StrongLifts.com T-shirts & More

[Mehdi]

UPDATE:
Logo contest is up: 99designs.com/contests/5809

Designers: you can particpate, winner gets 300$. Contest last 10 days.
Readers: follow the logos that are submitted. Next week I'll ask for your opinion.

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Original thread here: stronglifts.com/forum/discussion/664/
Several readers have asked for StrongLifts.com merchandising, more specifically T-shirts and a print version of the eBook. Print version of the eBook is not for now, as I believe the current version doesn't earn a print version yet. However we can start with t-shirts. What we need:

• Logo. I'm not a designer. Unless someone has the skills & wants to do this for free, we have to hire someone.


• Tagline. You've already suggested taglines. I'll list them below. We could offer t-shirts with & without taglines.


• Color. Black, navy blue & white work best and are timeless colors (tell me what you think).


• Making the T-shirt. Readers have recommended cafepress.com, if someone has better ideas, feel free to share.


• Payments & Shipping. Both will be handled by cafepress.

First thing is the logo. 99designs offers logo contests. Unless someone has a better idea, I'll start a logo contest there for a prize of 300$. Several logo's will be made, you vote for the one you like the most, I'll make the final decision.
You can make your donation to fund the creation of a logo for StrongLifts.com using the following link (paypal, visa, mastercard). Any amount is appreciated.
Click here to make a donation to fund the logo creation

When enough money has been collected I'll start the contest, then post the link so you can vote for the logos.

[Mehdi]

Some taglines I picked up from the previous thread. These are unfiltered yet, I'll make sure to offer t-shirts without taglines too. Some taglines are aggressive, I will eventually choose taglines that fit with the blog's philosophy.

Stronglifts.com - Changing lifes , one rep at a time
Pain is nothing but weakness leaving the body
"Shutup and squat" on the front. "Barbell goes here" just above the shoulder blades, with large logo under it.
Henry Rollins quote on the back side, StrongLifts.com on the front.
What we lift in life echoes in eternity
Follow the line of most resistance
Lift Heavy, Die Strong, Leave a Big Corpse
StrongLifts–Give your pallbearers hernias
Where only the STRONG survive…
If you want something in life,reach out and grab it. StrongLifts.com
Quit talking and start squatting. StrongLifts.com
The person that works the hardest wins. StrongLifts.com
“Stay tall” (suggest strength & pride)
strength through suffering
strength from failure
strength does not come from success, only through failure
"I do now what others wont so I can have later what others can't"
"If you can read this you're not working hard enough"
"How's that spin class going for you?"
"Learn to Squat or Learn to Loose"
Got Strength?
"Free Advice . . . Priceless Knowledge"
strong lifts... not for the weak but for the week"
"strong lifts... bench-press your confidence"
 "stong lifts... we take (the) credit"
"strong lifts... Iron sharpening Iron"
"stong lifts... Iron out your fat"
"Squat true, break parallel"
"Do you 5x5?"
"Can you NOT curl for a month?" Back side "Stronglifts 5x5" Front
Squat true, break parallel"
"Shutup and squat" on the front. "Barbell goes here" just above the shoulder blades, with large logo under it.
"Stronglifts - heavy lifting health"
"Stronglifts: lift heavy, stay healthy" or the other way "stay healthy, lift heavy" or even "lift heavy, live healthy"
"Stronglifts: eat clean, lift heavy, live healthy"
"No one gives it to you, you have to take it"
"there's no something for nothing"
"Changed my Life"
"The more I lift, the more I want to lift"
"Stronglifts.com -- We're stronger than we look."
"discipline over chemicals"
"Stronglifts.com, the name says it all."
"We will build it better, faster, stronger."
"Bad has arrived and it's here to stay."
"This house wasn't built with 2x4s, it was built one 5x5 at a time."

 
 

[Young Athlete]

I would donate just don't have a debt card sorry man I'll try to make a logo for contest GL can't wait for a T-shirt

[Victor]

Good stuff Mehdi!

[JonHarris40]

Before this thread blows up I will put in my two cents.
I am not a desinger either but of the taglines suggested in the other thread I like the ones that have stronglifts.com 5x5 on the front with a barbell above or below it. Then on the back I like 3: the Rollins quote (my favorite), "barbell goes here", and "Follow the line of most resistance".
As for color I like Black navy Blue and White.
Thats my take, either way I will definately get at least 3 when they come out so I can use one in each sessison each week.

[jdurando]

All I can say is - there really cant be too much writing, it needs to be able to fit on my thong.

[Mehdi]

@ Young athlete / jdurando
Thanks both.

@ JonHarris40
The henry rollins, napoleon hill & barbell goes here are also my favorites. Navy blue is good idea as color, I've aded it.
 

[ukdudeinuk]

I think there should be a tagline that mentions the squat, although barbell goes here does that pretty well.

[Harsh]

Maybe something like "Shutup and squat" ...that "barbell goes here" is also good..

[dst]

Great idea putting it on 99designs!
I am a graphic designer, and would love to have the opportunity to design against others for the new stronglifts branding.

[bentzurm]

Hey Mehdi, did I tell you I take a 40% cut of every "barbell goes here" shirt? it's written in the original post in white font.

[ukdudeinuk]

Shutup and squat should be on the front, and barbell goes here should go across the shoulder blades, with a large logo under it.

[phillipsjosh2415]

Shutup and squat should be on the front, and barbell goes here should go across the shoulder blades, with a large logo under it.

I like this idea best too.  Just my 2 cents.  I'll vote when it's time.

[jdurando]

 

Shutup and squat should be on the front, and barbell goes here should go across the shoulder blades, with a large logo under it.

 
I like this idea best too.  Just my 2 cents.  I'll vote when it's time.

 
How in the world will you be able to fit all of that on a Thong ??

[Harsh]

 

 

Shutup and squat should be on the front, and barbell goes here should go across the shoulder blades, with a large logo under it.

 
I like this idea best too.  Just my 2 cents.  I'll vote when it's time.

 
 
How in the world will you be able to fit all of that on a Thong ??

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