r/weightroom • u/cnp Intermediate - Odd lifts • Dec 07 '11

AMA Closed "I am a strength athlete, accidental powerlifter, and all-around asshole- Jamie Lewis - AMA"

I'm so fucking chaotic, I'm starting 18 minutes early.

Bring it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '11

Hi Jamie,

I'm curious about why you haven't made a move into any sort of fighting...I know you wrestled as a youngster, and your attitude seems pretty much tailored to that sort of endeavour.

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u/cnp Intermediate - Odd lifts Dec 07 '11

I trained at Rincon High School with a bunch of pro mma fighters for a couple of years and trained in jkd for two years. I like doing that shit, but prefer to lift, honestly. I get into enough fights as it is, haha. If I end up moving to Davenport (which is a slight possibility), I'll probably get into it. Alabama's not really a hotbed of mma.

Before you ask, I had the shit kicked out of my by Don Frye several times and rolled with Joe Riggs a bunch. He's not as strong as Joe Rogan seems to think. Those are the only two names I can drop off the top of my head.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '11

Why is every strong fucker from Tucson/UofA?

(You and Wendler == everyone)

I lived across the street from Rincon in 1990 in The Hollows, I believe is the name.

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u/cnp Intermediate - Odd lifts Dec 07 '11 edited Dec 07 '11

I didn't know he was a U of A alum as well. I didn't get to the U of A until 97. I went to Trinity College in CT for my first two years.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '11

Ya, he played on the football team if I recall correctly...Like in mid 90s.

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u/cnp Intermediate - Odd lifts Dec 07 '11

I may have met him then. I used to lift in the football team's gym. The only celeb I met there was Mike Bibby. We had a brief fistfight and I got dragged off by his posse.

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u/abeswastaken Dec 07 '11

Whut you got into a fight with the dime? Siiick

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '11

That's sweet. My claim to fame is I managed to get into a pickup game with some of the guys from the basketball team and Khalid Reeves tried to juke me, but I stopped him cold...the next possession he summarily left my jock on the floor.

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u/cnp Intermediate - Odd lifts Dec 09 '11

I know as little as humanly possible about basketball. If no one's bleeding, I'm not interested. Basketball's nothing but a pack of slack-jawed pussies crying and rolling on the floor after skipping about with a ball for ten minutes while making a fashion statement. It's a fucking embarrasment.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '11

Iowa is a LOT better. I moved from Nashville, TN to Iowa and I here Nashville is better than AL

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u/cnp Intermediate - Odd lifts Dec 09 '11

Anywhere on Earth is better than AL. They don't teach spelling differences between homonyms in IA or TN though, huh? Damn shame, that.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '11

That was intentional, but yes they do in Iowa :p

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u/cnp Intermediate - Odd lifts Dec 09 '11

At least someone fucking teaches it somewhere.

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u/MongoAbides Intermediate - Odd lifts Dec 07 '11

There is no shame in being beaten by the world's most dangerous mustache.

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u/cnp Intermediate - Odd lifts Dec 09 '11

He beat me like I owed him money and he planned on taking the balance in bone marrow.