Latest update and training has been going well over the last 6 months. Breaks in some weeks due to travelling with work but generally systematic training on bench-press and deadlift according to the Hepburn plan. […]
For the first two years of my powerlifting training, I had basically followed my training partner, Imogen’s plan written for her by Tom Sheppard. During 2023 Imogen and I had started to train several times […]
By February 2023, nearly 1 year after starting to train I had made good progress. A highlight being a 155kg deadlift which was my best powerlifting accomplishment to date. Benchpress was my weakest lift and […]
My first connection with the sport came with becoming friends with Tom and Naomi Sheppard, who basically devote their lives to training, participating and coaching the sport. Having a big interest and focus on photography […]
Introduction January and February of this year saw some of the most challenging times of my life – my busiest period at work, a heavily pregnant wife, and both of us catching Covid. I shared […]
It says it all in the Instagram post really. Unfortunately I won’t be competing during 2022. It was a hard decision – I’d trained hard for this and was ready to get on the platform […]
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chris Simpson (@chris.simpson.pl) Another week has passed and it was another with a sore heel. Things could be worse, I could be not training, but time […]
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chris Simpson (@chris.simpson.pl) It was a cold and miserable one this week – both in terms of the weather and my training. The heel issue returned […]
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chris Simpson (@chris.simpson.pl) ‘Discipline is doing what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, even when you don’t want to’ – Anonymous This […]
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chris Simpson (@chris.simpson.pl) Ecclesiastes 4:9 and 10 reads: Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labour:If either of them falls […]
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