The first 70’s Big chat in a long time will be tonight at 6:00 PM EST and coincides with the Movember Lift-a-thon I’m doing. I (regrettably) agreed to do one clean and jerk for every $50 raised when we were at the $2700 mark. That means I have 72 reps to do this evening during the chat, and it’ll be streamed live.

Keep an eye on the Facebook/Twitter for updates (in case of problems).
Thanks to Adam at Panhandle CrossFit for allowing me to act like a stooge in his gym tonight.
Here’s a link to the stream if you want to chat.



There will be a chance for Q&A during the chat, but most people like to mingle with 70’s Big folk.

Last Friday one of history’s greatest weightlifters died at the age of 69. Vasily Alekseyev won two Olympic gold medals, eight World Championships, and set 80 World Records. Yes, 80. He was the first man to clean and jerk 500 pounds, and the first to total 600kg (when the clean and press was still in competition). He also had one of the first legitimate power bellies in strength sports. I’ll recap his life by linking various articles that have been published in the last few days, including two by Dr. Michael Hartman and Nick Horton.


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