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South East Unequipped Powerlifting Championships
Ola travelled down to Woking to get some competition numbers to base his
training off of, a
Opening with 200kg on the squat, Ola sunk the weight low, and drove it
up smoothly for white lights. Taking a modest increase to 210kg for his
second attempt, again he hit good depth and forced the weight through to
lockout after only a slight stick in the middle of the lift. For his
final attempt he stepped up to 220kg, to set a new Greater London
record. Descending smoothly, Ola came a little out of line as he drove
up from the bottom of the squat, but scooping his head up locked the
weigh In the bench press, Ola opened with an easy 130kg, before increasing the bar to 135kg for his second. Though a little slower in the press, Ola still made the lift comfortably. For his final attempt he moved to 140kg; this would match his best from the Greater London Unequipped Bench Press in March. Although losing his line a little, Ola still looked like he had a bit to spare, making the press smoothly.
In the final discipline, the deadlift, Ola was looking to make a big
impression. With his opening lift of 270kg, he would already be breaking
the Greater London Unequipped Deadlift record, and setting a new total
record. Setting himself up for the lift, he was a little quick, and
snatched at the bar, leaving himself unstable at the bottom, but after
coming off the floor slo Ola finished the day with a Greater London Unequipped Record total of 662.5kg, getting all nine lifts with three white lights, it was a really solid performance, and something to build off of in the months ahead. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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really focusing on his technique and raw strength for the last few
months. Also after making good progress on the deadlift, he was looking
to have a shot at the British Unequipped 100kg Deadlift record, which
currently stood at 301kg.
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out comfortably, and finished with 9 white lights on the squat.
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he accelerated the weight all the way to the finish. He would need to
get a stronger drive off the floor if he was going to lockout the bigger
weights. Taking a small jump to 285kg, this time Ola got it right,
getting tight at the bottom and making a really strong lift for white
lights. For his final attempt he loaded up 302.5kg, for a new British
Unequipped record. The weight came off the floor slowly and began to
pull him forward, but as the bar moved up his shins he was able to pull
it back and finish the second half of the pull comfortably. Holding the
weight at lockout, Ola gave a big smile and a few nods, before receiving
white lights and a new British Record.