FINLAY MERCER
Nature Walk UK Champion
I'm from Shetland, a small little island at the top of Scotland. It's pretty quiet there. But there's a fairly big strength scene there. Yeah, there's quite a few strong people that come from there, and I've been lucky to train with some strong people. And, yeah, some of the best times in my life have been training up there.
Now I'm living in Aberdeen, and it's fairly quiet compared to most cities, but I've got a good place to train at. I've got some likeminded people around me that love to train and love to do mushrooms and just...
...where I'm at, it doesn't matter, but it's the people and the connections that matter. And at the end of the day, wherever you bring yourself, it doesn't matter where you go, you're still you; you're still bringing yourself.
"There are rules, but the constraint from the rules opens the way to a nice amount of creativity. So I think that's what's sick about Strongman."
I think what's is really sick about Strongman is that if you're interacting with, like, these events, it kind of doesn't make sense to not approach it with, like, a sense of play. Like why would you take it so seriously, you know?
Strongman makes it easy to play, and I think that's what's really cool about it, and it's quite a creative sport. There are rules, but the rules -- there's, like, a -- the constraint from the rules opens the way to a nice amount of creativity. So I think that's sick about Strongman.
There's something that I've noticed about people I respect or people I find interesting and people that are cool, is if you were to, like, try and clarify a point... so you said something, and then I asked, "Well, is this what you mean?" If I was, like, 90% right, then you would make the effort to bridge that understanding to be 100%. And I just think that that is a really cool thing.
And I think you have a vision. Or you have lots of visions in general and actualizing them can sort of like exist in a really fundamental way, and there's, like, a reason for everything.
I feel like a lot of people can enjoy something, but if I asked you why you enjoyed something, I think you'd be able to kind of elucidate why that's the case. I think that that is, like, a curse on you, because it's, like, exhausting, but I think it makes for creating really cool stuff that resonates like fuck.
And then things like Nature Walk is just -- yeah, it's really cool. And I think that that kind of thing, it just hits, like, the right -- I don't know. Like, if people saw that, or if more people saw it, then I think it would attract a lot of people to the sport, and I think it's just a matter of time before it kind of catches on, like, if you got onto some streaming service, like, I don't know if this one or, like, a future one.
And it just feels like an actually cool brand. I can't imagine ever looking to, like, a [redacted] or a fucking [redacted] or whatever and being, like, that's so cool. But with Odd Objects, then it's, like, that's so fucking cool.
I put one of the stickers on my laptop, and I just fucking love to look at it. And I put the piss one on, and I was trying to think when and where could I use that one with that woman pissing and then the fucking dudes at the bottom looking up, but it will have its time, I'm sure.
Don't take anything life too seriously. Value your circle, your loved ones. And everything can be play.
Fucking hell. That's quite a lot. I feel like there's probably enough meat on the bone there for you. If you want any more, let me know. I'd be more than happy to give you my stream of consciousness. But, yeah, lots of love.
What's your favorite Odd Objects product?
The Skintight shorts. I fucking wore them all the time. But now I've got this black hoodie that fucking rocks, and it being, like, so heavy and thick. It's sick.
Skin Tights | Compression Shorts
