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Bloody Lawn Gym

Bloody Lawn Gym

From: Bloodylawngym [mailto:Bloodylawngym@cox.net]
Hello: I have a one-car garage gym here in sunny Arizona. Used to be a backyard gym but now is in a garage. The name is the Bloody lawn gym. How do we get to be considered for an article?
Thank you for your time

From: Rick-House of Pain [mailto:rick@houseofpain.com]
Send your info, your photos, a blood sample, and $1000 cash.

From: Bloodylawngym [mailto:Bloodylawngym@cox.net]
Here is the info, and I?ll just owe you a grand.

The Bloody lawn gym was first a backyard gym. The owner Nico Feliciano was deadlifting one Saturday afternoon when the temp was around 116 degrees and slam the bar a bit too hard against his shin to the point of bleeding and blood got all over the lawn, hence the name BLG. The heat never stopped us from training. At times the bar got so hot we had to wear 2 shirts not to get burned when we squatted.

The BLG experienced training evolutions. From Bodybuilding to PL and within PL it evolved from Progressive overload to Dino training/Strongman to its current training protocols: Westside training and Metal militia training.

The BLG has now moved in to a small one car garage in Surprise AZ. BLG is always looking under all stones for ways to get strong and leaves no stones unturned. BLG founder Nico Feliciano has made the journey to Westside barbell Club and to the Metal Militia compound in NY. Currently the BLG is the Southwest chapter of the metal Militia (strongest benchers in the world) Nico Feliciano "WS has assisted me with bringing my squats from a 475 to 700 and Metal militia has taken my bench to close to 600 (over 600 in the gym).

Many have come and visit the BLG on occasions. We all compete NASA and WABDL here in AZ.

Nico Feliciano 308 State and sub master national champion Robert "Puke" Clark 220 state competitor and charter member of the BLG Lawrence DeAlva 220 Champ Don Kralovetz SHW state and sub master national champ with an 810 squat Tom Burke 242 state and National champ Jay T Gunz Powersport champ.

While limited on space, the BLG is not limited on determination and equipment. We have GHR, reverse hyper, crepensik power rack; manta rays all kinds of Bars, boards, bands, chains, etc.

BLG founder Nico Feliciano works as a Data Tech for a large Telecommunications company and works long hours and pulls night hours when needed thus making workout time very difficult but sometimes you can hear the CD player in the Garage at midnight playing the tunes of iron Maiden, Saxon, Falconer, Hammerfall, Metallica and Motor head along with the loud sound of the plates. The name BLG is becoming synonymous with Powerlifting in AZ and promoted powerlifting by conducting seminars and helping out.

BLG would like to thank HOP for the opportunity and BLG would like to also thank NASA for coming to AZ 4 times a year and supporting powerlifting and would like to thank all my training partners for their help.

BLG is powerlifting in AZ!

From: Rick-House of Pain [mailto:rick@houseofpain.com]
OK, I?m interested in 800# SQ?s and 600#BP?s! (Here is where I launched a full investigative reporter mode.)

Rick Q: Does anyone still bleed?
BLG A: Robert ?Puke? Clark gets nose bleeds during his West Side Max-Effort SQ workout.

Rick Q: Good enough. How did he get his nickname?
BLG A: ?Puke? got his nickname the first time he worked out with me. We were doing lots of Dino-stuff then and I had him do sand bag carries at about 100 degrees outside and he went the distance collapsing several times. When done, he was about to go ?lights out? and suddenly started to puke, he said he was puking tuna, so I named him Puke.

Rick Q: What does vomited tuna smell like? Never mind. Tell us more of the interesting Dino-training techniques; for the readers who came late to the party.
BLG A: We used to do sand bag carries, bottom position squats, keg lifts, power rack isometrics, used to lift stones and carried for distance. 20 rep squats. Trap bar deadlifts, etc.

Rick Q: Tell us more about your current workouts ? have they evolved?
BLG A: Since 2002, we follow a basic West Side template for SQ and DL. We do box squats, bands, chains. We do two West Side workouts a week one for dynamic effort and one for max effort. We pull a sled. I even made the trek to West Side to meet Louie Simmons and have become friends with some of the West Side Lifters.

Rick Q: Cool. Tell us more about yourself.
BLG A: Who am I? 38-year-old father of 2 (15 and 6). I work for a telecommunications company, working long hours, including night work at times. I am a several times NASA state champion and have won the submaster nationals on the bench as well as the western nationals for the 3 power lifts.

Rick Q: Can you give us your favorite heavy metal tunes and/or lyrics?
BLG A: We listen to lots of heavy metal here to keep us going. Most fav are Iron Maiden, Saxon, Falconer, and Hammerfall. From AC/DC we like ?If you want blood, you got it? (bloody lawn gym?get it?). From Maiden we like ?if you are going to die, die with your boots on.?

Rick Q: Cool quote ? we all want to die with our boots on! Anything else you want to tell the readers?
BLG A: I would like to include in the article a big thank you to God, my family, Louie Simmons, Sebastian Burns, Bill Crawford, NASA, all my training partners and to HOUSE OF PAIN for the chance to spread the blood to the readers of PLUSA.

?Spread the blood?? Is this guy cool or what?! Until next month, stay away from Tuna
Fish vomit, and ?spread the blood.? Speaking of that, we?ll look into a bloody good story next month!

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