Big Byrd
03-16-11, 5:21 pm
For the 4th straight year, I have been lucky enough to represent Animal in the Cage at the Arnold. This year I had mixed emotions about being the Cage. Obviously I was stoked to see all the usual suspects again, but I was also a little deflated that I would not be able to perform my annual squat exhibition due to a recent leg injury. Additionally, i felt an emptiness inside with the absence of Nick Winters this year. But the show must go on; and go it did. This year the Cage was so jam packed with seminars, exhibitions, and events that they couldnt fit it all on the schedule card! The Cage gets bigger and better every year; the exhibition lifts get heavier, the seminars get more involved, and the athletes get larger.
I was pleased to see Animal lending more support to powerlifting in both in the Cage and its marketing efforts. Animal is sponsoring more powerlifters and even powerlifting meets this year than ever before. What started as a bodybuilding niche, has been incorporating Powerlifting as part of the Cage for years. I love this about Animal; it promotes the ideology of what G-Diesel termed Powerbuilding; that is, to be as strong as you look, and look as strong as you are. They understand that training for size begets strength, and training for strength begets size. Why limit yourself to one or the other? Sure, the ultimate goal of powerlifting is to lift the most amount of weight at the smallest body weight possible; but who really wants to stay small? Get big to lift big; that is Powerbuilding; that is Animal.
I was pleased to see Animal lending more support to powerlifting in both in the Cage and its marketing efforts. Animal is sponsoring more powerlifters and even powerlifting meets this year than ever before. What started as a bodybuilding niche, has been incorporating Powerlifting as part of the Cage for years. I love this about Animal; it promotes the ideology of what G-Diesel termed Powerbuilding; that is, to be as strong as you look, and look as strong as you are. They understand that training for size begets strength, and training for strength begets size. Why limit yourself to one or the other? Sure, the ultimate goal of powerlifting is to lift the most amount of weight at the smallest body weight possible; but who really wants to stay small? Get big to lift big; that is Powerbuilding; that is Animal.