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gpowlftr · 07-08-2006, 08:33 AM

Just joined the forum. Looks like it's going to be a good board and look forward to trading training and nutrition tips with y'all.

About me. I've been weightlifting since high school when I was training for football. I've been hooked on it every since. In 2000, I decided to start living the so-called bodybuilding lifestyle. At that time, I weighed around 180 lbs. Today, I'm 5'9" and 215 lbs. I only wish that I started the lifestyle earlier. Before then, I didn't take clean nutrition seriously. Weight training, bodybuiling, and eating right are not hobbies for me....it's a way of life.

gymBum · 07-13-2006, 01:08 AM

Welcome Gpowlftr, great to have ya here.

Hope it keeps up to standards

bronson · 08-08-2006, 08:51 AM

Welcome to you. I did a search on war eagle. This could go under what is your motivation!

gpowlftr · 08-08-2006, 12:14 PM

Thanks for the welcome, bronson.

The War Eagle story is inspiring. For those not familiar, War Eagle is the battle cry for Auburn, sort of the same as Hook'em Horns is to Texas. Here's a quick story of the War Eagle.

Legend has it that football and “War Eagle” came to Auburn the same day, Feb. 20, 1892, when Auburn defeated Georgia 10-0 at Atlanta's Piedmont Park in the first real college football game played in the South. According to the legend, an Auburn student, fighting at the Civil War’s Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia, was left for dead in no-man's land, that stretch of earth between the two armies that belonged to neither friend nor foe. After the battle, all that was left alive there was the Auburn student and a baby eagle. With the eaglet in his pocket, the wounded soldier eventually made his way back home. He later returned to Auburn and resumed his education, nurturing the eagle back to health and maturity.

The man later joined Auburn’s faculty and when the train departed for Atlanta that fateful day, the instructor and the eagle, known to all Auburn people as “War Eagle” because of the circumstances which brought the man and eagle together, were on the train. As the game began, the eagle took to flight and began to circle the field. Looking skyward, the Auburn faithful began to call his name “War Eagle.” As the eagle continued to fly up and down the field, he was seemingly watching over his Auburn Tiger team, and supporting their efforts in his only way possible. Soon the crowd began to chant and then shout his name in unison..."War Eagle!"

At the end of the game, the old eagle, now almost 30 years old, collapsed and died on the playing field. Having given his all for his team and boosting Auburn to victory in the process, the events of that day soon grew into legend and the name “War Eagle,” as was voiced that day, has since been repeated as an inspriational battle cry whenever Auburn teams compete on the field of play. Auburn University and college football have never been the same since.

bronson · 08-08-2006, 08:45 PM

This makes you want to scream WAR EAGLE!

bronson · 10-18-2006, 03:06 PM

Happy Birthday Wareagle!

gymBum · 10-18-2006, 04:10 PM

Happy Bday gpow!

07-08-2006, 08:33 AM	#1
gpowlftr Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 71 Reputation points: 60 No blog available. Qualifications Avid Bodybuilding Reader Looking to Learn More I've Been to the Gym	Just Joined Just joined the forum. Looks like it's going to be a good board and look forward to trading training and nutrition tips with y'all. About me. I've been weightlifting since high school when I was training for football. I've been hooked on it every since. In 2000, I decided to start living the so-called bodybuilding lifestyle. At that time, I weighed around 180 lbs. Today, I'm 5'9" and 215 lbs. I only wish that I started the lifestyle earlier. Before then, I didn't take clean nutrition seriously. Weight training, bodybuiling, and eating right are not hobbies for me....it's a way of life.

07-13-2006, 01:08 AM	#2
gymBum Swoll Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 447 Reputation points: 58 No blog available. Qualifications Avid Bodybuilding Reader Looking to Learn More I've Been to the Gym	Re: Just Joined Welcome Gpowlftr, great to have ya here. Hope it keeps up to standards __________________

08-08-2006, 08:51 AM	#3
bronson Swoll Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 256 Reputation points: 84 No blog available. Qualifications Update your profile! No qualifications entered yet.	Re: Just Joined Welcome to you. I did a search on war eagle. This could go under what is your motivation!

08-08-2006, 12:14 PM	#4
gpowlftr Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 71 Reputation points: 60 No blog available. Qualifications Avid Bodybuilding Reader Looking to Learn More I've Been to the Gym	Re: Just Joined Thanks for the welcome, bronson. The War Eagle story is inspiring. For those not familiar, War Eagle is the battle cry for Auburn, sort of the same as Hook'em Horns is to Texas. Here's a quick story of the War Eagle. Legend has it that football and “War Eagle” came to Auburn the same day, Feb. 20, 1892, when Auburn defeated Georgia 10-0 at Atlanta's Piedmont Park in the first real college football game played in the South. According to the legend, an Auburn student, fighting at the Civil War’s Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia, was left for dead in no-man's land, that stretch of earth between the two armies that belonged to neither friend nor foe. After the battle, all that was left alive there was the Auburn student and a baby eagle. With the eaglet in his pocket, the wounded soldier eventually made his way back home. He later returned to Auburn and resumed his education, nurturing the eagle back to health and maturity. The man later joined Auburn’s faculty and when the train departed for Atlanta that fateful day, the instructor and the eagle, known to all Auburn people as “War Eagle” because of the circumstances which brought the man and eagle together, were on the train. As the game began, the eagle took to flight and began to circle the field. Looking skyward, the Auburn faithful began to call his name “War Eagle.” As the eagle continued to fly up and down the field, he was seemingly watching over his Auburn Tiger team, and supporting their efforts in his only way possible. Soon the crowd began to chant and then shout his name in unison..."War Eagle!" At the end of the game, the old eagle, now almost 30 years old, collapsed and died on the playing field. Having given his all for his team and boosting Auburn to victory in the process, the events of that day soon grew into legend and the name “War Eagle,” as was voiced that day, has since been repeated as an inspriational battle cry whenever Auburn teams compete on the field of play. Auburn University and college football have never been the same since.

08-08-2006, 08:45 PM	#5
bronson Swoll Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 256 Reputation points: 84 No blog available. Qualifications Update your profile! No qualifications entered yet.	Re: Just Joined This makes you want to scream WAR EAGLE!

10-18-2006, 03:06 PM	#6
bronson Swoll Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 256 Reputation points: 84 No blog available. Qualifications Update your profile! No qualifications entered yet.	Re: Just Joined Happy Birthday Wareagle!

10-18-2006, 04:10 PM	#7
gymBum Swoll Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 447 Reputation points: 58 No blog available. Qualifications Avid Bodybuilding Reader Looking to Learn More I've Been to the Gym	Re: Just Joined Happy Bday gpow! __________________

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