First G-Body Meeting

Hi everyone,

For those who attended and those who could not make it, here are the details about the first G-Body meeting.

We discussed the four main focuses of the group: Intra-group networking, the upcoming competition, apparel, and trips.

Club Lifting

Teagle Gym - Monday-Friday 5pm-6pm and Saturday and Sunday 2pm-4pm

These times are time ranges that the club will generally meet at the gym. Nobody is required to attend, these times are informal though you should certainly try to be here around then. Also, try to wear your CU Barbell apparel (coming soon)

Apparel

Phil will be getting some designs finished by this weekend which will be emailed out and posted on the FB group and blog. This will include prices. We will seek to use some of our fundraising money to pay for clothes or at least reduce prices. T-Shirts will be the first piece of apparel to come out. Look forward to tanks, hoodies, and sweats in the future.

Club Trips

The club will seek to attend The Arnold in Columbus, Ohio this coming March. A large portion of the costs will be paid for by the SAFC, (transportation, living, entrance fee, not food).

CU Barbell Open 1RM Bench and Inter-fraternity Combine

Upcoming event – we are in talks with the IFC and CU Intramurals. We may run the event in tandem with Greek Week. It is an open campus bench press event for the entire Cornell Community. Participation is free. There will also be an NFL combine style event for the fraternities to compete in. This event is expected to be very large with between 200 and 800 participants. This large range will be hammered down in a few weeks as fraternities sign up so we know how many to expect.

Important Notes!

· ALL MEMBERS MUST SIGN A RELEASE WAIVER - Click here to download

You must complete it and get it to the club officers. This can be done by mailing it to or dropping it off at 6 South Ave (DU) and given to Justin Steimle, OR hand it to an officer you know, OR drop it off with Ken Gabard in Goldwin Smith Hall room 55C (leave with secretary at front desk to give to ken). You are not a member until this form has been signed and given to us. Also, be sure to fill out the member application form. This can be done online and emailed to cornellbarbell@gmail.com

Click here for the Member app

· Check out the FB Group

· Tell your friends! Let them know about barbell, what we do, and who we are. Get them involved.

Apply Now

Hi everyone,

All the officers have been hard at work getting Barbell Club recognized by the University. There have been some hiccups along the way, but everything seems to be going smoother. The officers will meet again tonight to discuss the future of the club, the upcoming event, and more.

For now, you can apply by filling out the application linked at the bottom of this post. Save it to your computer, edit it, then save the file as CBC_YourName.pdf

application: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7789712/CBC%20MEMBER%20APPLICATION.pdf
example: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7789712/CBC%20app%20example.PDF

We will be looking into apparel orders in September. Look forward specifically to t-shirts and hoodies first.

-Justin

CU Barbell's Big Bang

Hey everyone,

I know a lot of you may feel a bit left in the dark as to what Cornell Barbell actually is and what we actually do. First I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Justin Steimle, the president of Cornell Barbell. I am a rising senior in the College of Engineering. I competed in my first bodybuilding competition in August for the OCB.

I would like to discuss an event we will be holding in early September. In the upcoming months, more details will be revealed as more preparations are made.

Cornell Barbell will be hosting a combine open to all fraternities, as well an a bench press competition open to the entire campus.

Events will include:

Fraternities:

40 yard dash

225lb bench press for reps (may be reduced to 185lb)

Vertical Jump

Broad Jump

20 Yard Shuttle

3 Cone Drill

And for the entire Cornell community: 1 rep maximum bench press (details later)

For fraternities, the competition will factor into the All Sports Points Championship. I have already spoken with the director of intramurals, and he is very enthusiastic about the idea.

Additionally, Cornell Barbell has gained corporate interest in sponsoring the event with free supplement samples for participants as well as apparel such as shirts.

Future events will include seminars open to the Cornell community and club trips to seminars and powerlifting and bodybuilding competitions.

I know this may be a bit vague right now and I'm sure there will be plenty of questions. Feel free to email cubarbell@gmail.com and I would be happy to answer them. Also, be sure to check out our facebook group as well.

Official club recruitment will begin in the fall semester, however the facebook group is open to all for now.

That's all for now. Keep working hard.

First Post - An Era Begins

The time has come, the fog has lifted and the dawn of a new age is upon us...

Dramatics aside, now that Cornell Barbell is officially recognized by Cornell University we can finally start building our community.  It has taken longer than I would have liked(admittedly my error), but we have hit the ground running with a large, multi-faceted event already being planned for next semester.  This blog will remain a bit ambigous and sporadic at first: expect a medley of thoughts, comments, and information pertaining to an array of topics related to sports and nutrition.  More to come soon, in the meantime: Pump Iron - Jim