Oliver Bateman Does the WorkVerified account

The bar remains pretty low for non-athlete celebrity lifters (politicians, podcast comedy ppl, etc.). These folks aren't good lifters. In fact, most lifters, myself included, aren't good lifters. The only lifters I want to see are people so juiced that they're going to die young

405/500ish/650ish sucks at 240, it's garbage. I want to see someone using the best drugs in the world, eyes yellowed from liver failure, bellying up to the bar for what could be their last lift. Lift every lift like it's your last lift. I love to see it. I'm here for it

This is what I love about sports. Don't take that away from me with drug tests. Don't turn it into Instagram motivational captions or use it to pimp products. A true athlete will die for their sport. Me? Heck no. I have better things to do. I'm doing the work, not in the arena

The best athlete, the true athlete, would die for that extra pound or yard or second. You love to see it. It's dumb as hell. I'm here for it. Get on that grind

This is what I miss about PRIDE and the early MMA promotions. Getting so juiced up for a fight and so beaten down that even if you win you're effectively a ruined, dead person walking. The true athlete would die for a single move or play. It all comes down to that. The Big One