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Last Updated: February 24, 2009

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH GORILLAZ N' JANES?

Well, it's been almost a year since we began our quest to open up Portland's first, modern, hardcore, bodybuilding, powerlifting and strongman strength & conditioning facility.

What's the hold up?
Well, there's a few key elements that we have to have in order for our gym to be a long term success; lots of space for equipment, posing and event practicing, ample free-members-only parking spaces and easy access to and from the highways and freeways that run through our city. To date, we've found four locations that fit that bill.

Over the course of the summer and fall of 2008 we negotiated with three of them for a lease agreement and all three deals fell through (somebody tell these property owners that there's an economic depression going on and to get real with their demands.)

Now we've found the best space out of the four desired locations and with this one we're making the move to purchase the building outright. As soon as the property's in our possession, we'll begin the building and renovating process.

Thank you for your patience and thank you for your continued interest in our upcoming mega iron sports training center.

HOW A GYM BECOMES # 1 IN A CITY

There's two vital factors in which Gorillaz N' Janes is miles ahead of the other gyms and fitness clubs in the Greater Portland Metro Area.

The first is our strength & conditioning coaches. The four coaches we've recruited have won professional and amateur benchpress competitions all over the country, they've won amateur strongman competitions and one of them has even won an NPC Masters Nationals!

Not only are our strength and bodybuilding coaches certified and experienced at personal training, they've also got years of gym time under their lifting belts and one of them even has a 4 year physical sports science degree from Portland State University. These guys can raw bench 400 pounds for reps, raw squat 500 pounds for reps, raw deadlift 600 pounds for reps, compete in any strongman event and get up on a bodybuilding stage. Some of them also have high school and/or collegiate football or wrestling experience so they're very familiar with using the weight room to improve an athlete's sports performance on the playing field and on the mat. Some of our trainers have also been featured in Iron Man Magazine, Powerlifting USA, Southern Muscle Plus and in BodyTalk Magazine (all hard copy print publications.)

The other aspect where we win in aces is the equipment we'll be featuring in our gym:

• Everlast brand Heavy Bag, Wrecking Ball Bag, Uppercut Bag and Speed Bag.
• Ivanko Barbell Company Hammertone Gym Plates (lots of plates from 1.25 pounds up to 100 pounds)
• Ivanko OCB Olympic Lifting Bumper Plates (from 5kg up to 50kg)
• Ivanko Olympic Competition Bar w/German Needle Bearings
• Ivanko Olympic Pressure Ring Collars and Spring Clamp Collars
• Ivanko Dumbbells from 5lbs all the way up to 200 pounds !
• Ivanko Straight and EZ Grip Curl Bars
• Sorinex Whisperlink Olympic and Powerlifting Platforms.
• Sorinex Lever Lock Hydraulic Squat Rack
• Sorinex T-Bar Row Unit
• Sorinex Boxes for Box Squats
• Sorinex Explosion Blocks
• Sorinex Flat Bench w/Auto Spot Dumbbell Spotter
• Sorinex Counter Balanced Vertical Smith Machine
• Sorinex One Leg Squat Stand
• Sorinex Diamond Trap Bar
• Two Full Sets of Powerlifting Chains
• Two Chalk Bowls
• Elite FTS Pro Glute Ham Raise
• Elite FTS Professional Competition Bench
• Elite FTS Collegiate Power Racks
• Elite FTS Reverse Hyper Pro
• Texas Deadlift Bars
• Texas Squat Bars
• Texas Power Bars
• Safety Squat Bar
• EFS Multi-Grip Swiss Bar
• Log Press Bar
• Weight Releasers
• Prowler
• Double Pulling Sled
• Pulling Stands
• Jump Stretch Sumo Deadlift Platform
• Jump Stretch Conventional Deadlift Platform
• 2 Full Sets of Jump Stretch Flex Bands
• Deluxe Glute Ham Raise w/Split Pad
• 1 Set of Burst Proof Stability Balls (s, m, l and xl)
• Medicine Balls weighing 4, 6, 8, 10, 14, 20, 30 and 120 pounds !
• Deadlift Bar Jack
• Iron Gladiators Monolift
• Forza Super Bench
• Frantz Excalibur Squat Bar
• Frantz Excalibur Bench Bar
• Frantz Excalibur Deadlift Bar
• Frantz Power Gear
• Iron Mind Buffalo Squat Bar
• Iron Mind S Cubed Squat Bar
• Iron Mind Draft Horse Pulling Harness
• Iron Mind Go Really Grip Machine
• Iron Mind Hardy Handshake
• Iron Mind One Wicked Wrist Roller
• Iron Mind Rolling Thunder
• Iron Mind Loaded Sandbags
• Beer Kegs Filled with Sand, Shot and/or Water
• Atomic Athletic Farmer's Walk Handles
• Atomic Athletic Plate Loaded Super Yoke
• Slater Stone Molds for 42, 100, 175, 240, 354, 400 and 586 pound stones !
• Fat Bastard Barbell Big T Power Stairs Bar and Power Stairs
• Slater's Hardware (with discount $763 total)
• Nebula Fitness 3,000 pound Leg Press !
• Lots of Adjustable, Flat and Upright Workout Benches
• Selectorized and Plate Loaded Machines of Every Type (Sorinex and Nebula)
• Precor Ellipticals, Treadmills, Recumbant and Upright Bikes
• And More !

AT GORILLAZ N' JANES IT PAYS TO COMPETE

If you're a member of any of the following bodybuilding, strongman and powerlifting federations, then you qualify for the Gorillaz N' Janes official competitor discount - 10% off all memberships and off of all pro shop purchases!

• Amateur Bodybuilding Association (ABA)
• International Drug Free Athletics (IDFA)
• International Federation of Bodybuilders (IFBB)
• International Natural Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation (INBF)
• National Amateur Bodybuilders Association (NABBA)
• National Physique Committee (NPC)
• Organization of Competitive Bodybuilders (OCB)
• Supernatural Bodybuilding and Fitness Organization (SNBF)
• World Natural Sports Organization (WNSO)
   
• British Columbia Extreme Athletics Association (BCEAA)
• North American Strongman Society (NASS)
• Kansas City Strongman (KCS)
• East Coast Virginia Strongman (ECVS)
• Florida Strongman (FS)
• New York Strongman (NYS)
• Canadian Federation of Strength Athletes (CFSA)
• American Strongman
• International Federation of Strength Athletes (IFSA)
• World's Strongest Man Super Series
• The World's Strongest Man
• World Strongman Cup
• Fortissimus
• North American Highlander Association
   
• 100% Raw Powerlifting (RAW)
• Amateur Athletic Union Powerlifting (AAU)
• American Drug Free Powerlifting Federation (ADFPF)
• American Frantz Powerlifting Federation (AFPF/AAFPF)
• American Powerlifting Association (APA)
• American Powerlifting Committee (APC)
• American Powerlifting Federation (APF/AAPF)
• Anti Drug Athletes United (ADAU)
• Hardcore Powerlifting Federation
• International Powerlifting Association (IPA)
• International Powerlifting Federation (IPF)
• Iron Boy Powerlifting (IBP)
• Metroflex Strength Association (MSA)
• Midwest Powerlifting Federation (MPF)
• Natural Athlete Strength Association (NASA)
• Northern Virginia Raw Powerlifting (NOVA)
• Python Power League (PPL)
• Raw United (RAWU)
• Son Light Power (SLP)
• Southern Powerlifting Federation (SPF)
• Syndicated Strength Alliance (SSA)
• Texas High School Powerlifting Association (THSPA)
• Texas Powerlifting Federation (TPF)
• United Amateur Powerlifting Committee (UAPC)
• United Powerlifting Association (UPA)
• United States Powerlifting Federation (USPF)
• USA Powerlifting (USAPL)
• West Virginia/Virginia Bench Press (WVVAB)
• World Association of Benchers and Deadlifters (WABDL
• World Natural Powerlifting Federation (WNPF)
• World Natural Powerlifting Federation Lifetime (WNPFLT)

UPCOMING MUSCLE SPORTS EVENTS

• March 7th and 8th - USA Powerlifting (USAPL) Washington State, Olympia, WA, Richard Schuller, 1.360.438.3321
   
• March 14th - American Powerlifting Federation (APF/AAPF) Spring Power Challenge Northwest, Oregon City, OR, Chris Duffin, 1.503.780.8890
   
• March 28th - Vancouver USA Natural Bodybuilding Championships and the Tanji Johnson Fitness & Figure Classic, Skyview High School, Vancouver, WA, Bohm Productions, 1.360.887.8558, www.NorthWestBodybuilding.net
   
• April 17th - Emerald Cup Fitness & Figure Championships and Fitness Expo (National Qualifier), Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, WA, Craig Productions, 1.425.949.7320, EmeraldCup@AOL.com, www.CraigProductions.com
   
• April 18th - Emerald Cup Bodybuilding Championships and Fitness Expo (National Qualifier), Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, WA, Craig Productions, 1.425.949.7320, EmeraldCup@AOL.com, www.CraigProductions.com
   
• April 25th - Empire Classic Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure Championships, Northern Quest Casino, Spokane, WA, IvanRibic@hotmail.com, 1.509.990.3771, www.EmpireClassic.net
   
• June 27th and 28th - Vic's Powerhouse Strength Extravaganza, Classic Powerlifting (no super shirts or powerlifting suits) and Strongman, Hallmark Resort, Newport, OR, www.VicsPowerHouse.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

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