Free seminar with Animal Athlete Dan "BOSS" Green 9/15/13

[Universal Rep]

The seminar to follow the ABC event. Admission is free.

[breathinglife]

Too bad I live a million miles away. This looks to be good; I hope someone will film it. I really feel that Dan's approach is super helpful and original in many ways--especially when it comes to raw lifting.

[NorthStrong]

Someone please film.

Was supposed to be in caps...

[Jason2459]

Someone please film.

Was supposed to be in caps...

This.

Another poster on here trains at Skiba's and is a Universal Rep. I'm guessing he'll pop in here and may give insight on if it'll be streamed or vid will be taken and posted later?

[naturalguy]

Someone please film.

Was supposed to be in caps...

This.

Another poster on here trains at Skiba's and is a Universal Rep. I'm guessing he'll pop in here and may give insight on if it'll be streamed or vid will be taken and posted later?

I train there and don't worry, we will be filming the ABC & the seminar plus other footage of Dan Green training that weekend. It will most likely be up on the Animal Pak youtube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/animalpak

[Jason2459]

I train there and don't worry, we will be filming the ABC & the seminar plus other footage of Dan Green training that weekend. It will most likely be up on the Animal Pak youtube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/animalpak

Very awesome, thanks.

[L The Pirate]

I train there and don't worry, we will be filming the ABC & the seminar plus other footage of Dan Green training that weekend. It will most likely be up on the Animal Pak youtube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/animalpak

[drummerguydw]

Will watch for sure, Dan Green is quickly becoming one of my favorite lifters and I love his focus on raw lifting.

[MasterBench]

If I can take off work I'm definitely going to visit. I've heard awesome things about Skiba's

[BongoBanger]

like 30 mins from me,
im going to go.

[getout87]

like 30 mins from me,
im going to go.

hnngggg mad jelly

[Kentisc]

Why...WHY do I love across the ocean.
Anyway, it'll be an awesome experience for the people who can attend the event.

[paulosantos0922]

Damn, I have a baptism to go to or I'd be there.

[NorthStrong]

hnnggg it's being filmed. I swear once I use supplements I will support Animal because they support our sport and not in just some half-assed way. They film stuff, do cool **** like this and the cage and put it all out for FREE! And they're very good to their athletes. I think they'll definitely be a part of the reason why PLing grows. So thanks Animal.

I love Dan Green's style of explaining, teaching, being ****ing huge and cool.


Brb man crush.

[ats94]

Damn, I have a baptism to go to or I'd be there.

Just bring the baby with you, and baptize the child with chalk dust. Come on man get your priorities in order

[paulosantos0922]

Just bring the baby with you, and baptize the child with chalk dust. Come on man get your priorities in order

Haha. That would go over well.

[Universal Rep]

hnnggg it's being filmed. I swear once I use supplements I will support Animal because they support our sport and not in just some half-assed way. They film stuff, do cool **** like this and the cage and put it all out for FREE! And they're very good to their athletes. I think they'll definitely be a part of the reason why PLing grows. So thanks Animal.

I love Dan Green's style of explaining, teaching, being ****ing huge and cool.


Brb man crush.

Wut the CAGE is all about. 2014 is gonna be even bigger. Dan BOSS Green is gonna be one of the featured lifters. He wuzsuposed to lift last year but he got injured. You gonna be there?

Animal supportin powerliftin? Theyre just gettin started and yup, they are trying to grow the sport. The next big vid project will cover CAPO in Hobart. Before then tho, sum training and "how to" vids featurin the likes of Sam Byrd, Eric Lilliebridge, Brandon Lilly, Richard Hawthorne, Garrett Griffin and of course Dan Green. That should be in the next month or two so stay tuned... In the meantime, check out Animal's powerlifting and CAPO playlists...

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...wkvf93jxcTT-BR

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...mk80GUmkTq8mzX

[Universal Rep]

If I can take off work I'm definitely going to visit. I've heard awesome things about Skiba's

Heres a glimpse of Skibas Gym and Eric Lilliebridge and Sam Byrd samplin the equipment there...

[Animal Rep]

Dan "BOSS" Green in action.


... freak.

[Universal Rep]

Dan "BOSS" Green in action.


... freak.

Yup... After this weekend, should be plenty more BOSS vids an Animal's youtube page includin "how to" vids about the squat, deadlift and bench...

[IronAbrams]

So I went to this on Sunday. The Q&A was pretty typical (aka guys asking the worst questions possible) but I still walked away with a lot of good points.

- Sumo pulling from blocks is more efficient for building the sumo deadlift than pulling from the floor because you don't accumulate as much fatigue

- He has no idea how many calories he takes in a day and really devotes no energy to thinking about his nutrition. He has his own nutritionist through Universal and follows his plan exactly. He also had a half gallon of chocolate milk next to him the whole time.

- (When asked about straps) You need to strike a balance between training heavy enough to stimulate your grip strength but not so heavy that you start cutting into your recovery. This is where straps come in.

- Beginners can use a lot of assistance work for hypertrophy, he followed a general bodybuilding split for many years. Now for powerlifting he's optimized his program so that he's basically just squatting (back/front/hack), pulling (convo, sumo and blocks) and benching (regular and pause) with very little else.

- Building your quads through hack and front squats gives you carryover to both squat and deadlift. The bench doesn't receive as much attention because it's a much smaller proportion of his total (22% or so).

- He uses a mostly linear periodization approach leading up to meets. He pulls conventionally during off season blocks but wants at least 12 weeks to pull sumo prior to competition.

I'll probably think of more later.

[naturalguy]

Some pics from the event, we had a big turnout (around 70 people):

[jbealsrmt]

- Beginners can use a lot of assistance work for hypertrophy, he followed a general bodybuilding split for many years. Now for powerlifting he's optimized his program so that he's basically just squatting (back/front/hack), pulling (convo, sumo and blocks) and benching (regular and pause) with very little else.

I've actually heard this advice from quite a few successful raw lifters. That beginners should start with something closer to a bodybuilding split and narrow their focus towards powerlifting as they get bigger. This is exactly the opposite of the typical advice you get from the masses but is slowly becoming a popular approach.

[IronTale]

Too bad I live a million miles away. This looks to be good; I hope someone will film it. I really feel that Dan's approach is super helpful and original in many ways--especially when it comes to raw lifting.

x 2

[Universal Rep]

So I went to this on Sunday. The Q&A was pretty typical (aka guys asking the worst questions possible) but I still walked away with a lot of good points.

- Sumo pulling from blocks is more efficient for building the sumo deadlift than pulling from the floor because you don't accumulate as much fatigue

- He has no idea how many calories he takes in a day and really devotes no energy to thinking about his nutrition. He has his own nutritionist through Universal and follows his plan exactly. He also had a half gallon of chocolate milk next to him the whole time.

- (When asked about straps) You need to strike a balance between training heavy enough to stimulate your grip strength but not so heavy that you start cutting into your recovery. This is where straps come in.

- Beginners can use a lot of assistance work for hypertrophy, he followed a general bodybuilding split for many years. Now for powerlifting he's optimized his program so that he's basically just squatting (back/front/hack), pulling (convo, sumo and blocks) and benching (regular and pause) with very little else.

- Building your quads through hack and front squats gives you carryover to both squat and deadlift. The bench doesn't receive as much attention because it's a much smaller proportion of his total (22% or so).

- He uses a mostly linear periodization approach leading up to meets. He pulls conventionally during off season blocks but wants at least 12 weeks to pull sumo prior to competition.

I'll probably think of more later.

Did ya just to to the seminar or did ya train as well?

Everythin on videotape so thats comin soon. In the meantime, sum pics of BOSS pullin over at www.instagram.com/animalpak from over the weekend

[NorthStrong]

Did ya just to to the seminar or did ya train as well?

Everythin on videotape so thats comin soon. In the meantime, sum pics of BOSS pullin over at www.instagram.com/animalpak from over the weekend

Can't wait for the video..

[Universal Rep]

Can't wait for the video..

Sum solid projects done with BOSS, includin interviews, tutorials and flat out trainin vids... Great stuff comin on Animal's youtube page in the near future. Stay tuned...

[TommyStarwind]

Dan Green going to be at the Olympia?

[jbealsrmt]

IronAbrams "- Beginners can use a lot of assistance work for hypertrophy, he followed a general bodybuilding split for many years. Now for powerlifting he's optimized his program so that he's basically just squatting (back/front/hack), pulling (convo, sumo and blocks) and benching (regular and pause) with very little else."

I've actually heard this advice from quite a few successful raw lifters. That beginners should start with something closer to a bodybuilding split and narrow their focus towards powerlifting as they get bigger. This is exactly the opposite of the typical advice you get from the masses but is slowly becoming a popular approach.

lol Got negged for this post with the following comment: "Get your ****ty Canadian advertisements off. Did you not receive good enough grades to go to a college in the US for grad school?"

These boards are just fascinating at times.

Back on topic, Dan Green is one of my favorite lifters. Looking forward to the vids from the seminar!

[naturalguy]

Dan Green going to be at the Olympia?

I don't believe so. Brandon Lilly will be at the Animal booth however