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Title: There is no point in being alive if you cannot deadlift!
Post by: realkarateblackbelt on October 09, 2007, 02:50:57 PM: "Jón Páll Sigmarsson (April 28, 1960 – January 16, 1993) was a weightlifter and powerlifter from Iceland who won the World's Strongest Man Competition four times (1984, 1986, 1988, 1990).
A famous quote from him is "there is no point in being alive if you cannot do the deadlift". In a tragic irony, he died at the age of 32 while performing this exercise in the gym."

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Title: Re: There is no point in being alive if you cannot deadlift!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: WhiteCastle on October 09, 2007, 02:52:23 PM: Sounds like the inspiration for Animal Pak.
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Post by: Zach Trowbridge on October 09, 2007, 02:54:33 PM: How in the blue hell do you die from deadlifting?
Title: Re: There is no point in being alive if you cannot deadlift!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: The_Leafy_Bug on October 09, 2007, 02:56:58 PM: Quote from: Zach Trowbridge on October 09, 2007, 02:54:33 PM
How in the blue hell do you die from deadlifting?
A diarrea explosion
Title: Re: There is no point in being alive if you cannot deadlift!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Van_Bilderass on October 09, 2007, 02:59:14 PM: Quote from: Zach Trowbridge on October 09, 2007, 02:54:33 PM
How in the blue hell do you die from deadlifting?
Who said the deadlift was what killed him? He had a heart attack after the set IIRC:
Title: Re: There is no point in being alive if you cannot deadlift!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: boonstack on October 09, 2007, 03:02:07 PM: hmm thats kinda ironic... b/c i can think of 3 reasons to be alive that have nothing to do with bodybuilding.

im a diamond in the rough i guess
Title: Re: There is no point in being alive if you cannot deadlift!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: realkarateblackbelt on October 09, 2007, 03:07:57 PM: Quote from: boonstack on October 09, 2007, 03:02:07 PM
hmm thats kinda ironic... b/c i can think of 3 reasons to be alive that have nothing to do with bodybuilding.

im a diamond in the rough i guess

You're just not an iron warrior like Jon was little guy.
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Post by: boonstack on October 09, 2007, 03:08:36 PM: well, we cant all be "livin it up" like him

::)
Title: Re: There is no point in being alive if you cannot deadlift!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: realkarateblackbelt on October 09, 2007, 03:09:58 PM: Quote from: boonstack on October 09, 2007, 03:08:36 PM
well, we cant all be "livin it up" like him

::)

Yes, because he accomplished more in his short life than your scrawny ass evil will.
Title: Re: There is no point in being alive if you cannot deadlift!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Zach Trowbridge on October 09, 2007, 03:12:42 PM: Quote from: Van_Bilderass on October 09, 2007, 02:59:14 PM
Who said the deadlift was what killed him? He had a heart attack after the set IIRC:

Quote from: realkarateblackbelt on October 09, 2007, 02:50:57 PM
In a tragic irony, he died at the age of 32 while performing this exercise in the gym."
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Post by: The_Leafy_Bug on October 09, 2007, 03:29:00 PM: thats a good one
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Post by: davidpaul on October 09, 2007, 04:07:37 PM: legendary strongman, great showman, he made strongman so exciting.
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Post by: BEAST 8692 on October 09, 2007, 05:29:07 PM: Quote from: davidpaul on October 09, 2007, 04:07:37 PM
legendary strongman, great showman, he made strongman so exciting.

what he said.

RIP viking warrior
Title: Re: There is no point in being alive if you cannot deadlift!
Post by: SteelePegasus on October 09, 2007, 08:00:48 PM: I am lucky if I see 2 guys in a week doing deadlifts at my gym...seriously it is a forgotten exericise

I do it maybe once per month :-[.....I need to step my game up for mr.getbig III