Chris Bradshaw
2012 Professional Competitor Bio
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Location:
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Ridgeley, W. V.
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Height:
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6' 2"
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Weight:
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300
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Birthday:
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10/7/1975
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Todays Job:
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Logbuyer
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Interests:
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Lifting weights, hunting, fishing, timbersports
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Athlete since:
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2011
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Training per week:
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I spend 3 to 4 nights a week lifting weights and 2 nights per week chopping.
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How did you get involved in lumberjack sports?
WVU woodsmens team
When did you begin participating/competing in lumberjack sports and the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Series?
I got started in 1996. 2011 was my first year of STS.
How do you train for the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Series and other lumberjack competitions?
I spend 3 to 4 nights a week lifting weights and 2 nights per week chopping.
Are you related to any current or former STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Series competitors?
No
Best/strongest STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Series discipline:
Underhand chop
Any advice for the collegiate competitors?
Spend as much time learning from the pros as possible
What pro athlete/celebrity would you like to see try one of the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Series disciplines?
Any powerlifter or world strongest man competitor - rumor has it that Phil Pfister has put in a hit or two when he and Arden were training in an old school in Charleston, WV
Name three songs on your training/working out playlist?
Volbeat - Worrior's Call, Disturbed -Hell, Nickelback - Bottoms Up
Favorite TV Show:
NCIS
Favorite Sports Team:
WVU
Proudest moment in your life so far:
Marrying my wife, making the top 20 in 2011 STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Series, underhand cut at Elkins, WV 2011 (missed Melvin Lentz's record on 10x10 poplar by 0.1 seconds)