Month: August 2012
Looking forward
Looking foward
I am really enjoying being back in the gym and looking forward to what the next few years will hold - its an exciting time in our sport !
It was great to see so many new people and especially kids competing at the JME at the weekend
Also it was awesome to hear that Matt Swift has nearly 100 people interested in lifting competitively at CFB
Ben also is coaching weightlifting at a lot of Crossfit clubs on the Northside
The gym is really busy at the moment and I can see it getting busier - if you want more attention Wed and Sat are better training times as it tends to be quieter on those nights.
How to work out your warmup
http://box5648.temp.domains/~mwydallc/?page_id=1558
A Great Article on Weightlifting by Leo
http://herculeanlift.typepad.com/blog/2012/08/weightlifting-what-does-it-take-for-individual-success.html
JME Comp Results
http://www.awf.com.au/resultsrankings/rptcompresults.aspx?compid=110
Congratulations
Rob Webster has a new child Jessica Rose Webster born on Wednesday 22nd at 1.50pm, 3.5kg, 49cm
QWA Memberships Forms
Remember if you lift in a competition you need to be a QWA member
http://www.qwa.org/contact/QWA%20membership%20form.pdf
Cougars Membership forms and info can be found here
http://www.qwa.org/qwaclubs/cougars/info/default.asp
London Olympics
It was a great honour to be chosen as Australia's Section Manager and Head Coach for Weightlifting for the Olympics and to actually experience what it was like being at the Olympics and be at the Opening and Closing Ceremony, live in the village and use the training hall, work with the press and AOC, be in the warm-up room and bring athletes to the platform.
Also with a great honour like this also comes great responsibility and I was very conscious to work as hard as I could to do my best for the team and the country.
I was surprisingly busy and I did not feel I really had a chance to have any real downtime until I had been there for 2 weeks.
Damo had not had the best buildup so the hoped for 400+ total was not achievable but his 165, 216 was a great result also Seen placed 7th in the 63's - the best she could have done in her group.
Its really hard to summarise the "What was it like?" question but I suppose the best answer is "A great honour to be part of it and an awesome experience"
