Attention Coaches and unattached lifters, There has been a flurry of last minute entries for this meet. I will be making an announcement Friday 3/7/2014 by 1pm as to updated times for this championship. We are set at 78 lifters which would project an end time around 9pm which is too late in my opinion for high school students on a school night. I am going to explore every option to run this as Read More
Do you want to represent our country and the USAPL by competing on a national team? There are eight primary international championships that the USAPL participates in. Here’s everything you need to know about how to qualify, purchase team apparel, and remit all team fees . Your Team Head Coach or Manager will give you instructions on what you need to do as a team member and the deadlines for each team. Team Uniforms Read More
On Sunday February 23 at Baystate Athletic Club in Scituate, Massachusetts 39 lifters from New England will square off in the 2014 Winter Classic, an open only meet. The open meet format hasn’t been used in New England in many years, the outcome of this should prove to see a deep competition at each weight class, squaring lifters of all ages against each other. Also of the 39 lifters, 31 are attached to team making Read More
Originally posted on NU Student Life On Saturday, February 15, 2014 Brown’s Gym will be hosting the Northeast Conference Powerlifting Championship in Clark Summit, PA. Eleven lifters from Northeastern Women’s Powerlifting will be competing against top schools. This meet will be one of the last chances for college athletes to qualify for Collegiate Powerlifting Nationals in Orlando, Florida. Last year, Northeastern Women’s Powerlifting placed second in the nation amongst some of the toughest competition. Competing against Read More
On March 9 high school athletes from around New England will gather to compete at the 4th Annual Ryan Moore New England Open High School Championships. The meet has previously been held at Xavarian High School but has been moved to St. John’s High School in Shrewsbury due to on-going construction at Xavarian. The meet will feature the strongest lifters from several high schools including Xavarian High School, Coyle & Cassidy High School, St. John’s Read More
This isn’t an article designed to be inflammatory towards other powerlifting organizations. Everything starts from somewhere, and this subject is no exception. In other sports there are sanctioning organizations outside of those which are internationally recognized. But this article isn’t about other sports; its about powerlifting. This topic has been taken up as a passionate cause by many people across the United States and in many circles it’s the proverbial elephant in the room that Read More
Attention Athletes, Thank you for those who have submitted their responses to the survey regarding attending the make-up date. I have received enough feedback to determine that we will only need one session and one platform. All weigh-ins will take place on Saturday at 11am and lifting will start promptly at 1pm. Please see below for the updated schedule! We should have everyone out before the start of the Patriots playoff game. As I have Read More
Thursday 12/12 Close grip bench 3×6 with 319 Then I did some bodybuilding with ben Face pulls – sets of 20 Sets of 20 of seated DB shoulder press with the 45s Plate Loaded Machine row – sets of 20 Tricep rope – sets of 20 Friday 12/13 Leg press – Sets of 30 Leg extensions – Sets of 15 PVC pipe OH squats and Back Squats Hanging from Fat Bar to decompress spine… Read More
Thursday 12/5 Close grip bench, 3×6 with 308 Latpulldown – lots Face pulls – lots 2 ways shoulder – 20 reps with the 30# DBs 4 sets Tricep band pushdowns – alot Abs for days Friday 12/6 Squat 496 x 5 x 3 Beltess pulls – 573 x 2 x 3, triples working all the way up Reverse hyper Abs Sunday 12/8 Bench – Attempted 2×8 with 385, got 7 and then 6 1 board Read More
Back on the log horse…. Sunday 12/1 Bench Worked up to 2 sets of 8 of 363…. I will increase this every week until I hit a new PR. (Last year I did 396 2×8) 3 board 396×3 440×3 484×3, x2 Barbell Rows 242 for 5 sets of 6 Squats 385 for 5 triples, no belt. Still trying to work on the technique. Not even wearing knee sleeves lately so everything feels terrible. Tuesday Read More