I read that entire shitstorm before Sparkle deleted it. Props to Dan Green for sticking up for his wife, although all his comments were along the lines of “she has a right to her opinion.” He never actually agreed with her. He also hinted that his wife has disliked Brandon for quite some time.
Juggernaut had to take down the fundraiser anyway for some kind of legal reasons related to Brandon’s insurance not covering him because of his “pro” status. They refunded everyone’s money.
The vast majority of comments though were just people shit talking each others’ numbers and dick measuring and challenging people to meets to settle their internet score. Love powerlifting.
[quote]csulli wrote:
I read that entire shitstorm before Sparkle deleted it. Props to Dan Green for sticking up for his wife, although all his comments were along the lines of “she has a right to her opinion.” He never actually agreed with her. He also hinted that his wife has disliked Brandon for quite some time.
Juggernaut had to take down the fundraiser anyway for some kind of legal reasons related to Brandon’s insurance not covering him because of his “pro” status. They refunded everyone’s money.
The vast majority of comments though were just people shit talking each others’ numbers and dick measuring and challenging people to meets to settle their internet score. Love powerlifting.[/quote]
I’m more taken back by the fact that when people have to defend their shitty tasteless opinion, they get REAL smug and heartless. I can give zero fucks about the politics of Dan Green and Brandon Lilly.
[quote]niksamaras wrote:
[quote]csulli wrote:
I hope he hits his 600lb bench press at least. It turns my stomach to see this happen to Brandon, but this probably ends his career as a full meet lifter. I just hope I’m wrong.[/quote]
Not necessarily. It will take a long time (a rough estimate is about 2 years) to get to this level again, but not at all impossible. If it is smart to do it though (in terms of longevity not in powerlifting but in life in general) is another thing.[/quote]
Not to be a negative Nancy, but you’re seriously underestimating the severity of his injuries. It might take him 2 years just to move without a hitch, let alone squat and deadlift competitively.
The dude is a class act and a great ambassador for strength athletics. It is really a bummer to see this happen to anyone.
Sounds like he is going to have insurance coverage which is a great thing. I wish him the best in his recovery process.
On a side note, this is seriously why every single federation should use a mono with chains or straps. There is no way a spotter is ever going to be able to do anything when something like this happens. If the lift would have been in a mono with straps/chains I’m sure it would have helped limit the damage done. And for everyone who is going to bitch, you can still walk lifts out of a mono lift. I just don’t see how this does not make sense!
[quote]Monopoly19 wrote:
On a side note, this is seriously why every single federation should use a mono with chains or straps. There is no way a spotter is ever going to be able to do anything when something like this happens. If the lift would have been in a mono with straps/chains I’m sure it would have helped limit the damage done. And for everyone who is going to bitch, you can still walk lifts out of a mono lift. I just don’t see how this does not make sense![/quote]
My first reaction.
Hello all,
As you’ve probably heard, Team Juggernaut’s Brandon Lilly suffered a very serious injury while competing on Sunday at the LA Fit Expo. Brandon collapsed under a 744 pound squat attempt and was taken to the hospital.
During 5 and a half hours of surgery on Monday he had the following repaired in both legs: torn quad tendon, torn patella tendon, torn MCL, torn meniscus, also in his left leg he suffered a torn ACL, torn hamstring tendon and broken patella.
The insurance issue regarding their denial of Brandon’s coverage because he was competing as a ‘pro powerlifter’ has thankfully been resolved and all but an optional ambulance ride are being covered. All donations to his medical fund have been returned, but thank you very much for your support!
Thanks,
Team Juggernaut
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
Hello all,
As you’ve probably heard, Team Juggernaut’s Brandon Lilly suffered a very serious injury while competing on Sunday at the LA Fit Expo. Brandon collapsed under a 744 pound squat attempt and was taken to the hospital.
During 5 and a half hours of surgery on Monday he had the following repaired in both legs: torn quad tendon, torn patella tendon, torn MCL, torn meniscus, also in his left leg he suffered a torn ACL, torn hamstring tendon and broken patella.
The insurance issue regarding their denial of Brandon’s coverage because he was competing as a ‘pro powerlifter’ has thankfully been resolved and all but an optional ambulance ride are being covered. All donations to his medical fund have been returned, but thank you very much for your support!
Thanks,
Team Juggernaut
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That is such an incredible amount of damage done. It’s hard to believe you can claim to be healthy, and next minute you blow out your entire lower extremities.
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
Hello all,
As you’ve probably heard, Team Juggernaut’s Brandon Lilly suffered a very serious injury while competing on Sunday at the LA Fit Expo. Brandon collapsed under a 744 pound squat attempt and was taken to the hospital.
During 5 and a half hours of surgery on Monday he had the following repaired in both legs: torn quad tendon, torn patella tendon, torn MCL, torn meniscus, also in his left leg he suffered a torn ACL, torn hamstring tendon and broken patella.
The insurance issue regarding their denial of Brandon’s coverage because he was competing as a ‘pro powerlifter’ has thankfully been resolved and all but an optional ambulance ride are being covered. All donations to his medical fund have been returned, but thank you very much for your support!
Thanks,
Team Juggernaut
[/quote]
That is such an incredible amount of damage done. It’s hard to believe you can claim to be healthy, and next minute you blow out your entire lower extremities. [/quote]
Again, not trying to be a downer, but this will probably take close to 2 years for him to be able to even walk right (assuming he can again), let alone compete in PL’ing.
To whom it may concern:
I am writing this letter of concern in regards to one of your sponsored athletes, Brandon Lilly. I admire all that AnmialPak stands for and I love what you guys are doing with Powerlifting. What is most disappointing to me, however, is seeing that Animal condones and endorses an athlete whose behavior is deceptive, manipulative and abusive. I?ll get right into it.
I have heard many rumors and stories about your athlete Brandon Lilly that I have ignored for the longest time. It was recently brought to my attention that Brandon Lilly?s flight was cancelled to California for his seminar with Dan Green. After this event, I then decided to do further research on why this happened; and why didn?t he just catch another flight? Originally I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, but my gut wouldn?t allow me (especially knowing the previous rumors floating around).
I contacted someone at Dan?s gym Boss Barbell Club and a member there told me Brandon never booked a flight. They directed me to call CheapOair.com. I contacted CheapOair and they only asked for an address and a phone number. I found out that Brandon booked his flight two days before the seminar on Jan 2 around 6pm and cancelled it an hour later around 7pm. I asked myself, why would he do this? What was his motive? My only guess is that he wanted his fans and future fans to admire that fact that he is supporting a good cause. This reminds me of a similar incident regarding your athlete Brandon Lilly.
I heard last year that Brandon pulled out of a meet called Relentless Detroit. If you are not aware, the main purpose of this meet is to raise money for children with cancer. When Brandon announced that he was not doing Relentless Detroit, many people were disappointed. Mostly because originally he posted that he wanted to fundraise $10k for this meet. Weeks later he announced that he was going to do the meet, but not full power. His excuse was that he was sick. This was odd to me because Relentless was two months away at the time he made his post. Again, I asked myself, why would he do this? What was his motive? My guess was that he wanted the positive exposure for contributing to a good cause. I contacted a lifter who was at Relentless Detroit and they informed me that Brandon is banned from future Relentless meets due to his behavior at Relentless Detroit. They mentioned to me that he was not actively engaged with the crowd, the children, spectators and other lifters. They also mentioned to me that Brandon purposely didn?t perform his best and that he sat on a couch hanging out with a guy named Paul Carter the entire time. Rumor was that the two were gossiping about his Animal co-athletes. Brandon had asked a guy named Robert Lyuando to hand off the bar to him for his bench attempts during the meet. Robert agreed to help him out, until he had noticed Brandon?s behavior. Robert went up to Brandon while he was on the couch and said to him he needs to get off his ____and interact with the kids, if he doesn?t he wouldn?t hand off the bar to him. Brandon let many people down at this meet. Not only because he fundraised something between $1k-$3k, but also because his attitude towards the event itself, and the children it was meant to benefit, was downbeat.
Some other rumors I have heard but will not go into detail about are listed below. If you would like further information, I will gladly provide them to you. These are all the rumors I have heard about Brandon Lilly.
-He?s a thief. He was kicked out of Westside Barbell (WSB) because he was stealing equipment. He admitted to many people that he stole equipment from Westside and is not proud of it. But to those who do not know this information, he mentions (especially in his seminars) that he was kicked out because he benched more than the guys at WSB.
-His ex-wife divorced him because of domestic violence and adultery. He cheated on his current wife numerous times and has had fights with her in the public over infidelity.
-He has a couple of lawsuits over his Cube method. Rumors are that he stole his friend?s program, copy and pasted content down to exact grammatical errors. Similar to what he did the same with Cube Boss. I was told that he didn?t ask for Dan Green?s permission to name his new program Cube Boss. This led thousands of people to believe that he had collaborated with Dan on the Cube Boss Method. I spoke with Dan and he mentioned to me that he didn?t know about Cube Boss until it came out. I also spoke with Dan?s wife Sparkle and she mentioned to me that she confronted Brandon and told him to change the name. He then changed the name to Cube Kingpin.
I can honestly go on and on. If you would like to know more rumors and stories I have heard, I will gladly share them with you.
Sincerely,
Aspiring powerlifter and #1 Animal fan
Just a interesting read. All I have heard from multiple lifters.
I think it’s a shame that this kind of drama is being involved in strength sports. People will turn on someone just as fast as they looked up to them. It’s as if we’re all looking for something to distract from ourselves and what’s actually important. Who gives a fuck what Brandon Lilly did? Even if all that is true, it wouldn’t make me think any less of him as a person or a lifter. Only thing that would make me think otherwise is if he chopped my moms head off or something. We’re all guilty.
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
I think it’s a shame that this kind of drama is being involved in strength sports. People will turn on someone just as fast as they looked up to them. It’s as if we’re all looking for something to distract from ourselves and what’s actually important. Who gives a fuck what Brandon Lilly did? Even if all that is true, it wouldn’t make me think any less of him as a person or a lifter. Only thing that would make me think otherwise is if he chopped my moms head off or something. We’re all guilty. [/quote]
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Gossip is something I’m starting to tolerate less and less, especially as I get older.
That’s a devastating injury and best wishes for his recovery.
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
I think it’s a shame that this kind of drama is being involved in strength sports. People will turn on someone just as fast as they looked up to them. It’s as if we’re all looking for something to distract from ourselves and what’s actually important. Who gives a fuck what Brandon Lilly did? Even if all that is true, it wouldn’t make me think any less of him as a person or a lifter. Only thing that would make me think otherwise is if he chopped my moms head off or something. We’re all guilty. [/quote]
Vinny, I don’t know how to tell you this… Sparkle Green just posted on Facebook that Brandon went over to your mom’s house in his wheelchair and chopped her head off with a battleaxe that he won at a meet. Sorry man.
[quote]csulli wrote:
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
I think it’s a shame that this kind of drama is being involved in strength sports. People will turn on someone just as fast as they looked up to them. It’s as if we’re all looking for something to distract from ourselves and what’s actually important. Who gives a fuck what Brandon Lilly did? Even if all that is true, it wouldn’t make me think any less of him as a person or a lifter. Only thing that would make me think otherwise is if he chopped my moms head off or something. We’re all guilty. [/quote]
Vinny, I don’t know how to tell you this… Sparkle Green just posted on Facebook that Brandon went over to your mom’s house in his wheelchair and chopped her head off with a battleaxe that he won at a meet. Sorry man.[/quote]
omg am so sed.
Not that I cross fit but kind of ironic how much crap cross fit is taking for the injury to that poor guy’s back but no one is questioning the sanity of the tremendous amount of weight used in powerlifting and all the freak and horrible injuries related to powerlifting. I am not against either cross fit or powerlifting to each his own life has risk just seems a little hypocritical when no one makes a big deal out of injuries that occur in other strength sports.
[quote]jeep7588 wrote:
Not that I cross fit but kind of ironic how much crap cross fit is taking for the injury to that poor guy’s back but no one is questioning the sanity of the tremendous amount of weight used in powerlifting and all the freak and horrible injuries related to powerlifting. I am not against either cross fit or powerlifting to each his own life has risk just seems a little hypocritical when no one makes a big deal out of injuries that occur in other strength sports.[/quote]
I imagine no one makes a big deal out of this due to the fact that the general consensus is that powerlifting is unhealthy and dangerous. The goal of the sport isn’t improved longevity, it’s about lifting weights far heavier than the body was meant to handle.
[quote]theuofh wrote:
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
I think it’s a shame that this kind of drama is being involved in strength sports. People will turn on someone just as fast as they looked up to them. It’s as if we’re all looking for something to distract from ourselves and what’s actually important. Who gives a fuck what Brandon Lilly did? Even if all that is true, it wouldn’t make me think any less of him as a person or a lifter. Only thing that would make me think otherwise is if he chopped my moms head off or something. We’re all guilty. [/quote]
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Gossip is something I’m starting to tolerate less and less, especially as I get older.
That’s a devastating injury and best wishes for his recovery. [/quote]
Don’t wish that (or any) kind of injury on anyone, but you honestly wouldn’t think less of the guy if you found out he’s a lying, cheating woman beating thief who’s became “rich and famous” (relatively, obviously) from plagiarizing other people’s work? Think I’d probably view him a li’l differently if any of that were true (really just the business stuff, his home life while maybe disappointing, is none of my concern).
^^^^ What he said
[quote]T3hPwnisher wrote:
[quote]jeep7588 wrote:
Not that I cross fit but kind of ironic how much crap cross fit is taking for the injury to that poor guy’s back but no one is questioning the sanity of the tremendous amount of weight used in powerlifting and all the freak and horrible injuries related to powerlifting. I am not against either cross fit or powerlifting to each his own life has risk just seems a little hypocritical when no one makes a big deal out of injuries that occur in other strength sports.[/quote]
I imagine no one makes a big deal out of this due to the fact that the general consensus is that powerlifting is unhealthy and dangerous. The goal of the sport isn’t improved longevity, it’s about lifting weights far heavier than the body was meant to handle.[/quote]
It’s safer than soccer!