AGE: 37
HEIGHT: 5'10"
WEIGHT: 255
Cogar is a 25 year-long competitor in logging sports and has spent 19 of those with STIHL TIMBERSPORTS. He became involved with the sport through his family, as his father, Arden Sr. is a legend in the sport. Arden didn't take the sport seriously until he joined the West Virginia University Forestry Club's Woodsmen's Team. When Arden graduated and continued his studies at the WVU Business school and Law School, he coached the Woodsmen's Team. Arden is very active in logging sports, as he and his family are instrumental in running several events throughout the southeastern United States. Arden also spends time coaching aspiring lumberjacks and promoting the sport every chance his job allows. Arden competes alongside several family members including his father, his wife, Kristy, and several cousins. Cogar competes in about 12-15 events per year and has traveled worldwide as the Captain of STIHL's United States National Lumberjack Team.
FAVORITE EVENT
Single Buck: "Training for the Single Buck, to me, is about pure aggression. Nothing tops off a stressful day at the office like a good Single Buck training session."
BEST EVENT
Standing Block: "The standing is completely natural to me, right in my power zone. The underhand is a bit different, but I was born with a gear most don't have; like my father, I have the ability to hit really fast."
TRAINING ROUTINE
"I weight train four times a week, but I practice Yoga and Tai Chi daily. As a sedentary 'white collar stiff', I try to get at least two hours of physical activity a day, no matter what type of activity that may be."
ACCOLADES
Multiple Carhartt Chopping Champion, multiple medal winner in the Men's Endurance event at ESPN's Great Outdoor Games, multiple Stihl Timbersports Series Finalist; 2006 Standing Block World Champion; Winner of 37 Individual World Titles including the All Around World Title at the 2007 Webster County Woodchopping Festival.
OCCUPATION
Civil defense attorney.
INTERESTING TIDBIT
He meditates daily. "Tai Chi and yoga for a musclehead is a little unusual." "I've heard, 'are you really a lawyer?' at least a million times."
TRAINING ROUTINE
Year-round training that incorporates weights and running.
ACCOLADES
Several world and all-around titles (Hayward, Albany, Boonesville, The PNE, Squamish), World Champion with wife Tina in the Jack and Jill competition in 1996. Five-time champion at the Albany event.
OCCUPATION
Substitute schoolteacher.
INTERESTING TIDBIT
Owns an axe import business (imports from Down Under).
