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The Beginning of Better
For the next part of this journey (and my last year of competing as a junior) changes have been made to ensure I am at the top of my game for the next platform appearance. […]
Month: August 2021
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The next level
I’m not usually one for quick decisions. Before making a major decision I like to be pretty certain of the outcome, to have analysed as many variables as possible, and know that I’m committed to […]
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2021 European Championships reaction
The video above documents my thoughts around my performance at the 2021 ABPU European Championships. I could have talked for hours but limited myself to three positives and three areas of improvement: Positives: The people […]
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Video – A/WPC Euros – Sandra Coombes
Sandra Coombes is part of the Phoenix Performance powerlifting team and has been competing in competitions for a few years. Sandra is 72 years young and at the European Championship she took a masters world […]
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Inaugural blog post
Introduction and background I’m Chris Simpson – I’m 33 and I live in beautiful North Yorkshire with my wife, two children and I’m also a dog owner. By day I’m an accountant. I’ve been lifting […]
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AWPC European Championship 2021 Recap
I made it. That’s what I’ll start off with. AWPC Junior Raw 75kg British and European champion. I write this in conclusion of 2021’s competitive season and as I’ve had some time to reflect and […]
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Live Blog – A/WPC 2021 Euro Powerlifting Championships
Live blog for updates from the Euros. Powerlift Media will be covering the lifters from the Phoenix Performance team. The liveblog has ended.No liveblog updates yet. Load more
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A/WPC 2021 Euro Powerlifting Championships
Quick blog post before the BPU Euro Championship. Powerlift Media will be at the competition for two days, Tuesday and Wednesday. My main focus is the team from Phoenix Performance run by Tom & Naomi […]
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My Journey So Far
My first exposure to strongman was coming across a novice competition at PTS Northampton in October 2016, at this point I was way off the weights being lifted but their competition in February 2017 was […]