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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…![](https://thrivept.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Bench-Press1.jpg)
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…![](https://thrivept.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bench-press.jpg)
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…![](https://thrivept.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/squat.jpg)
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…![](https://thrivept.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Squat.jpg)
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…![](https://thrivept.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DeadLift1.jpg)
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…![](https://thrivept.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/powerlifting.jpg)