Brodie Butland
@BMB_Esq
Attorney, #StartingStrength and Cleveland enthusiast, Domer, Buckeye, father, and many awesome things I can't fit into 160 characters.
About a year ago, I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. I’ve sworn this oath twice before, but there was something very special doing it as an Assistant US Attorney. I will never forget the importance of my promise to the country I love.
Saturday squats…knees were a little late on some of these, but I’ll take tree-fiddy after a hard week with insufficient sleeping. Just show up and often good things will happen.
Dr. Jonathon Sullivan’s barbell gym made the NY Times! Barbell training really is for almost anyone, at any age. All of Dr. Sullivan’s clients are at least middle-aged, and many are over 70.
This @nytimes story about "older" (>40y) people lifting is wonderful (and a brilliant idea) - and I guess @SS_strength's secret is out, as Dr. J. Sullivan's book "The Barbell Prescription" has been shared for years like samizdat among enthusiasts... nytimes.com/2025/07/26/wel…
Sam Altman just confirmed what lawyers have been saying for over a year: There’s no legal privilege when you use ChatGPT. So if you’re pasting in contracts, asking legal questions, or asking it for strategy, you’re not getting legal advice. You’re generating discoverable…
The Mountain strikes again…1,111 pound deadlift.
505kg WORLD RECORD! History made again
Unless the partner is personally cite-checking the cases, I call bullshit.
A partner at a prominent law firm told me “AI is now doing work that used to be done by 1st to 3rd year associates. AI can generate a motion in an hour that might take an associate a week. And the work is better. Someone should tell the folks applying to law school right now.”
Strength is the foundation of movement. Train strength, and everything improves.
Here’s an example of the Two Factor Model at work. McKenna is a high level golfer that came to Starting Strength Orlando with a +3 handicap and an 89 mph club head speed at 17 years old. After her first 6 months of training her club head speed improved to 100 mph and she put…
The Oxford Comma: better for grammar, clarity, and business. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/02/09…
Next time you’re out, try getting into an Uber without booking it. Just open the door and say, “Hey, I’m only going up the street. I swear it’ll be quick. You’re already headed that way, right?” See what happens. That’s what it’s like when you’re not even a client and you ask…
One of the most beautiful songs ever written
My best photo of Saturn I’ve captured since getting into this hobby 8 years ago.
The father plants trees he will never climb and the son climbs trees he did not plant, and somewhere in this sacred exchange lies the mystery of time itself - how a man becomes eternal not by living forever but by teaching another man to die well, and when the son finally…
Managed to do the nearly-impossible as an attorney…I finished my CLE for the biennium before July.
You play in Indianapolis…
Fever star Sophie Cunningham on the WNBA expanding to multiple new cities over the next few years: "I don’t know how excited people are to be going to Detroit or [Cleveland]"
Amusing that this is being posted on Twitter…
Don’t argue with fools; elevate the conversation.
This did not disappoint…so incredibly touching.
Pope Leo XIV holding back the tears, as he hears the Our Father chanted beautifully in Ukrainian, by the faithful of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church on pilgrimage in St. Peter’s Basilica for this Jubilee Holy Year.
California Man Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS 🔗: justice.gov/opa/pr/califor…
For those about to squat 🫡 Remember: the first rep always lies to you. And often the fourth does too.
A summer associate evaluation said I was “eager to please”…in the criticism section.
What’s the funniest thing you’ve gotten scolded for in a 1:1 at work? “Please stop saying ‘That’s why they pay me the medium bucks’ every time someone says “Thank you” it’s making people uncomfortable” comes to mind for me
Back to lifting consistently after some rough months…deadlift feeling great for a change!