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It’s Competition Day!

20 November 2009

The day I’ve been waiting 2 months for has finally arrived – the Northern Open Olympic Weightlifting competition, held in Mytholmrod, West Yorkshire (England that is). First the important stuff: I made the weight. For the last 5 days I’ve been at or under my target weight, which is the upper limit of the 77kg [...]

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Yorkshire Masters Weightlifting Video

18 August 2009

The competition at the weekend went very well. Interestingly, it didn’t feel like it went that well, considering I missed half the lifts. However the results speak for themselves. I had 3 goals, in descending order of importance: Lift 165 total to qualify for the BWLA British Masters Weightlifting competition in 2010 (77kg body weight [...]

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Snatch Practice at Aspire Fitness

3 August 2009

This is the video I made of my snatch practice at Aspire Fitness in Cardiff last week. It’s 90 minutes condensed down to 2 for your viewing pleasure: WPvideo 1.10 Whilst it looks like it wasn’t going that well, I was actually quite pleased. Since getting 77kg in March, I haven’t felt capable of even [...]

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Clean and Jerk Practice Video

13 July 2009

This is a video of a training session at Crossfit Manchester. I posted my training Snatches last week, so this is the Clean and Jerk vid. This time I’ve included one’s that didn’t go quite according to plan! I was trying to get 5 lifts at 95% of my personal best, so at 95kg (209 [...]

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British Masters Weightlifting Championship Video 2009

29 March 2009

I’ve finally got round to doing the video of me lifts at the 2009 BWLA British Masters Weightlifting Championships. For the record, I was lifting in M1 (Males age 35-39) in the 85kg category: I weighed in at 80.3kg (177 lbs / 12 stone 9). I’ve posted before about my attempts to lift the 175kg [...]

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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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Friday Fun – Crash Videos

12 March 2009

There’s nothing quite so effective at whiling away your precious life, as spending time watching crash compilations on the internet. So without further ado, I present for your Friday Fun pleasure: the luckiest helmetless motorcyclist ever: The motorbike mate you *don’t* want to go out riding with: And finally a selection of race crashes. Some [...]

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Bad Shoulder = No Lifting This Week

10 March 2009

I am officially cursed. Before the Northern Masters back in Feb, I did my back in. Then the gym in Cardiff retired their broken bumpers making it virtually impossible to train. Now, just before the BWLA Masters Weightlifting Championships this Saturday, I’ve hurt my shoulder and have been unable to train for a week. Marvellous! [...]

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Training for the British Masters Weightlifting Championships

26 February 2009

I got confirmation a couple of days ago that I’m definitely in the BWLA British Masters Weightlifting Championships in Lilleshall, Shropshire in 2.5 weeks.  The bad news is, I’m lifting against Brendan Cooke an established lifter from Northern Ireland and Ian Robertson, a 14x Scottish champion. There goes my chance to sneak a title then, [...]

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Northern Masters Champion 2009

16 February 2009

As promised this is the video of me lifting in the BWLA Northern Masters Olympic Weightlifting competition in Keighley, West Yorkshire last week. I was trying to get a 175 total. To be clear, I won due to the fact I was the only person lifting in my age and weight category, lol. WPvideo 1.10 [...]

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