Terminal City Training Vancouver Personal Trainer Strength & Conditioning

  • Home
  • Train
  • About
  • Blog
  • Articles
  • Mountain Athletes
  • Rentals
  • FAQ
  • Contact

Powerlifting Mini-Meet February 12, 2018

2/13/2018

1 Comment

 
Powerlifting is surging in popularity, and the sport holds an unprecedented appeal to female lifters. Laura, a longtime trainee at Terminal City, recently decided to enter her first competition. She registered for the British Columbia Powerlifting Association Winter Open but she was waitlisted due to the significant demand. We decided to prepare her as if she had a spot in the roster, and in case she did not get in we planned to hold an unofficial mini-meet so that all her training and practice could be topped off with more experience and, if her stars aligned, some personal records.

Laura's preparation went very well and, with the help of our interns and her gym-mates, we were able to get in some good technical practice using the commands and demands that she would face in the competitive context. Her taper went smoothly and was well-timed yet just a few days before the meet it was confirmed that she would not get a spot.

We did well in making this a non-issue and proceeded with our mini-meet plan, which we were able to do two days after the official meet. One of our interns, Erin, had experience back-in-the-day as both a powerlifting competitor and an official. I served as another referee as did a rotating cast of gym-mates. Over the next two-and-a-half hours, with her gym-mates trading off between training and officiating, Laura was able to see success on all nine of her lifts, which was our goal for the meet. She lifted personal bests in her squat, bench and deadlift (185 pounds/105/190).

Thank you to all our team members including our interns Erin and Eric, our lifters, and of course Laura for having the guts to commit, prepare, and then see it through. Thanks also to Su for taking photos.
Picture
1 Comment
Erin Graham
2/15/2018 01:11:30 pm

It was a lot of fun. Too bad we didn't have any ammonia caps, is all. Laura did a great job -- prepared, focused, and powerful. Terminal City's a great place to train. I'm learning a lot...
Thanks, Al

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    February 2023
    January 2023
    October 2022
    April 2022
    December 2021
    September 2021
    May 2021
    April 2020
    March 2020
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    September 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    December 2017
    November 2016
    April 2015
    April 2014
    June 2012
    April 2012
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010
    November 2010
    September 2010
    August 2010
    July 2010
    June 2010
    April 2010
    January 2010
    December 2009
    November 2009
    October 2009
    September 2009
    August 2009
    July 2009
    June 2009
    May 2009
    April 2009
    March 2009
    February 2009
    January 2009
    December 2008
    November 2008
    October 2008
    August 2008

    Categories

    All
    Age
    Bc Championships
    Bench Press
    Bjj
    Bodyweight
    Bull Strength
    Charity
    Classic
    Coaching
    Deadlift
    Defranco
    Derby
    Diesel Crew
    Diy
    East Vancouver
    East Vancouver Strength Coach
    Elitefts
    Fedor
    Female
    Foam Roller
    Grip Strength
    Hardcore Gym
    Homemade
    Hub Pinching
    Ipf
    Joe Hashey
    Kettlebells
    Mma
    Olympic Lifting
    Olympic-style Weightlifting
    Powerlifting
    Prehab
    Press
    Prowler
    Pullups
    Q&A
    Raw
    Recovery
    Relative Strength
    Running
    Sandbags
    Sandbag Training
    Sled
    Sled Dragging
    Squat
    Strength
    Strongman
    Underground Gym
    Vancouver
    Videos
    Women
    Women Female Strength Training
    Women Strength
    Women Strength Training
    Yvonne

    RSS Feed

© 2010 Terminal City Training

Terminal City Training

East Vancouver, BC

email: terminalcitytraining@gmail.com

tel: 778.838.7163

www.terminalcitytraining.com

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.