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There is no point in being alive if you cannot deadlift!
« 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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Sounds like the inspiration for Animal Pak.

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How in the blue hell do you die from deadlifting?

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How in the blue hell do you die from deadlifting?
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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:

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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

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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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well, we cant all be "livin it up" like him

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well, we cant all be "livin it up" like him

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Yes, because he accomplished more in his short life than your scrawny ass evil will.
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Who said the deadlift was what killed him? He had a heart attack after the set IIRC:

In a tragic irony, he died at the age of 32 while performing this exercise in the gym."

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thats a good one

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Re: There is no point in being alive if you cannot deadlift!
« Reply #11 on: October 09, 2007, 04:07:37 PM »
legendary strongman, great showman, he made strongman so exciting.

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Re: There is no point in being alive if you cannot deadlift!
« Reply #12 on: October 09, 2007, 05:29:07 PM »
legendary strongman, great showman, he made strongman so exciting.

what he said.

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Re: There is no point in being alive if you cannot deadlift!
« Reply #13 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
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