I did write some suggestions from last year that could possibly be implemented again this year, but anxious to see what changes other suggestions are going to bring!!
this year will be my first time attending the cage! that being said, I hope the preorder thing happens! not sure what the steps to get in the cage to watch some events are but I will be paying attention to try!
lifters whether own event or head to head :
Tee Cummins
Dan Green
Pete Rubish
Kade Weber
Jesse Norris
Andrey Malaichev
Bj Whitehead
Garret Griffen
Jay Nera
Jeramy Hornstra
Jordan Wong
Larry Williams
Brandon Lilly
Richard Hawthorne
Higa
Ibn
Sam Byrd
Derek Kendall
Chris Duffin
Luigi Faigni
Bj Barabas
Mark Miller
Josh Morris
Gear :
Animal Shorts
Custom shirts with last name /nickname on back like in 2014 i believe
hats, shirts
animal socks
i remember the customer shirts back in 2013. I didnt get it because i was low on cash so couldnt get it and was like ill get it next year. 2 Arnold's later and it still havent came back yet :-(. Hopefully it comes back 2016
Biggest and Best yet, I like the sound of this! CC is key, in this day and age, from my experience, cash is not as prevalent.
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"I am the man responsible for who I am. When I look in the mirror each day, I stare my creator in the eyes. I am responsible for what I have and will become, I am accountable for what I will or will not accomplish. I believe in myself, I bow to no man and my only critic of any consequence has walked every mile of this journey in my size thirteens. " - G. Diesel
Hate the idea of accepting credit cards. The only way I keep myself from going broke at the Arnold is to withdraw cash beforehand and only spend that. My wife will kill me if I can swipe away at the animal booth...
It's on the map and on our radar. Our goal is to create the biggest, best edition of The Cage ever. We are in the planning stages. If you have ideas about what we should do, not do and do more of, this is the place to make your suggestions. We can't do everything, but we will listen to anything – from the guest lifters and the events you'd want to see to what we should sell and sample in The Shop. This is your chance. Be heard.
For the Animal athletes and crew, the new Chuck Taylor All Star II, all black with the white A logo. That decision has already been made.
what does a brother have to do at the arnold and at the Cage to be able to get a pair of these said shoes?? i hope to make this my first year attending as this will be right after getting back from deployment so hopefully the wife is down. id literally try to set up the entire cage if i could get a pair of those shoes haha. i have a pair of 2.0s and they are stupid comfortable.
"Soldiers fight for our country with pieces of steel stuck in them..... Why can't you get your act together and do some squats?" -Jim Wendler
"People need to quit looking for the easy way out and get to work." -Dave Tate
"Powerlifting is an external view of how pissed off at the world I really am." -Kirk Karwoski
The only thing I can think of is adding to the brotherhood. Every time I go to The Arnold, because I'm wearing an Animal shirt and I have the lanyard that lets us into The Cage, I have guys asking me how they can get in and what Animal is all about. So every year, we get guys who get let into The Cage for whatever reason, the Marine recruiters, The Barbell Shrugged crew, etc. Every year, we complain about these people being let in because they're not in but obviously, they come in because they want what we have. Also, every year we have people who want to get in but can't because they're not on The Forvm then they watch other people, not wearing Animal, get in. When I was in that situation, before I got on The Forvm, I was like what's the secret? How do I get in? So let's level the playing field and add to the family where we can.
So if there was a way to help people in either group sign up in exchange for getting in that would be an improvement. There's already a sign up sheet outside The Box so people can get in, let's expand that. We get their email, they can pick a handle and then they get signed up on The Forvm after the weekend is over. Corporate sends them the same email we all got, saying that their Forvm membership is live and they're good to go. That's the perfect way to say you can't be a fair weather friend, show up and vanish when the weekend is over. You're either in or you're outside staring through the links like all of the other Ordinary Joes.
I'm even in favor of including a spot for whatever state they're in and cc'ing whoever is coordinator for that state so they know to contact them, welcome them into the brotherhood and encourage them to get active on The Forvm. Some will ignore all of this but some will jump all over it and appreciate the love.
My two cents.
I am all about expanding the brotherhood as this was how I was brought in. Gunrock and CammaRHINO.
"Soldiers fight for our country with pieces of steel stuck in them..... Why can't you get your act together and do some squats?" -Jim Wendler
"People need to quit looking for the easy way out and get to work." -Dave Tate
"Powerlifting is an external view of how pissed off at the world I really am." -Kirk Karwoski
You asked for suggestions about lifters that should feature in The Cage in the original post. Have you seen the crazy shit Tom Martin is doing since leaving the IPF? He had a 350KG deadlift in that federation. He is now tripling that. He is a seriously strong lifter.
This suggestion came my way this past weekend... I told them I would throw it out there...
A bench off between some super heavies that are 650+ raw (now) such as Mike Wolfe, Leroy Walker, Eric Spoto, Josh Morris, Maddox, etc...
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"WE HAVE SENT THE MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, THE HUNGRY ONES. THIS IS OUR JUNGLE AND WE ARE THE ANIMALS. THIS IS WHERE THE STRONG GET STRONGER AND THE WEAK GET EATEN. THIS IS WHERE MUSCLE AND THE MIND BECOME ONE, FUSION OF THE FUTURE. ONCE YOU ENTER THERE IS NO RETURN. YOU SURVIVE OR DIE. THIS IS OUR PARADISE. BECOME ONE OF US." ~RICK BAYARDI
Shit, its already time to start planning for the Arnold. Holy fuck, where did the summer go...lol. Im just hoping I get the chance to join the Animal Crew yet once again and be part of the Cage experience
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Shit, its already time to start planning for the Arnold. Holy fuck, where did the summer go...lol. Im just hoping I get the chance to join the Animal Crew yet once again and be part of the Cage experience
Man i was just thinking the same thing! It's cool because by the time you really get depressed because it's over, you immediately have to start planning for next year! haha. Gonna be rough for me to get out there just with everything going on obviously. We'll see what happens. I want to give this a big YES i'll be there but being away for so long might be too much.