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Re: A challenge to USAW lifters

Posted By: Mark Haz (76.245.237.182)
Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, @ 11:39 a.m.

In Response To: A challenge to USAW lifters (Whitney Richtmyer)

I have done exactly this on several ocassions when my nominal training venues were closed.

Generally, people either ignored me or stared from a distance in utter puzzlement, despite my smiling and saying 'hi' to people in proximity.

In all those times, only one guy asked me any questions at all, and about my squats, but he already knew a little bit about the sport - although he did refer to it as "powerlifting".

I think exhibitions and outreach to high schools are very good recruiting tools. Why not do ocassional or even regular team training sessions in a public square, park, festival, fair, and such? Maybe a sporting goods emporium would be up for turning over part of their parking lot for such?

TV would be nice. Although rugby is not a big spectator sport in the USA, USA Rugby has managed to get their Churchill Cup and Rugby World Cup Qualifiers broadcast on Universal Sports/NBC. But USA Rugby has managed to get interest to a decent level by building youth and high school programs, thus building better collegiate and club rugby, thus making the USA Eagles better in international competition. The USAW needs to duplicate such efforts, and it CAN: USA Rugby has been doing this with very little money.

Mark 'Cal has now won TWENTY-FIVE National Collegiate Championships and been on TV' Haz

Messages In This Thread

• A challenge to USAW lifters
  Whitney Richtmyer (67.183.170.168) -- Wednesday, July 28, 2010, @ 4:28 a.m.
  • Re: A challenge to USAW lifters
    bill deni (124.157.189.239) -- Wednesday, July 28, 2010, @ 6:10 a.m.
    • Your Hemorrhoids bothering you again??? *NM*
      TIM SWORDS (192.122.250.250) -- Wednesday, July 28, 2010, @ 9:14 a.m.
      • Re: Your Hemorrhoids bothering you again???
        bill deni (124.157.189.239) -- Wednesday, July 28, 2010, @ 8:16 p.m.
        • Thank you for exemplifying my point about elitism
          Whitney Richtmyer (198.49.222.20) -- Thursday, July 29, 2010, @ 12:21 p.m.
          • Re: Thank you for exemplifying my point about elit
            bill deni (124.157.189.239) -- Thursday, July 29, 2010, @ 8:05 p.m.
            • never said i had THE answer, merely a challenge
              Whitney Richtmyer (198.49.222.20) -- Thursday, July 29, 2010, @ 9:17 p.m.
              • Pick your battles...
                Jim Storch (24.97.66.90) -- Friday, July 30, 2010, @ 1:09 a.m.
  • Re: A challenge to USAW lifters
    Steven Zeigman (74.237.99.191) -- Wednesday, July 28, 2010, @ 7:56 a.m.
    • Re: A challenge to USAW lifters
      Kristin Newman (66.104.255.226) -- Wednesday, July 28, 2010, @ 4:38 p.m.
      • that's been my experience too!
        Whitney Richtmyer (198.49.222.20) -- Wednesday, July 28, 2010, @ 5:32 p.m.
      • Re: Maybe you were lucky in the gym choice?
        Steven Zeigman (74.237.99.191) -- Wednesday, July 28, 2010, @ 5:28 p.m.
    • i've never had that happen to me once
      Whitney Richtmyer (198.49.222.20) -- Wednesday, July 28, 2010, @ 5:22 p.m.
      • Re: The you go...start your team there!
        Steven Zeigman (74.237.99.191) -- Wednesday, July 28, 2010, @ 5:33 p.m.
        • the 24 hr fitness in vancouver WA had a platform
          Whitney Richtmyer (67.183.170.168) -- Thursday, July 29, 2010, @ 3:31 a.m.
  • Re: A challenge to USAW lifters
    Mark Haz (76.245.237.182) -- Wednesday, July 28, 2010, @ 11:39 a.m.
    • i totally agree with you
      Whitney Richtmyer (198.49.222.20) -- Wednesday, July 28, 2010, @ 5:27 p.m.
  • been there done that 0% chance of Golds in NY
    Keith Nautel (71.164.123.228) -- Wednesday, July 28, 2010, @ 6:13 p.m.
    • That's terrible Keith! I know it hurts you!!! *NM*
      Steven Zeigman (74.237.99.191) -- Wednesday, July 28, 2010, @ 8:00 p.m.
    • Re: been there done that 0% chance of Golds in NY
      bill deni (124.157.189.239) -- Wednesday, July 28, 2010, @ 8:44 p.m.
  • Re: A challenge to USAW lifters
    Paul LaDuke (98.117.18.200) -- Wednesday, July 28, 2010, @ 7:53 p.m.
  • (Message Deleted by Poster)
    Rachel Crass (12.10.145.140) -- Friday, July 30, 2010, @ 2:04 p.m.
    • will do, rachel n/t *NM*
      Whitney Richtmyer (198.49.222.20) -- Friday, July 30, 2010, @ 7:22 p.m.
  • Re: A challenge to USAW lifters
    Chris Betancourt (98.64.113.151) -- Saturday, July 31, 2010, @ 9:45 a.m.
    • Re: A challenge to USAW lifters
      Whitney Richtmyer (67.183.170.168) -- Saturday, July 31, 2010, @ 11:51 p.m.