Shout out to ABC coordinators, constituents and Animal fans far and wide...
August in Review
August was a fruitful and hectic month for myself and my brethren in the Animal crew. The beautiful chaos found us taking part in 3 ABCs in the course of seven days, with two in two days taking place thousands of miles apart.
The first leg of the journey, after working a booth at the Europa Supershow, found us training for the second year in a row at Metroflex Gym in Arlington, TX, the home of an 8x Mr. Olympia. One of the more hardcore gyms on the planet, I was there banging the big iron with Wrath, Universal athlete Steve Kuclo, treetrunklegs, naturalguy and several of the members of the Texas ABC family including my boy dannynb.
After flying half way across country, with my brother Wrath now on our beloved Jersey turf, we had a special Monday evening ABC at Muscle Mill in Milltown, NJ… One of our favorite local gyms. Several of the usual Jersey suspects were in the house including Vinny The Lip, The Giant Killer, Aggression and scals 17.
The final leg of this ABC trilogy was at the best hole in the wall barbell club on the East Coast, Skiba’s in Carteret, NJ. There to document the madness was Robbie Durand from Muscular Development as our boy and one of the MD contacted athletes, Ox, was in the house and looking massive. Tek was there presiding over the festivities, which included a new element to the ABCs, the inception of our Animal Iron Athlete competitions.
August also featured ABC events in Colorado, Canton, Des Moines and Seattle with Chicago also holding their own early round of AIA competitions at their most recent ABC event.
Animal Iron Athletes
The Animal Iron Athlete comps, or AIAs are designed to be a true test of your prowess in the weight room—your strength, endurance and versatility, by assessing your ability to rep out in powerlifting’s “big 3”, the bench, squat and deadlift in either the categories of bodyweight, 225 or 315. At the first competition, Aggression led the deads with 37 reps at 225, naturalguy hit deads at 315 for 20 reps tying with PureRawPower, I hit 225 for 41 reps and 315 for 16 on the bench and my dawg and co-chair treetrunklegs was the iron athlete of the day competing in all three categories at 225 and hanging a big 78 reps up there for the rest of the ABC nation to chase. We strongly encourage coordinators from far and wide to implement the AIAs into your ABC gatherings. Stats will be kept all year long on the FORVM. The challenge has been laid down, who will step up and represent?
Speaking of my boy TTL, he has a few things on his mind…
“This is a huge month for myself and upcoming ABC affiliates. I will be traveling a bit to attend a few different shows and ABCs. My first stop on the map will be Wheeling, WV for The House’s own show on the 12th. A big turnout is in the mix, so I’m excited to get out into true Animal Country. Good luck to all competitors. Las Vegas will be next on the map for the huge Mr. Olympia Booth and ABC event at The Compound. Nothing tops Las Vegas' mix of diversity, unique culture, and now some large mammoth beasts, taking over for a weekend. I’ll be there with a few of my Animal brethren, will you?” –treetrunklegs
My boy just touched on the two major ABC events for September…
The House's WV ABC
The House’s contest, the NPC West Virginia Grand Prix where Animal is the title sponsor, will precede a big ABC gathering at The House’s home gym: The Body Shop in Yorkville, OH on Sunday, September 13th at 11am.
Mr. Olympia '09 Vegas ABC
And a signature national event at the Mr. Olympia in Vegas. The 2nd Olympia ABC will be held on Sunday, September 27th at 11am at the hardcore haven of Gold’s Gym on the corner of Flamingo and Sandhill. I’ll be there punishing the iron with Wrath, Ox, Vinny G, The Freak, Big Al and the rest of the badass dudes you’ve come to know as the Animal crew.
September already has several events on tap with events slated for the Colorado, Ohio Valley, Seattle, Miami and North Carolina chapters respectively.
Chapter of the Month: SoCal
While on the topic of hardcore crews, I have to give props to the FORVM’s resident iron guru, ragingmuscle and his SoCal crew, August’s ABC chapter of the month. Along with 619 pro The Freak and serious brothers like InkdMuscle, sifusteve and Firedrake, ragingmuscle has taken the ABCs all over the map in the Southern Cali and held it down right. We salute our West Coast brothers this month, thanking them for spreading the gospel that is the Animal Barbell Club.
Damn. The ABCs have been on fire this summer and look to only be heating up as the temperature begins to dip. I can’t wait to see what happens as the leaves turn colors and the Jersey air becomes crisp.
Until next time, go hard.
Peace,
G Diesel
Wanna Be a Part of the Animal Barbell Club?
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