A piper. A lifter. One feed.

Iron in one hand. Pipes in the other.

Two competitions, same week. Same person. No split-screen, no costume change. The overlap is the whole point.

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Years Under The Bar

Years On The Bagpipes

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01 / The Premise

Not a fitness page. Not a pipe band page. The overlap. Gym bag and pipe case in the same car, same person carrying them, neither activity explaining the other. Most of what I post is that. Errors left in. Uploads happen when they happen.

The years are invisible. The result isn't.

02 / Origin

Two disciplines. One person.

Twenty-plus years of lifting. Approaching ten years piping, fifteen on the drum before that. CRM engagement manager by day, which is where most of the actual editing happens. Started Reps & Reels because the two things sit next to each other in my life and I wanted to post about them without explaining the combination every time.

I'm not an expert. Just consistent. Most weeks.

Steve in full Highland dress playing the bagpipes on parade

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A bagpiper for the day that calls for one.

Kilted, tuned, and ready. I still train under one of the most accomplished pipers around (she keeps me honest and humble), so my playing stays sharp. And when it's time for the moment, I know the music that fits. Music to mark a memory, to honor years of them, or to make an occasion truly its own. I'll step in when it counts and slip out when it's done. Not a showman. Someone who takes the occasion seriously. You only get the moment once. I treat it that way.

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Chest day soundtrack: Boolavogue. Dress code: accidental denim.