Should we bring The Ant on board and make him part of the Animal Crew?
Most Definitely, never understood why he wasn't.
"A warrior chooses a path with heart, any path with heart, and follows it; and then he rejoices and laughs. He knows because he sees that his life will be over altogether too soon. He sees that nothing is more important than anything else.” - Carlos Castaneda
"Nothing will destroy a lifter faster, or for longer, than ego." - Jim Wendler
I believe he had other sponsorships. If an athlete is already working with another supplement company or a bodybuilding-related clothing company, this would present a conflict of interest, naturally.
Should we bring The Ant on board and make him part of the Animal Crew?
Originally Posted by P Diesel
my vote is in ... YES!!! without a doubt. get that little bastard w us official.
P
He was in the Cage till the very end....He loaded the weights for the bros vs pros deadlift, I felt both honored and ashamed.
"A warrior chooses a path with heart, any path with heart, and follows it; and then he rejoices and laughs. He knows because he sees that his life will be over altogether too soon. He sees that nothing is more important than anything else.” - Carlos Castaneda
"Nothing will destroy a lifter faster, or for longer, than ego." - Jim Wendler
I believe he had other sponsorships. If an athlete is already working with another supplement company or a bodybuilding-related clothing company, this would present a conflict of interest, naturally.
If there is opportunity jump on it, he's like a miniature Higa with his passion and desire to help.
"A warrior chooses a path with heart, any path with heart, and follows it; and then he rejoices and laughs. He knows because he sees that his life will be over altogether too soon. He sees that nothing is more important than anything else.” - Carlos Castaneda
"Nothing will destroy a lifter faster, or for longer, than ego." - Jim Wendler
I know Animal can't sign everyone, but I would be all for signing anyone who performed this year who is not already on the roster. Richard has to be at the top of any list, incredible competitor and person as has been previously stated.
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I know Animal can't sign everyone, but I would be all for signing anyone who performed this year who is not already on the roster. Richard has to be at the top of any list, incredible competitor and person as has been previously stated.
Truth is, we don't want to sign "everyone". Only those competing at a certain level and only those who understand and share our values. That's the key.
Definitely agree, I just think that the roster at the Cage this year was all people at the top of their game. As awesome as my first Cage was 2012, there is no comparison when speaking about 2013.
Here are the non-Animal athletes (according to what I know): Lilly, Cartwright, Hawthorne, Spoto, Efferding, CWS, Norris, and the Lillebridges. The Rhino is retiring soon so maybe he's not what you're looking for, but from what I know about these athletes, I would think ANY company would want to have them on their roster!
Of course, maybe Animal has knowledge about these guys that goes beyond their feats of strength that DQ's them, I don't know. I'm just going by, who is better than this group and those already signed by Animal? Not many, if any.
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OMG! The Ant isn't Animal crew????!!!??? He was there helping ALL of us out!!! I don't know what kind of conflicts of interest there were involved - all I know is he was there knee deep helping all of us and providing so much support!!
His performance speaks for itself!
I'm calling the Ant out now - drop those other damn sponsors and be all ANIMAL!!!!!
first off Richard is my boy, we own and operate a gym together (Southern Elite PL) and we train together so i'm around him everyday, and what yall see in the cage is just a peice of what this man is, not only in training but with helping others and working with guys at the gym and out of the gym, if someone eamils him a question he answers it, if he's out around town and somebody asked him a question about lifting he answers them, hell i've been out at a club with him and i look over and he's demonstrating proper deadlift form lol. Our gym has alot of young powerlifters and we work with all of them all the time and Richard is right there day in and day out he also drops by the local high school sometimes to help thier lifters out, one thing that Richard belives in is karma if your helping someone it will comeback to you, as far as sponsors gose he's not with any other supplemnt company and all House of Pain did was take some pics of richard in HOP clothing (that he had to buy) to post on their website and in magazines to help get his name out. what im getting at is he's a good man and i think he would represent the Animal/universal brand well.
first off Richard is my boy, we own and operate a gym together (Southern Elite PL) and we train together so i'm around him everyday, and what yall see in the cage is just a peice of what this man is, not only in training but with helping others and working with guys at the gym and out of the gym, if someone eamils him a question he answers it, if he's out around town and somebody asked him a question about lifting he answers them, hell i've been out at a club with him and i look over and he's demonstrating proper deadlift form lol. Our gym has alot of young powerlifters and we work with all of them all the time and Richard is right there day in and day out he also drops by the local high school sometimes to help thier lifters out, one thing that Richard belives in is karma if your helping someone it will comeback to you, as far as sponsors gose he's not with any other supplemnt company and all House of Pain did was take some pics of richard in HOP clothing (that he had to buy) to post on their website and in magazines to help get his name out. what im getting at is he's a good man and i think he would represent the Animal/universal brand well.
Whats up Biggredd? Just sitting and chatting with him and watching the vids, I see exactly what your talking about here! Hoping to get over there really soon!
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Whats up Biggredd? Just sitting and chatting with him and watching the vids, I see exactly what your talking about here! Hoping to get over there really soon!
What's up bro... And hell yeah buddy your welcome here anytime
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