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Giles Greenwood – Bethnal Green Coach

8 April 2009

I’ve just realised that I never got round to posting up the picture of me and Giles Greenwood, one of the coaches at Bethnal Green. Well here it is: If you don’t remember me mentioning him before, Giles is the British Record holder for the Snatch (180 kg / 396 lbs) and Clean & Jerk [...]

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BWLA British Masters Weightlifting update

15 March 2009

Yesterday was my best lifting event yet, by far. To say I’m extremely pleased, is a major understatement. The goal of the day was to lift the 175kg qualifying total, as much as anything, to justify my attendance there. (This is because they let me go, even though I hadn’t managed to lift the 175 [...]

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2 New Personal Bests in the last 7 days

4 November 2008

I was ecstatic last Wednesday at getting a 100kg Clean. It’s a land mark point and as Giles Greenwood said: “You never forget get your first 100!” Ok, I didn’t get the jerk, but I was just concentrating on the cleans. And I dropped it a couple of times first, but I got it. I’m [...]

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Bethnal Green Weightlifting Club

29 October 2008

I thought it was about time I uploaded the couple of photo’s I took of the Weightlifting Club I go to at Bethnal Green, London. This club has been in existence a massive 80 years, since 1928 and has produced literally hundreds of Olympic Weight Lifting champions over the years. It’s located at 229 Bethnal [...]

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Another Weight Lifting Competition on Sunday

30 September 2008

A few months ago I went to my first Olympic Weightlifting competition at West Wythenshawe and on Sunday there’s another one, which I was really looking forward to. I don’t know if the BWLA guys will be there again, I hope so.  The thing is, I don’t feel ready for it at all. Having done [...]

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Finding a Crossfit Friendly Gym in London

26 August 2008

Since I started working in London, I’ve been hunting for a good Gym. I define a “good” as: one which has some Olympic Weightlifting bars the space and the will to let people use them for Olympic lifting (Snatch and Clean & Jerk) has Crossfit style equipment: rower, dumbbells, kettlebells, pull up stations close to [...]

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