There is a new shirt available in the 70’s Big Store that is based on the intensity Chris brings to training. There are days when you go into the gym and you don’t feel your best. Whether it’s because you were up late drinking beer, not eating or sleeping well, or feeling drained from a busy week, you step towards a barbell and start warming up.
“Maybe I’ll just have a medium day,” you think. But once you put that bar on your back and get a feel for each warm-up, your mindset mutates and develops. 135, 225, and 315. Each set feels easier. Your psychological momentum is rolling in spite of your physical fatigue. Biology tries to convince you it isn’t your day, but you grimace and say, “Fuck it…I’m feeling reckless.” This is what training is all about; conquering gravity in what you previously thought was impossible. Stomping into heavy sets with reckless abandon is something only a crazy person would do. Are you reckless?
The phrase actually came after Chris squatted something crazy (500×10 or 600×2 — something like that). When asked why he did it, without hesitation he said, “I was feeling reckless.”
Edit: The back of the shirt has the classic 70sBig.com logo.
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I became friends with one of my professors from college named Dr. Dan Czech. Dr. Czech is an interesting person; he has been to 57 countries teaching and coaching baseball camps, has consulted with countless professional athletes, and is fascinated with social dynamics and human interaction. His experience gives him a unique view point on competition, perseverance, and success. Recently Shawn and I met DC for dinner (Shawn has been mentioned in these posts: first, second, and third.
To The 70s Big Community:
On Saturday January 23rd, I experienced an amazing dinner with the owner of this site, Justin. As someone who has been able to meet and travel this great land of ours, I have interacted with some top echelant people. Needless to say, my 4 hours with Justin will go down as some of the best hours I have had in a very long time. Justin brough the following to the experience:
-a knowledge base of the psychological mastering of cheesecake factory representatives
-an ability to eat 2,000 calories in one setting
-a humor to make my throat and stomach hurt for 2 days (Editor’s Note: From laughing.)
-the mental stamina to last 4 hours with Shawn Owen (Editor’s Note: A significant accomplishment.)
I am mightily impressed with this and thus have decided to partake some knowledge dropping from 70s Big. I look forward to learning from you guys.
Peace,
Dr. Czech
P.S. AC is plentiful.
70’s Big is fortunate to add Dr. Czech to the occasional contributors that include Dr. Michael Hartman and Dr. Lon Kilgore.
Sold. That shirt is fucking rad
That shirt is sick. GET IN MY BASKET, SHIRT!!!
Love the shirt, and hooray for new contributors!
Dr. Czech seems cool, looking forward to his articles!
Well done.
Anyone who knows of any competitions in LA (preferably northern LA) or even East Texas sometime later in the year, please let me know. Thanks.
Competitions in what?
–Justin
Not sure about the shirt.
Are pencil-thin mustaches really 70’s big?
Kidding. Sign me up.
It’s not a mustache; it’s the growth of Chris’ unshaven face and Ben’s depiction thereof. On a related note, Chris doesn’t grow facial hair very well despite his recklessness.
–Justin
I’m looking for a powerlifting competition. While I’m a fairly new to it, I agree with what you all have been saying in that it would be nice to have a goal to work towards. This would be my first, and if it matters or helps with a reccomendation, I am 33 years old, weigh about 220, and my 5RM on my lifts are 165 press, 275 bench press, 375 squat, 495 deadlift. Not really sure where my 1RM are right now.
Just have to whittle it down so people can help you.
–Justin
I like the P.S. line of the email.
Can the next shirt have a picture of AC making the 70s Big Face with “PLENTIFUL” under it?
We’re actually trying to figure out a caption for such a shirt. You’ll hear about it soon.
–Justin
Done and Done!! shirt purchased and on its way!! awesome design!
Notice: If you want to do the research for websites that contain schedules for competition dates in powerlifting and Olympic weightlifting, find them and send them to me. I already know about powerliftwatch.com, but sometimes each state has individual sites with info on them. USAW’s site doesn’t include all of the small meets.
In any case, we can do a write up so that people will have a resource to look at before asking where/when meets are.
How bout one with Ben’s “kissy face.”
http://www.70sbig.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/justin-ben.jpg
So I went to order the “Reckless” shirt and realized you can’t order 3xl. Did I overlook something or is this a bug with the new store?
I would order a 2xl, however I have recently come to the conclusion that with my new training (Modified 5-3-1) I have gorwn out of a 2xl.
Thanks for the help,
Pete
I have to specially make the bigger shirts. I’ll get on that.
Edit: 3X is up.
–Justin
for anyone in the New England area, theres an Olympic meet coming up Feb 20th in Lynn, MA. I have the entry form in pdf if people want a copy.
also, I just realized that coconut milk has 500cals per cup, holy fuck. Maybe I can eat mostly paleo and still get all my cals after all…
Titrate the coconut milk up. It’ll make your stomach bubbly.
–Justin
Just a thought:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31066109@N04/5393242887/