Gym closes next week, moving to Cambridgeshire the day after, Masters hand in 3 weeks after that and then the business and training will go nuclear!
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Training updates
Been very busy lately with MSc, moving house and training for competitions. Anyway, IAWA single arm championships on August 13th and my training for the World Record in left hand barbell snatch at my body weight paid off. I opened with 60kg, beat the current record with 63kg and then beat my own record with an easy 65kg. I also found out my 150kg left hand deadlift 2 weeks prior unofficially beat the British record of 147kg, but I competed at a heavier weight class on the day. I won my group and the open class to get 2 more trophies for the cabinet.
Gym closes next week, moving to Cambridgeshire the day after, Masters hand in 3 weeks after that and then the business and training will go nuclear!
Gym closes next week, moving to Cambridgeshire the day after, Masters hand in 3 weeks after that and then the business and training will go nuclear!
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
British Masters Weightlifting Champion 2011
Sometimes I ask myself why I do these strange things and what it is that continually drives me to train and improve. The Championships was a great event and with a 182kg total I also got my European qualifier so I can represent GB internationally in Masters Weightlifting.
At 77kg and age group M1 35 I am British Champion and must admit it might look good on the CV and when I start running weightlifting for sports workshops. The main thing is that I did better than last time and still have a long way to go. I love lifting, love competing and what makes it really special was that the event was the centenary event so 100 years ago it all kicked off.
At 77kg and age group M1 35 I am British Champion and must admit it might look good on the CV and when I start running weightlifting for sports workshops. The main thing is that I did better than last time and still have a long way to go. I love lifting, love competing and what makes it really special was that the event was the centenary event so 100 years ago it all kicked off.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
British Masters Weightlifting Southern Regional Qualifier
Well the day came and went and it was an experience that will stay with me for a long while. I weighed 77.07kg on the day and had to lose some in 30 minutes, That done, I competed at 76.82kg in the target group and began to warm up. My qualifying total of 165kg would put me through to the British Masters Championships next month and with a hint of caution I gave my opening weights as 65kg snatch and 85kg clean and jerk. This was overly cautious as the adrenaline did its thing backstage and I lifted 75kg with no problems. I opened at 75kg, got 80kg and just missed 83kg which would have been a new pb.
The clean and jerk was the one that worried me as tight rotator cuffs hindered the jerk only 4 days ago and I woke up with a trapped nerve in my lower traps. The adrenaline did its thing and I opened at 90kg with an easy lift to qualify on my first lifts, got an easy 100kg and as I knew I had beat my competition I went for an equal pb of 110kg and just missed the clean. I totalled at 180kg and can enter the Masters Championships in several weeks time. Something about the day made me feel very alive. The challenge, the atmosphere, the crowd, lifting on the same platform as some of our best Masters lifters and multiple world champions. To top of a great day I won my group and this lovely trophy. Onwards and upwards to the Championships and eventually the Europeans,
Happy Days!
The clean and jerk was the one that worried me as tight rotator cuffs hindered the jerk only 4 days ago and I woke up with a trapped nerve in my lower traps. The adrenaline did its thing and I opened at 90kg with an easy lift to qualify on my first lifts, got an easy 100kg and as I knew I had beat my competition I went for an equal pb of 110kg and just missed the clean. I totalled at 180kg and can enter the Masters Championships in several weeks time. Something about the day made me feel very alive. The challenge, the atmosphere, the crowd, lifting on the same platform as some of our best Masters lifters and multiple world champions. To top of a great day I won my group and this lovely trophy. Onwards and upwards to the Championships and eventually the Europeans,
Happy Days!
Friday, February 4, 2011
Competition Looming
Qualification for the British Masters Weightlifting Championships is tomorrow and I may well make my target weight of 76.8kg to compete at 77kg. I did go up to 80kg and realised that a qualifier would give me all year to get bigger and stronger so that was the decision I went with. I now just have to lift 165kg to get to the championships in several weeks - hopefully competing at aroung 82kg.
Current total is 192.5kg and I am aiming for about 180kg on the day if the shoulders allow to jerk to fly up without any restrictions. Disheartening when your pb is 110kg and some days 80kg is a fight. Lovely sport, great challenge and masive amounts of skill. Somedays it can be a right pain and others it uplifts you like nothing else can.....
Current total is 192.5kg and I am aiming for about 180kg on the day if the shoulders allow to jerk to fly up without any restrictions. Disheartening when your pb is 110kg and some days 80kg is a fight. Lovely sport, great challenge and masive amounts of skill. Somedays it can be a right pain and others it uplifts you like nothing else can.....
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Welcome to The Strength Academy
2 weeks and the regional masters weightlifting competiton is here. Qualifying means I can compete internationally so lets see if that hard work has paid off.....
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