Back in early September I was asked by Tom Sheppard of Phoenix Performance Training to photograph him at the end of his ‘leaning out’ programme. Tom and Naomi are good friends of mine and over […]
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chris Simpson (@chris.simpson.pl) I knew Thursday morning wasn’t going to be good. I unracked 40kg for my first squat warm up set and it felt heavy. […]
It’s been a while since the competition but I have finally got around to spending some time writing about the fantastic experience at the Irish Pro Invitational competition in early September. I was there as […]
I joined the Phoenix Performance powerlifting team for the second and third day of the European Championships based in Manchester. We had a number of lifters spread out over various flights on the Tuesday and […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Had my second to last session on the weight releaser squats today- finally. As good as they are for confidence, in the moment they are terrifying. The weight feels so heavy and….. BAM there they […]
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