We’d like to announce the month-long event Novemburly. Some call it “No Shave November”, some call it “Movember” (a horrible name, I’ve never, ever heard of anybody calling a mustache a “mo”), and some call it “It’s getting chilly and I need to chop some wood”, so we’ll lump it all together and call it Novemburly.
I’m not really concerned with any childish or deplorable rules; just end this month burlier than you started it. Mustache, chops, and beard are all accepted and encouraged. That stupid thin chinstrap beard thing that Ben Douche-lisburger tried to pull off is unacceptable (you can view it here).
Have another doughnut, fatty.
Anyway, make sure you get your burly on. At the end of the month we’ll have a contest for best burly picture, and the winner will get one of the 70’s Big t-shirts.
Brian Wilson is on board (for some reason I called him Jason earlier):
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In other news, AC is a year older. I’m not really impressed with that as much as I’m impressed by the 365×5 that he benched before eating his cake (you’re never too old for cakes made by your mom). Oh, I shouldn’t have to say it, but it’s raw, and he’s probably weighing 215.
Video from AC’s cell phone.
It’s Brian Wilson.
Chris called me and told me. I would have never noticed. I don’t know why I wrote Jason. I had literally just looked him up for the picture.
–Justin
Question about benching. I noticed AC had his feet back, looked to have his heels on the ground for the purpose of keeping a tight arch in his back. When I set up this way I start to cramp in my lats and lower back. Am I arching too much? Any suggestions?
It’s possible to arch too much. I suspect this is dependent on body dimensions. Ease up on the arch a bit. The foot position is still important to solidify the upper back into the bench, though.
–Justin
November is now know as “The month I abandoned all hope of getting laid”. Oh well, could be worse.
I’ll probably scare the crap out of people at the gym..
A woman who wont lay you because you have facial hair probably isn’t worth much anyway.
That is some impressive benching.
The SF pitcher’s name is Brian Wilson and he was the most interesting man in the World Series:
http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/27/san-francisco-giants-closer-brian-wilson-2010-world-series/
Don’t know why I called him Jasob. See comment above.
–Justin
Did I catch an “all you” at the end of that set?
Yes, but the spotter did a good job all things considering.
–Justin
His name is Kyle. A real cool dude. I always use him to spot when I can because he can get me pumped up.
–A.C.
I think it’s funny how you deliberately got Brian Wilson’s name wrong because you’re mad that a man from San Francisco activated rape mode against Texas.
Nice bench, AC. Don’t mind me, I’m just going to go hang my head in shame.
Ha, I’m not loyal to Texas, although I like it for the most part. The food mostly.
I watched approximately 2/3 of an inning of this year’s World Series. That’s 2/3 more than I’ve watched in a few years.
–Justin
Good stuff. I am a friend of Paul who makes your shirts, have done strength training with him.
the reason that people mention “Movember” is because it is a charity event. Here is my page, for example, and this is why guys grow mustaches every November.
http://us.movember.com/mospace/572160/
very, very good cause.
I’m all for the charity. I just never called a mustache a “mo”.
–Justin
yesssssssss i love facial hair on my men!
AC, i like your bench.
i’m also curious about the foot position.
one more thing–is there any way that i can participate in novemburly without growing facial hair? that is, is there a female version?
1. What is the question on foot position (the other guy was talking about back arch)?
2. I hope there isn’t a female equivalent. Females shouldn’t try to grow hair this month in the places they can actually grow it. I can’t think of an equivalent. You girls think of one.
–Justin
@thunderthighs
you can join my team as a “mo sista” on the link above ;)
If women didn’t dig men with facial hair, I would be screwed. Actually not. Girls dislike it, not women.
Damnit. I need a tutorial from 70s big to grow facial hair. I just can’t do it, I guess i’m not man enough yet. Staring in the mirror for hours doesn’t get it grow in full yet, it’s all patchy and whatnot.
Sad sad days ahead of me.
Some dudes just can’t grow it. My friend Shawn will get a dirty Juan Valdez ‘stache at the most. I guess you’ll have to use a Sharpee.
–Justin
Damn… at 40 y/o I still don’t have a full beard – and I realize I never will. I can grow and insane mustache and a killer goatee, and I’m old enough now that my facial hair is about 20% gray. Alas, my cheeks rebel against the world of whiskers.
I will do my best though, and post the nastiest pics of a patchwork beard you’ve ever seen!
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey
Yooooooooooooooooooooooou
Guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuys!
I’m doing the Movember thing. Helping fund research to prevent our dude-specific parts from getting the cancer is a good thing. Not sure what mustache I’m going for. Torn between the Lemmy and the Selleck.
I have high hopes for my ‘stache, based on the success of my Wolverine sideburns for Halloween: http://yfrog.com/6eqyaj
Go Selleck.
–Justin
baseball is ABSOLUTELY not a sport
Also,
AC, Holy Moly man… One day… one freakin day
Like McGrok said, Movember is a good thing yo be a part of. Sounds stupid but its for a good cause. I dont grow any beautiful facial hair like some of the readers here but damnit ill try
I’ve been a seasonal facial hair grower for 5-6 years now, I cycle, goatee during spring and fall, nothin during the summer, and a full beard all winter long, alway shaving or starting to grow the first day of the new season. Not sure how I started it, but it’s tradition now. Looks like I’ll start early this season and stop shaving for the full beard…NOW.
@AidenBloodaxe – ABSOLUTELY!
Already have a beard that could rival Brian Wilson’s. Guess I’m going to have to let it go for the month and make an attempt for lumberjack status.
ThunderThighs and other people Who Want to Bench Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too
this article (especially the page linked, pg2) will probably be good reading
http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance/dave_tates_sixweek_bench_press_cure
The Giants suck regardless of a fluke win.
Anyone who says baseball isn’t a sport was never any good at it.
Lacrosse is not a fucking sport.
Because of an intense jealousy directed at those who can grow a Jeremiah Johnson-esque beard and my wife’s fondness of calling me Joe Dirt when I attempt to grow one, this time of year is difficult for me. However I fully support the promotion of such flagrant displays of unbridled masculinity.
Also, I’m not a big baseball fan and didn’t know who Brian Wilson was until a friend sent me his interview with Jim Rome—who is not cool. It’s worth the 8 minutes.
Awesome interview.
–Justin
AC,
Holy Crap.
Best Regards,
homerj742
LaHabra,
“anyone who says baseball isn’t a sport was never any good at it”
being good at baseball is equivalent to being good at being a deadbeat piece of shit without a job and only occasionally doing menial labor every couple weeks to make enough money to fuel a low-grade drug addiction, so i guess we can mostly agree on this
Everyone ignore Brent. He probably grew up hating “the jocks”.
–Justin
@brent kim
u mad?
Justin, i was actually that kid who the Jocks loved to make fun of. Unfortunately, im going to have to side with Brent.
Im glad brent posted here. Mr. Kim, i would like to exchange techno music with you, in the most non homosexual way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUCPBGquvY8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwDhd1NyPN8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DY75Ylyu9U
BTW, if you look closely in the video, you can see the guy right next to AC warming up with partial reps. Found that funny.
Is math a sport Brent?
A few friends and I had our first powerlifting meet this past weekend. Awesome experience. Met some strong ass dudes including a guy by the name of Ron Strong who happens to own the IPF masters II deadlift world record. He tried to beat it but missed his 711 lb pull. All round great time. I’m already planning for my next meet.
Here are some vids of us at the comp…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rJgvvQlMfA
http://www.youtube.com/user/mattyjay1234#p/a/u/2/PHeA3hu9ybk
http://www.youtube.com/user/mattyjay1234#p/a/u/0/IwewU_0ggA4
http://www.youtube.com/user/mattyjay1234#p/u/5/EiZ8TGL4ymg
http://www.youtube.com/user/mattyjay1234#p/u/3/PtSQm8C31MU
http://www.youtube.com/user/mattyjay1234#p/u/1/II6m0kJsKZU
We all seem to suck at bench so I wont make everyone suffer through the pain of watching them.
Brent, what else isn’t a sport?
What else isn’t a sport, Brent?
rofl
– brent
Happy birthday AC. Sheet cake FTW.
And now, in tribute to Brian Wilson, I think I’ll go rage: RIGHT NOW.
I’m a real suit and tie guy these days and my job requires that I shave daily. But not that long ago I was quite burly. Here’s a photo from January 2008–me at my burliest.
http://img574.imageshack.us/img574/6305/beard.png
LaHabra if you’re just going to troll me i don’t think we have anything to talk about
Justin,
I understand you are a busy man, but did you happen to see my email about the York stuff?
So is that a negative on the math?
we both know the answer to that and i’m not going to insult your or my own intelligence by giving that question the courtesy of an answer
Beard? Done.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31066109@N04/5144470722/
Incidentally, the people at my ‘box’ (whatever) were talking about a 30 paleo challenge for November. I said that sucked and declared a 30 day 70sBig challenge. Whoever gains the most weight and/or gets strongest in November, with accompanying facial hair, wins.
Ahhh the good ol’ RAC. I bet the fake tree of life gave AC immense strength.
I may be wrong, but I’m pretty sure Movember started here in Australia. The term ‘mo’ has always been synonymous with moustaches here, I’m not really sure why, but it was most definitely popularised by two of this country’s greatest ever cricketers from the late 80s-early 90s. Ladies & gentlemen, I give you Merv Hughes and David Boon
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/12/20/mervehughes_narrowweb__300x361,0.jpg
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2009/7/17/1247840973038/David-Boon-001.jpg
@Crawf
Hey, somebody buy that man a beer, or since we’re talking about Boonie, a carton. Movember did start in Australia and “mo” is a very common shortening of moustache here.
While Boonie and big Merv are two of our finest examples of mustachioed cricketers, I would direct your attention even further back to (appropriately) the 70’s and the likes of ,
the great Dennis Lillee:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/hwtports/0/0/1/im/hp001727.jpg
Rod “Bacchus/Iron Gloves” Marsh:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/hwtports/0/0/1/im/hp001727.jpg
Ian “Chappelli” Chappell (what a classic photo):
http://wisdencricketer.com/userfiles/features/main_images/ianc.jpg
and, Allan “Captain Grumpy” Border:
http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/uploads/Allan-Border.jpg
*When i say “your”, i mean all you non-Aussies out there who have no idea about cricket or it’s legendary players. Crawf, i’m sure, is more than familiar with these greats.
i think chris would be good to out to a night club with, get drunk, pick up girls, and start a fight perhaps.
He has a certain comedic wildness.
makes for a lot of fun.
Night club and drinking: yes. Picking up girls: no. Chris has a lady he cares about big time. And I think he’d only fight if something happened to her.
–Justin