Tag Archives: powerlifting
2012 Australian Raw Powerlifting Championships
I recently competed in my first ever Australian Raw Powerlifting Championships. I’d been looking forward to this competition since competing in the final competition of 2011, the Matti Tikka Challenge. I took a few weeks off training over Christmas and started the…
Powerlifting – Deconstructing the Bench Press
It’s almost time for me to compete at the Australian Powerlifting Championships. It’s now under two weeks away. I’ve been training hard and hopefully in a few weeks I will have a positive post about how I went. In the meantime, I…
Matti Tikka Powerlifting Challenge
On 3rd December, 2011, I competed in the last powerlifting competition for the year, the Matti Tikka Powerlifting Challenge, in North Sydney, following a successful competition I did back in July, 2011. I was hoping to achieve an official Elite…
Powerlifting – Deconstructing the Squat
As a competitive powerlifter, I do a LOT of squats in my training, with many variations, such as back squats, box squats, and front squats. In this post today I will break down the the correct way to perform a…
Hercules of the West Powerlifting Championship
On July 17th, I competed in my first powerlifting competition, since I injured my back in October last year, at the Hercules of the West RAW Championships at Adonis Athletics in Parramatta, NSW. After my injury, it was almost six months…
New Squat And Deadlift PBs At Lake Macquarie Open
I competed in my third powerlifting competition last weekend, the Lake Macquarie Open, in Toronto NSW. Being a powerlifting novice, my aim for the competition was to simply beat the 237.5kg total I achieved in the Hawks Novice Comp in…