspects for the GGC. We began with the week long event, allowing people to spread their lifts, use the hashtag, and have fun. Specialty bars were allowed, we allowed partial lifts, we broke all the powerlifting rules. We were in pursuit of an inclusive environment for at home competition, and we nailed it! I am so happy I had this idea and didn’t just let it die in a notebook. It would have been easy to do so. The things that have come from this would have never registered with my brain in Year 1. If you were here, you were part of something truly special. Thank you!