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Michael Rivera

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Control what you can control.

Keep showing up.

Good things will happen.

86kg/190lb Snatch (1kg/2.2lb PR)
100kg/220lb Clean & Jerk (3kg/6.6lb PR)
186kg/410lb Total (9kg/20lb same-day PR) taken in Rx Strength Training by @michael_arivera

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23 days ago

Dozer Camp 2026

Eleiko US HQ

Season 1 Reunion

Smol

Smoller

Smollest

The ultimate hype man

Iykyk

@joerogues86 as my witness

Da Wall

Territory Marked 🐕

@handlebar.barbell’s number 1 hater by @michael_arivera

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a month ago

Biannual @dozer.wl Squat Program complete ✅

You don’t get stronger unless you’re willing to embrace a little bit of discomfort … and running this program in the summer surely was a choice 😅

Thank you to all my spotters between @rxweightlifting and @kenmoreweightlifting for allowing me to fly ever so close to the sun 🪽☀️

Now it’s time to reap some of the benefits … we’re 6 weeks out 👀

Max Out: 155kg/341lbs (5kg/11lb PR)
Week 1: 10 reps @ 127kg/280lbs
Week 2: 8 reps @ 133kg/293lbs
Week 3: 4 reps @ 140kg/309lbs*
Week 4: 3 reps @ 145kg/320lbs

*ever so slight assistance on the 5th rep, nevertheless we don’t count it
**also have some time now to play around with my squat mechanics to better fit my limb lengths by @michael_arivera

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2 months ago

📸: @auspiciousliving_ by @michael_arivera

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4 months ago

by @michael_arivera

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4 months ago

3rd Annual Boston Open

Through the 📸 of @bpham.lift taken in Graviton Fitness by @michael_arivera

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6 months ago

Goal: 182kg/401lbs
i.e. hit my Snatch PR (taken once made once) and C&J PR (made once off two attempts) on the same day … with a slight back strain 😅 … but fuck it we ball

Result: 176kg/388lbs

Snatch
80kg/176lbs ✅
84kg/185lbs ❌
85kg/187lbs ❌

That 85kg … damn … I’ve missed a lift that way once, maybe twice in my life … stuck the catch … just … damn 🫥

Show must go on though 🤷🏽‍♂️

Clean & Jerk
90kg/198lbs ✅
94kg/207lbs ✅
97kg/215lbs ✅

C&J Comp PR (7kg/15lbs) and Total Comp PR (6kg/13lbs)

🤏🏽 close … we’ll run it back soon 👀

Shoutout to @handlebar.barbell and @auspiciousliving_ for helping to navigate the chaos that is meet day 🤝🏽

Shoutouts to @wormtownweightlifting and @pawsitivebarbellclub for sharing a platform in the back 🫶🏽 taken in Graviton Fitness by @michael_arivera

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6 months ago

“We honour the dead not by how we mourn their death, but by how we live on despite it.”

I love you Dad 🫶🏽🕊️❤️

85kg/187lbs (2kg PR) taken in Kenmore Barbell & Fitness by @michael_arivera

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7 months ago

Usually I’m only photographed getting landed on … @_dccaptures decided to switch up that narrative for once 😅

Always a pleasure getting in some 🦅 on 🦅 violence with @kuanhu_925 🤝🏽 taken in EverybodyFights by @michael_arivera

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10 months ago

Meet was meh … photos were lit, thank you always @sarah_marie_dugan

Two things on my mind:
Nobody Cares, Work Harder.
Low Expectations, High Standards.

Back in the gym to raise the minimums, enjoy the process, and not focus so much on the results.

One round at a time. taken in American Heritage Museum by @michael_arivera

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a year ago

Took a little roadtrip with @handlebar.barbell down to @intrepid_ny_warwick for @dozer.wl’s last seminar of the year … and the impromptu season 1 reunion with @michal_fani

Appreciative and grateful for the time getting back to the basics and smoothing out those technical bits.

Nothing to write home about during the max out, but it was nice to take this 95kg/209lb C&J for a ride for a second time (the only other being during Dylan’s Austin seminar back in May). Not quite comp ready … but soon 🤏🏽

Maybe just maybe I’ll let Will drag me down to Austin on his next trip 😅 taken in Intrepid Strength and Conditioning - Warwick NY by @michael_arivera

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a year ago

Work work work‼️🥊#boxing #instagram #ufc #mma #boxingcoach #boxingtrainer #boxingtips #boxingnews #fighter #fightlife #boxingworkout #boxingmotivation #sportmotivation #trainhard #grindtime #boxergram by @michael_arivera

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