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Jay McGrath

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Lauren’s Dad ❤️
CanPL M2 66kg Powerlifter
CanPL National Referee 🙋‍♂️
St. John's, Newfoundland 🇨🇦

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My first powerlifting post in 30 months and first competition in 32 months. Competed last week at 2022 CPU National Championships taking first place in the Men’s M2 66kg classic and equipped categories, earning a few PRs and provincial records, and securing a spot at 2022 International Powerlifting Federation World Masters Championships to be held here in St. John’s in October.

Much thanks to Jeff and John at @709powerlifting for organizing and running such a well done meet of this quality, to all the amazing volunteers who made it happen, to my family who cheered for me and sent messages of support (especially Lauren, my loudest cheerleader 📣), to @coachrobertking and my HW lifting friends. And a very special thank-you to @daniellehussey11 for your coaching, handling, perfect knee wraps, and constant encouragement. So proud of you for your great lifting and gold medal in Women’s equipped M1 57kg and for earning your spot at Worlds. Seeing you break your own National squat record, that you trained so hard for, was the icing on the cake. You made this my most enjoyable meet ever and I can’t wait to experience Worlds with you!
#powerlifting #cpunationals2022 #nlpowerlifting taken in Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland by @jay.mcgeee

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2019 Commonwealths vid from Sep just received from White Lights Media! ⚪️⚪️⚪️
Great work guys!! If only my lifting was as dramatic, lol!
#2019commonwealths #powerlifting #equippedpowerlifting #nlpa taken in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador by @jay.mcgeee

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The 2019 Commonwealths Powerlifting Championships wrapped up this weekend here in St. John’s and what a week it was!
Competed twice, in 3-lift equipped and 3-lift classic, earning a few medals and several personal, provincial, and National records. But more importantly, I had an exciting week of friendship, fun, laughs, comradery, volunteering, and learning, hanging out and sharing the platform with some of the top powerlifters and coaches from Canada and ten other nations.
Special thanks to everyone who helped to make this meet what it was, especially Meet Directors Jeff Butt and John Smart @709powerlifting and Wonder Woman @nlgirl_alisa , to the Team Canada coaches for all your help, to @genopowerlifting for being Geno and the best pirate, to Coach @robkingfitness_hw and my HW Elite gang for always pushing and supporting each other on and off the platform, and to family and friends who came to cheer or send messages of encouragement.
Next stop, Winnipeg for the 2020 Canadian Nationals!! #powerlifting #2019commonwealths #yyt #cpunationals2020 #nlpa taken in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador by @jay.mcgeee

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Morning run to Fort Amherst! Spectacular sunrise, scenery, and sounds! ☀️
#yyt #stjohns #fortamherst #mycity #cpueasterns2019 #2019commonwealths #bringyourcamera taken in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador by @jay.mcgeee

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Beautiful day on the trail! 24 deg, whales, eagles, and lots of people!! ❤️☀️
#newfoundland #yyt #signalhill #quidividi taken in Signal Hill National Historic Site, Parks Canada by @jay.mcgeee

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2019 CPU Nationals photos just received from @lvdmedia @lvdfitness ! Awesome job as always guys!! 👊 #cpunats2019 #powerlifting #ottawa #sbdapparel #titancanada taken in Ottawa, Ontario by @jay.mcgeee

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Now that the 2019 CPU Nationals have come to a close and the chalk dust has settled, I finally have the chance for a quick meet recap.

It’s been an amazing week of exciting lifting, highs and lows, learning, friendship, comradery, and fun! M2 66kg Classic 3-lift didn’t go quite as planned on Tues when my deadlifts did not want to leave the floor. Congrats to my HW friend @paulsmith4300 on a well deserved gold medal. Regrouped and refocused, moved on to M2 66kg equipped bench only on Wed and equipped 3-lift on Friday, this time going 3 for 3 on bench and 8 for 9 on 3-lift, earning totals and gold medals in both events, some new competition PRs, a new provincial equipped squat record and briefly two National squat records, and qualifying for the 2019 Commonwealth Championships to be held in St. John’s in September.
Shout-outs and thank-you’s to all the meet organizers, judges, and volunteers for a great week and top notch event, to my coach @robkingfitness_hw for getting me here and always pushing me, to my HW friend Julia Young for all your help with warm-ups, handling, keeping me calm, and constant cheering (you went above and beyond for everyone and your laryngitis says it all!!), to friends and family who sent well wishes and congrats, and to my NLPA and HW friends and team mates for a wonderful week of lifting, learning and laughs. Can’t wait to do it all again! #cpunats2019 #powerlifting #nlpa #ottawa taken in Cohere Centre by @jay.mcgeee

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Last of the heavies this week. Training is done! It is what it is!! Single digit count down to 2019 CPU Nationals in Ottawa. Looking forward to a fun week with my HW friends and NLPA team mates! Wishing lots of ⚪️⚪️⚪️ to all!!! #roadtonationals2019 #cpunats2019 #cpunationals2019 #powerlifting #heavyweightstrainingcenter #nlpa taken in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador by @jay.mcgeee

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Breaking in my new out-of-the-bag Titan F6 bench shirt!! Five weeks til #2019cpunationals !!
Thanks for the help @709powerlifting @robkingfitness_hw
#titancanada #benchpress #heavyweightstrainingcenter taken in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador by @jay.mcgeee

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Haven’t posted here in quite some time as I’ve been off attempting to learn the voodoo art of equipped lifting over the past few months. After several weeks of torture, it’s finally starting to become fun but I still have so much to learn. Competed equipped for the first time this past weekend at the 2018 Central NL Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships in Gander. Had a good day going 7 for 9 in the 3-lift competition and bumping up my provincial records a little with a 182.5 kg squat, a 115 kg bench, and a 200 kg deadlift. The bench press competition didn’t go quite so well feeling taxed from 3-lift and an aching shoulder didn’t help, so not being able to lock out 112.5 kg on three attempts. Learned lots about my strengths and weaknesses, and just how much more learning I have to do. Most importantly, I had a tonne of fun with a great bunch of strong people, especially my HW team mates!

Thanks to @jeff_butt_709 @j0hnsmart_ and @daniellehussey11 for putting off a great meet at an awesome venue. A huge thank-you to @robkingfitness_hw and @rebecca061 for your fantastic coaching and handling! And congrats to all lifters, coaches, volunteers and referees on a successful meet and a great day of lifting!
Onto CPU Powerlifting & Bench Press Championships 2019 in Ottawa for my next powerlifting adventure!
#powerlifting #nlpa #equippedpowerlifting #heavyweightstrainingcenter #cpunationals2019 taken in Joseph R. Smallwood Arts and Culture Centre by @jay.mcgeee

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Media package just arrived from 2018 IPF Worlds!!!Thanks for the awesome shots @loadedbarcollective ... great work!!! #ipfworlds2018 #teamcanada #cpu #powerlifting #sbd #nlpa taken in Calgary, Alberta by @jay.mcgeee

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Well, my first IPF Classic Worlds is in the books having competed this Thursday, June 7th. The experience and the results for my first Worlds were beyond my expectations! 🥇in squat,🥈in bench, 🥈in deadlift, and 🥈overall, in the M2 66kg category, with several new National and provincial records. More importantly, I got to watch, meet, and compete alongside many of the best Masters powerlifters in the country and the World, as part of Team Canada. That experience was priceless!

A few shout-outs and thank-you’s for some people who helped make this possible: to my coach and friend @robkingfitness_hw for seeing my potential, knowing what I am capable of and always pushing me to get there, and for encouraging me to compete at Worlds when I wasn’t sure that I was good enough. To my family, friends, and fellow lifters at @heavyweightstrainingcenter , especially my HW Elite gang, for all your messages of support and congratulations. To @laurenmcgrathhh for always being my biggest cheerleader ❤️. To Jeff Butt @709powerlifting for helping to make this opportunity possible when it was in doubt. To Team Canada Masters coaches @marcwmorris @vthood @goldsmithmatt for all your support on meet day and for picking all the right numbers for me. And to my friend and fellow lifter @budgelljames for all the help you provided to me and the other Canadian lifters in warm-ups. It was greatly appreciated by all!
Finally, a huge congratulations to all Team Canada lifters for all the victories, big and small, that have already happened and those that are yet to come, especially fellow NL lifters @ellissahull @keantomcanada.ironbodyworks @stefironbodyworks @jeff_butt_709 @isquatsometimes @maria_htee @vthood 🇨🇦⚪️⚪️⚪️🇨🇦
#ipfworlds2018 #teamcanada #teamcanada🇨🇦 #powerlifting #cpu #sbd #goteamcanada #heavyweightstrainingcenter #nlpa taken in Calgary, Alberta by @jay.mcgeee

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