Reader Appreciation Day

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One of 70’s Big’s campaigns is to get people competing in something. There are a lot of mental and introspective benefits to competing and it focuses training and makes it fun. Whether you are a grizzled veteran or just starting out, you can send in videos and I’ll actually start posting them regularly. I’ll try to dip into my e-mail archives for those of you who have already sent in videos.

For all you spectators, maybe you can use this as motivation. I haven’t heard of anyone having a bad time at their first meet/competition. And for all of you daily commentors, go ahead and strike up a conversation. I leave it up to you resourceful goons to incite a riot conversation topic.

Oh, and if you find things around the internet that are relevant to 70’s Big, whether they are videos, pictures or articles, then feel free to send those on in.
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Stephen Winburn is a powerlifter competing in the 220 lb. class (presumably raw?) in Georgia. He has competed against AC before, and this is a video of him pulling 555 for a triple for a 37 lb. PR. Nice.


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Duane competed in the 110kg class at the Brute Strength Stars and Stripes USAPL competition in Norfolk, VA. His total of 587.5 kg was good enough to win the weight class by a margin of 2.5kg (the same increase he made on his third attempt squat). Nice job, Duane.


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And lastly, NolanPower from the comments did awesome at NJ states. He went 8/9, 1636 lbs. in the 220 lb. class — RAW. He caps the meet off with a 716 lb. third attempt deadlift. Fucking awesome.


32 thoughts on “Reader Appreciation Day”

  2. I love how NolanPower Presses that polo shirt dude in celebration after nailing that Deadlift! I should start doing that at my gym after I hit PR’s…Somehow I don’t think the manager will like it if I start picking people off the eliptical machines and throwing them in the air though…I hate my gym!

    Nice work everyone!

  3. That last video was sick, Cant believe how fast he pulled the first attempt

    He will probably get into it if he logs on today, but that first attempt was his last warm-up.

    –Justin

  4. How are we going to officially celebrate the one year anniversary of 70’sBig??? Right now, I’m looking at old articles and my workout logs and setting some goals…back to the basics for me.

    @Gregor – “I hate my gym!” lol

    -The power rack is NOT for pullups!

  5. @ Justin and AC

    No Homo, I had a dream about you two last night. Yous guys were on my family vacation for some reason, and we went to some concert/bar after we finished doing that we were walking to our car when you two disappeared. I looked at my sisters and told them I knew you guys were planning some trick to pull on me and that I needed to think of something to do you two first. At that very moment you two jumped out from behind a corner and lit me with paintball guns. I’m not sure what this means but I woke up annoyed that I never got a chance to retaliate. Thanks for haunting my dreams.

    I had a dream with you in it too the other night. You were at this bar with me and you insisted on making love to as many men as possible that night. I asked “Why?”. You said “I need to find someone like me, someone who’ll rattle the cages”. I said “OOOOOOH-Kay”. That’s it.

    –A.C.

    i enjoyed reading about both of these dreams

    – brent

  6. Man, Nolan’s deadlifts are crazy. Those first two rocketed up. I tried his “reach for the sky” thing before my last couple sets of deadlifts and it seemed to help a little bit.

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  9. I was reading the newspaper and saw an article on a woman getting crushed to death by a tree. I was thinking to myself, “What the hell is a tree doing in a kitchen?”

    This is why we don’t have as many female readers.

    –Justin

  13. Dear 70s Big,

    I would like to formally request I be given the temporary certification of ’70s Big’.

    I please with you, because I can wait no longer. I weigh 190lbs at 6’3″ and I know I am below the minimum requirements for an adult male, however listen to my plea:

    I was at the gym yesterday working on my overhead presses when I saw the bro-squad in full effect. Their ringleader looked like the bad guy from Better Off Dead. I am pretty sure he owns or has owned a Pontiac Firebird with a copy of Rock You Like a Hurricane stuck in the tape deck.

    I realized at that moment that I was the only one insofar as I can tell who owns and uses lifting shoes there. I am the only one who squats. I am the only one who does overhead presses. People have given me weird looks when I power clean.

    I did a 1×5 @ 325lb deadlift (working my way back up after a reset) set last week and all I got was stares. I am not strong, but dammit I am trying. I have never taken my shirt off during pullups, I have gained 31lbs this year, and I don’t even grunt or scream with my squats.

    Cliffnotes: The K-12 dude. You make a gnarly run like that and girls will get sterile just looking at you.

  18. kittenSmash,

    You’re probably right, but I feel his over-exuberance at wearing his high school football jersey at the age of probably late 30s suggests he is doing the Scorpions a disservice.

    Also, he kissed his biceps and posed a lot. So, I think perhaps my rage is more directed at the idea and the walking stereotype that he was than anything else.

    My example:

    Flannel by itself: badass.
    Flannel on a hipster: NOT badass.

    If that doesn’t convince you, here’s a random video:

  19. Nolan–nope, Hopkins. Sure looks like him though.

    Side note: there’s an article in the August edition of the (shitty) magazine Men’s Fitness about the Army 2nd Batallion 12th Regiment, currently stationed in a real shitty part of Afghanistan. They’ve built up a legitimate gym that’s a target of daily incoming fire. They’re all mountain warriors trying to get 70s Big. One guy can squat 540 and another benches 400. Huge!

  20. SMC,

    you are going to get us trolled by militant feminists, which would be fucking awesome

    we just need to introduce a little anarchy … something to rattle the cages

    also –

    i liked all the vids in this post, good lifting all around, pretty impressed with the 555lbs x 3 deadlift triple, liked the tenacity ooh KAY

    i mean intense lifting all around, Duane’s 3rd attempt squat, 1 minute metcon?? ooh KAY

    and of course a 716lbs deadlift is pretty sweet, Nolan is DIESEL ooh KAY

  22. a 70s big woman would never get crushed to death by a tree. they would obviously over head press it and possible whittle a counter-top to make more sandwiches.

  23. Oh Wait Maslow, I misread your post.

    That person is from Hopkins, and he is hilarious.

    The first deadlift on the platform is my last warmup because you have to get used to pulling with the proper bar because you cannot guarantee that the bar you have in the back will be identical to the one you are using on the platform. At this meet they were using an Ivanko Power Bar (28mm, slightly whippy) in the warmup room, but a Q-Bar (28.5mm stiff as a board) on the platform so the feel of deadlifting with each bar was completely different.

  25. Heres something I’d like to share with the community. A few national level lifters started a non-profit org here in Boston to take “at-risk” youth and teach them the lifts, giving them discipline and goals, as well as keeping them off the street and out of trouble. One of their students (nicknamed MC) is 16 and weighs 69kg, has squatted 305lbs and cleaned 102kg, the kid is a beast and well on his way. Check out their page and the videos they have posted, some great stuff: http://www.facebook.com/pages/InnerCity-Weightlifting/245115412129?v=info&ref=ts

  28. This is me lifting in my first full meet. I have previously competed in the deadlift only before.

    http://www

    I am going to the WPC/AWPC Raw Worlds down in Idaho Falls in a couple weeks. Is anyone else going that way?

  29. did we have a comment of the week last week? i look forward to those…

    Nope. I had to drive to Florida from Atlanta, then drive to Fort Myers on Friday, did the workshop, and drove back to north Florida. I was beat.

    –Justin

  30. @domjo54

    This is my pick from last week. Not sure many people saw it as it was posted pretty late (in the training logs article):

    gurner Says:
    August 19th, 2010 at 10:38 pm

    @ThunderThighs

    If you’re talking about guys that go Commando in the weights room, agreed. Completely unacceptable, and a downright hazard to all concerned. No one enjoys having to wipe someone else’s ball sweat off a bench but unfortunately, it’s an all too common occurence.

    As for Justin and AC, you can go as short as you like. It all comes down to packing the Crown Jewels carefully to ensure they don’t spill out when you’re deep with 400lb across your back.

    There are three proven methods to approach this:

    1) The Lunch Pack:

    Both the meat and potatoes are shoved across to one side of the middle seam of the shorts. Can be restrictive and not recommended for well endowed athletes. Definitely not suitable for squatting. Keep this one reserved for when you want to make an impact on the dancefloor on a saturday night.

    2) The Cut Lunch:

    The style of choice for the vast majority of short short wearers. The seam of the shorts divides the meat and potatoes straight up the middle. One potato on either side, with the seam running pararllel along the meat. Can be pointing north or south depending on the needs, preference and mood of the athlete.

    3) The Meat ‘n Potatoes

    Meat on one side, potatoes on the other. Self explanatory.

    Here the Bee Gees depict an excellent example of all three methods.

    From left to right: Lunch Pack, Cut Lunch, Meat n’ Potatoes:

    http://www.thedwarf.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=30313

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