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naturalguy
12-01-12, 5:41 pm
Enforcer had a great idea to hold an ABC to raise funds/food for the victims of hurricane Sandy. We had a great event today with a great turnout. Special thanks goes to Skiba for putting on the event and hosting us. Everyone who showed up today was very generous and we will be bringing the food and money to the New Brunswick Salvation Army for their hurricane Sandy relief fund.

For those who have never been, Skiba's is one of the most hardcore gyms in the country, it's the only Westside Barbell certified gym in New Jersey. People come from far and wide to train there including today as Deana came all the way from Ohio (and brought lots of food with her to donate) Jay (The Rhino) came from up in Mass, Vinny G, Josh Halladay, Nick Lepore, Aggression, C. Coronato, G Diesel, Big Wides (good to see you again my friend), Enforcer, Biggie, T Dirty and a lot more all came out to support the cause and train hard. And train hard we did, Skiba squatted over 700, C.Coronato squatted some stupid amount of weight, close to 700. i think i hit a gym squat pr, had a great workout. All in all a great day and we helped out a great cause.

We also got a donation from Roosevelt Medical Center which is around the corner from the gym, special thanks to them.

here are the pics:

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naturalguy
12-01-12, 5:46 pm
Enforcer, Big Wides, G Diesel, C.Coronato:

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The Rhino & Deana

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You won't see this at Planet Fitness:

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naturalguy
12-01-12, 5:49 pm
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naturalguy
12-01-12, 5:51 pm
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naturalguy
12-01-12, 5:53 pm
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naturalguy
12-01-12, 5:56 pm
We grubbed at Burger Express:

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My truck is packed with boxes of food that was donated:

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FiremanDan
12-01-12, 6:10 pm
Enforcer had a great idea to hold an ABC to raise funds/food for the victims of hurricane Sandy. We had a great event today with a great turnout. Special thanks goes to Skiba for putting on the event and hosting us. Everyone who showed up today was very generous and we will be bringing the food and money to the New Brunswick Salvation Army for their hurricane Sandy relief fund.

For those who have never been, Skiba's is one of the most hardcore gyms in the country, it's the only Westside Barbell certified gym in New Jersey. People come from far and wide to train there including today as Deana came all the way from Ohio (and brought lots of food with her to donate) Jay (The Rhino) came from up in Mass, Vinny G, Josh Halladay, Nick Lepore, Aggression, C. Coronato, G Diesel, Big Wides (good to see you again my friend), Enforcer, Biggie, T Dirty and a lot more all came out to support the cause and train hard. And train hard we did, Skiba squatted over 700, C.Coronato squatted some stupid amount of weight, close to 700. i think i hit a gym squat pr, had a great workout. All in all a great day and we helped out a great cause.

here are the pics:

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/er1994/IMAG1509.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/er1994/IMAG1476.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/er1994/IMAG1477.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/er1994/IMAG1478.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/er1994/IMAG1479.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/er1994/IMG_20121201_122158.jpg

There are some sick lifts going on in this place! Not to mention some bad ass people!

Enforcer
12-01-12, 6:26 pm
Another badass ABC in the books. And this one was def. extra special. It was so great to see how much canned goods that people brought and money that was donated to all those victims of Hurricane Sandy. Skibas is def a hardcore gym, I mean fuck there is no door on the bathroom, it a fuckin sheet. Always great to see the old faces...G, NG, C. Coronato, Aggression, Nick, Big Wides, and even Deanna (much respect goes to her for making the trip, just goes to show how much she loves this company, and Vinny G. Great to see some new faces as well. Skiba eats, lives, and bleeds this sport.....I truly believe shit like this keeps him going. Guy gets excited for every lift going on. To have a guy like that open his doors to us is truly amazing. Once again thanx to everyone that made the trip out and donated to such a great cause. Cant wait to see everyone at the next one.

pkilcarr
12-01-12, 6:52 pm
Great job on the ABC guys and collecting some food for the people in need!

mritter3
12-01-12, 8:32 pm
Awesome pics Eric...looks like a success for sure!

JdKong79
12-01-12, 8:54 pm
First time at Skiba's and loved it, wish I lived closer and could train there daily. But another great ABC for an even better cause. Great seeing everyone again and cant wait til the next one....and big thanks to Animal for picking up the tab @Burger Express.

skibasgym
12-01-12, 10:39 pm
Universal and the Abc crew deserve much respect and thanks...everytime we meet I feel the comaraderie and love not seen in this era anymore...I cant thank the people enough for understanding our place...It aint fancy but it exudes hardcore.tight spaces but evryone made due...the guys even for said fuck the incline bench and do it westside way...hats off guys.....
As I really believe there's strong and COCK STRONG.....OUR GROUP AND THOSE THERE COULDLIFT ON A BAR BENT LIKE A BUFFALO BAR AND SET A PR...
CANT WAIT FOR THE ARNOLD GOT LOTS OF IDEAS FROM OUR CREW....THANKS TO ALL THERES TOO MANY TO THANK JUST WISHING YOU ALL GOOD KARMA FOR YOUR HELP...
SKIBS

skibasgym
12-01-12, 10:43 pm
Is this john, please call 732-598-9369 if your into the strongman stuff
skibs

FITGYM
12-02-12, 1:05 pm
looks like one for the BOOKS

and love the "pat your back somewhere else" sign

Thx for posting up Pics NG

JdKong79
12-02-12, 9:29 pm
Is this john, please call 732-598-9369 if your into the strongman stuff
skibs

yep it is...ok as long as its not to help you get into your squat suit again haha

deanna7272
12-03-12, 12:44 am
Just got in about an hour or so ago... 905 miles round trip and worth every second behind the wheel...

So glad that I had the opportunity to come back to Jersey, see old friends, meet new friends, get to put faces with screen names and catching up with everyone... Thanks for having me, welcoming me back, making me feel at home once again!! The entire weekend was so amazing and all done for a great cause... Thank you!!

Skiba's was definitely on my bucket list of gyms to visit, and when this special ABC came up, I KNEW that it was a trip that I was making, and believe me, the weekend far exceeded my expectations!!! I am so blown away with the amount of weight that gets moved when Skiba's team is involved!! Like Henri said, the gym is not fancy, but who needs fancy? Fancy doesn't make ya strong as hell. Hard work, proper knowledge in your training, and dedication to progress does. The work, desire, dedication, and success of the team speaks VOLUMES... The backbone of that team is Henri. He lives and breathes for this and takes every opportunity to share the wealth of knowledge that he has acquired...

I want to say a special thank you to Henri... He contacted me Saturday night and offered to bring me in Sunday morning and put me through a West Side mini camp... I have been wanting to learn more about PL training, core work, etc and Henri wanted to make sure that I had those questions answered. I feel much more comfortable with what I was already doing and now know ways to improve, to strengthen, and to increase my potential for progress!!! I will admit this though, my body HATES me right now and I am sure it will continue to do so for DAYS!!

I will be posting up my pics tomorrow (as the hotel had not had Internet service since Sandy and I had 3 devices to take pics off of and couldn't do it all with my tablet. Not to mention how jacked up my phone was all weekend...lol) It's time to catch up on some zzzz's...

G Diesel
12-03-12, 9:10 am
Great pics NG. I was honored to once again rub elbows with such a great group of dudes. Much respect to everyone who came out to support a good cause.

Huge thanks to Skiba for the hospitality and good energy as always.

Peace, G

C.Coronato
12-03-12, 9:55 am
Absolutely amazing time. I cant thank Skiba for his hospitality, as well as his coaching through the squat having me hit an all time PR. Thank you to everyone who came, especially Jay and Dee for traveling such far distances.

Had a blast!

Biggie973
12-03-12, 11:34 am
Great pics, NG & Thank you Skiba for hosting us. Plus having Dee & Jay coming from a long distance to show support.

World Eater
12-03-12, 12:38 pm
Awesome fellas. Looks like the gym was packed and the event was a succes!

Brasil
12-03-12, 2:49 pm
Sucks I missed this cuz of my stupid old van again. buying a new car next year. tired of missing out on all the good stuff cuz of my crappy car.

Universal Rep
12-03-12, 3:18 pm
Sucks I missed this cuz of my stupid old van again. buying a new car next year. tired of missing out on all the good stuff cuz of my crappy car.

Sorry to hear ya didnt make it, B... I know ya wanted to. Next time.

JoshLandry
12-03-12, 6:52 pm
damn this sucks i missed this one, ive been going through some stressful things and really wish i made it to this would have deff made me feel a lot better!!

deanna7272
12-03-12, 7:40 pm
damn this sucks i missed this one, ive been going through some stressful things and really wish i made it to this would have deff made me feel a lot better!!

I thought for sure you'd be there...

Keep that head up, butterup.... Better days are coming (in 87 to be exact...lol)

Big Al
12-04-12, 12:07 am
Wish I could have made it. Just too much on my plate right now.

deanna7272
12-04-12, 12:22 am
Wish I could have made it. Just too much on my plate right now.

Do I have to give you the buttercup speech too?? ;-) Hope all is well Big Al... ((Squeeze))

deanna7272
12-04-12, 2:04 am
Here are the pics from my trip to Jersey. The album includes dropping off the donations to The Covenant House from the ABC the Ohio Valley had on Nov. 18, 2012.... Training at Skiba's on Saturday and a few PWO eating pics... Enjoy!!

http://s3.beta.photobucket.com/user/deanna7272/library/Jersey%20ABC%202012#/user/deanna7272/library/Jersey%20ABC%202012?&_suid=135460436181702947958265974571

naturalguy
12-04-12, 8:09 am
Wish I could have made it. Just too much on my plate right now.

You are just scared to come to NJ


Here are the pics from my trip to Jersey. The album includes dropping off the donations to The Covenant House from the ABC the Ohio Valley had on Nov. 18, 2012.... Training at Skiba's on Saturday and a few PWO eating pics... Enjoy!!

http://s3.beta.photobucket.com/user/deanna7272/library/Jersey%20ABC%202012#/user/deanna7272/library/Jersey%20ABC%202012?&_suid=135460436181702947958265974571

Great pics D and thank you for going the extra mile to bring donations from Ohio

C.Coronato
12-04-12, 8:50 am
Here are the pics from my trip to Jersey. The album includes dropping off the donations to The Covenant House from the ABC the Ohio Valley had on Nov. 18, 2012.... Training at Skiba's on Saturday and a few PWO eating pics... Enjoy!!

http://s3.beta.photobucket.com/user/deanna7272/library/Jersey%20ABC%202012#/user/deanna7272/library/Jersey%20ABC%202012?&_suid=135460436181702947958265974571

Great pics Dee!!

deanna7272
12-04-12, 9:05 am
Great pics D and thank you for going the extra mile to bring donations from Ohio

NG, like I said, it's the least that I could've done... I do have to give credit where credit is due, my chapter and members of The Body Shop, went above and beyond what I could have expected!! We didn't have a huge showing at that ABC, but I had donations coming in up until 2 days before leaving for Jersey!!!

My students brought in some of the canned goods, with only a two day notice, and it was the second question that they bombarded me with.... The first was "did you have fun?" (Uhhh, yea...lol)). That's awesome!!! (As sad as it is to admit, the 3rd question was.... "Did you see Snooki???") lol



Great pics Dee!!

Thanks!!

JdKong79
12-04-12, 12:24 pm
Here are the pics from my trip to Jersey. The album includes dropping off the donations to The Covenant House from the ABC the Ohio Valley had on Nov. 18, 2012.... Training at Skiba's on Saturday and a few PWO eating pics... Enjoy!!

http://s3.beta.photobucket.com/user/deanna7272/library/Jersey%20ABC%202012#/user/deanna7272/library/Jersey%20ABC%202012?&_suid=135460436181702947958265974571

great pics D...nice meetin n chattin with u @skibas

krichael317
12-04-12, 12:40 pm
Universal and the Abc crew deserve much respect and thanks...everytime we meet I feel the comaraderie and love not seen in this era anymore...I cant thank the people enough for understanding our place...It aint fancy but it exudes hardcore.tight spaces but evryone made due...the guys even for said fuck the incline bench and do it westside way...hats off guys.....
As I really believe there's strong and COCK STRONG.....OUR GROUP AND THOSE THERE COULDLIFT ON A BAR BENT LIKE A BUFFALO BAR AND SET A PR...
CANT WAIT FOR THE ARNOLD GOT LOTS OF IDEAS FROM OUR CREW....THANKS TO ALL THERES TOO MANY TO THANK JUST WISHING YOU ALL GOOD KARMA FOR YOUR HELP...
SKIBS

Henri,

I have never been in a gym like that in my life. I didn't really believe a gym like that still existed in this day and age. I will never forget what you said when I came in, you said "we're not fancy, but we've got attitude". That couldn't be more true. Your enthusiasm and intensity, and that of your team is truly inspiring. For me, the opportunity to be in those surroundings and observe that kind of hardcore training....was life changing really. It made me realize what I have lost from my own training, that attitude. Thank you, thank you, thank you. If I didn't live 70 mi away, I would be there every day.

Mike

PS - thanks to universal/animal for putting these things together, especially this one, for a great cause at a great place....great company

naturalguy
12-04-12, 12:49 pm
Henri,

I have never been in a gym like that in my life. I didn't really believe a gym like that still existed in this day and age. I will never forget what you said when I came in, you said "we're not fancy, but we've got attitude". That couldn't be more true. Your enthusiasm and intensity, and that of your team is truly inspiring. For me, the opportunity to be in those surroundings and observe that kind of hardcore training....was life changing really. It made me realize what I have lost from my own training, that attitude. Thank you, thank you, thank you. If I didn't live 70 mi away, I would be there every day.

Mike

PS - thanks to universal/animal for putting these things together, especially this one, for a great cause at a great place....great company

Glad you had a great time Mike, that is what the ABC's are all about.

Brasil
12-05-12, 11:00 pm
Sorry to hear ya didnt make it, B... I know ya wanted to. Next time.

It was the second one I missed too. =/
Next year I'll have a car that doesn't leave me hanging all the time and go. I dropped all the food I had bought at the salvation army in my town.
Tuesday I saw a sale online 2 Animal Pak + 1 Flex and get the old bag so I bought that and felt a little less pissed I missed out on the ABC.

Biggie973
12-06-12, 8:22 am
http://youtu.be/KVb1cZJZZkw

Biggie973
12-06-12, 8:48 am
http://youtu.be/KVb1cZJZZkw

I gotta edit this video again

deanna7272
12-06-12, 9:37 am
great pics D...nice meetin n chattin with u @skibas

You too J !!!

Biggie973
12-06-12, 12:37 pm
I hope you guys like the video: http://youtu.be/qlY4ZEzAmdQ

P Diesel
12-07-12, 11:15 am
is anyone goin to Diamond on the 15th ive heard nuthin about it or anyone thats goin? i heard mention of it but nuthin since then, is it an ABC?

P

naturalguy
12-07-12, 11:19 am
is anyone goin to Diamond on the 15th ive heard nuthin about it or anyone thats goin? i heard mention of it but nuthin since then, is it an ABC?

P

It is NOT an ABC and no I am not going

naturalguy
12-07-12, 11:23 am
I hope you guys like the video: http://youtu.be/qlY4ZEzAmdQ

Thanks Ian

P Diesel
12-07-12, 11:43 am
It is NOT an ABC and no I am not going

thank u for the clarification NG. been tryin to sort out my schedule and that made it easy

P

Biggie973
12-07-12, 9:32 pm
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deanna7272
12-07-12, 9:46 pm
Nice pics Biggie!!!

Jay
12-09-12, 4:24 pm
Great video and pics. Always wanted to go to Skibba's.

skibasgym
02-08-13, 10:55 am
of diferent lifters assembling at one venue .
Animal did it in a grand way.
THey brought qualty and a greatbuch of guys.

skibs
skibasym,