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Post by adamklam on Feb 25, 2013 20:27:58 GMT 10
Hi, Adam here. Train at Fitness Farce - home of the high squat. started powerlifting to help get me stronger and better at generating power for my other sports (touch rugby / dragonboat racing). Now I use touch / dragonboat as GPP for my powerlifting competed a couple of times at some small comps !
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Post by pritchard on Feb 25, 2013 20:42:25 GMT 10
Welcome Adam. You still play touch? If so, where? I used to play at fawkner park and also in Elwood.
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Post by spotterloader on Feb 25, 2013 20:46:34 GMT 10
Graham aka Hamburgler aka Spotter Loader
Can lay claim to being the fastest bar loader and dirtiest deadlift perve in the country but not much else!
First started going to the gym 3 years ago while overcoming knee issues from 12 years of Australian Rules Football, then as a means of getting stronger for boxing/wrestling. Eventually found that I enjoyed the lifting side more so decided to go with that!
Hurt my shoulder 2 years ago now, should find out on Wednesday what I actually did to it! (In the mean time I had some surgery to clean up the bone, but a second opinion suggests a slap tear amongst other things so we'll wait and see I guess!)
So far best comp lifts are 135/77.5/200 all with CAPO unequipped at under 75. In training I have squatted 200 equipped
Goals for the rest of this year are to enjoy training and get the shoulder fixed!
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Post by pritchard on Feb 25, 2013 20:49:39 GMT 10
Hey graham- welcome. All the best with the shoulder. What's the best possible outcome?
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Post by spotterloader on Feb 25, 2013 20:54:29 GMT 10
I'm not sure tbh.
Initially it was diagnosed as a fracture in the ac joint (which is what I had operated on)
I saw a proper sports doctor (works with North Melbourne, Victory and one of the Netball squads) and he's pretty confident it's a SLAP tear along with some bursitis and impingement. I had a MRI done today and see him again on Wednesday so I will find out then.
Best case is just bursitis and the impingement, even then I'm not 100% certain what the recovery process would entail
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Post by Aaron on Feb 25, 2013 21:03:39 GMT 10
Great to see you here on the forum Graham
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Post by Paul on Feb 25, 2013 21:23:52 GMT 10
Hi Ladies and Gents. I'm Paul - Director and head coach of Iron Underground - a dedicated powerlifting gym in Albion, Brisbane
Been competing since early 2011 with Powerlifting Australia and am holding 2 PA sanctioned comps at my gym this year with the first one being in April and its gonna hammer!
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Post by pritchard on Feb 25, 2013 21:27:07 GMT 10
Welcome paul
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baxter
New Member
Mainly a lurker
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Post by baxter on Feb 25, 2013 23:21:34 GMT 10
Here to troll Daniel Anderson.
People often tell me that I have a nice beard.
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Post by pritchard on Feb 26, 2013 6:09:01 GMT 10
Hey Nathan! Welcome. When are you leaving for the Arnold? How long are you in USA for?
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Post by adamklam on Feb 26, 2013 6:22:59 GMT 10
Welcome Adam. You still play touch? If so, where? I used to play at fawkner park and also in Elwood. We play mostly at albert park now, they have some sweet synthetic fields, so no ankle swallowing holes! Have played at elwood and fawkner previously. Off season at the moment, should fire up again around april/may.
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Post by battler on Feb 26, 2013 8:49:56 GMT 10
Hi all,
I'm one of Robot's Battlers from MUWPC. Been lifting for about 3 years, but unfortunately injured (right hip, left shoulder) for 1.5 years. Only just recovering now. Best comp lifts done a few months ago (raw) was 170/90/205 @ 83 class. Hoping to leave the Loser (B) Grade behind and get to the Useless (A) Grade this year.
I've been doing just a simple RTS-scoped block periodisation 3x weekly full body for the last few months, after Pritchard introduced me to it. Loving it so far, will see what it can do for me at Raw Nats in 4 weeks.
Did Pritchard's workshop on Sunday in Melbourne. Now I'm interested in Sheiko and reading up on it.
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Post by pritchard on Feb 26, 2013 8:54:28 GMT 10
welcome battler. Looks like you have some solid ideas on training- I look forward to see your development.
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Post by battler on Feb 26, 2013 9:19:51 GMT 10
Thanks mate. Was a great workshop as well. The most important thing I got from it was the smashing of self-limiting beliefs, specifically:
- "I can't improve so much anymore, I'm beyond novice gains" - funny that often people who say it haven't lifted for that long or that heavy.
- "I can't train with more frequency, volume or intensity. At my level, I'd overtrain!" - only true if your GPP, nutrition and recovery suck, and you haven't actually tried to build up volume (gradually).
If you after 20 years of lifting and at the top level of the sport can still make big gains and train with such volume & intensity, we have no excuses.
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Post by danomyte on Feb 26, 2013 10:57:18 GMT 10
Hi everyone.
My name's Danny - I'm a slave to 'The Iron' - nothing beats lifting iron (except spending time with my wife). I'm inspired by all iron brothers and sisters and their journeys.
My background with the iron is 10-years Olympic Weightlifting, 10-years Powerlifting and 3-years Strongman. I have represented NZ for 2-years in OLY and 3-years in PL, but after an international stand down in 2008, I have been proudly representing the Pacific Island of Niue - affectionately known as 'The Rock of the Pacific'.
I've been plagued with a gizillion injuries (who hasn't aye?) that continue to haunt me today #GettingOld #LOL. I still got a whole heap of work to do but I'm really enjoying my Iron Journey at the moment - it's heaps of fun and enjoy catching up with my mates from other parts of the world at competitions.
Best wishes to everyone here for 2013 and beyond.
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