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Wow what a great day yesterday. Can't thank @gmantheheman @iancameron28 and the @hesmanathleticsandperformance staff enough for allowing the opportunity for this meet to happen. @couchmanadele and her husband Don were also essential in the success of the day and of course all our referees,platform crew and scoretable. Lots of amazing people in this community I'm excited for what's to come.
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Repping a fear weight with ease ❤️‍🩹

A day I never thought would come is finally here, and I couldn’t be more grateful to accomplish it with my team by my side ❤️

Thank you to everyone for believing in me. Your support means the world. I will make you guys proud in Malta 🇲🇹

This weight has scared me for ages, but now I’m confident to load it on my back and rep it. Truly a dream come true. Thank you, @emma_makeyourmark for believing in me ❤️

#powerlifter #powerlifting #powerliftingwomen #powerliftingmotivation #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womeninsports #gym #gymmotivation #gymrat #gymgirl #gymaddict #canadianpowerlifting #ontariopowerlifting #ipfpowerlifting #ipfworlds

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I’m so incredibly proud to be touching this weight again 🥹

I can’t wait for next week ❤️ @emma_makeyourmark

#powerlifting #powerlifter #powerliftingwomen #powerliftingmotivation #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womeninsports #womeninfitness #gym #gymmotivation #gymrat #gymgirl #gymaddict #teamcanada #deadlift #canadianpowerlifting #ontariopowerlifting #ipfpowerlifting

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Gym Family ❤️

3 Provincial Bench Records 🥳
12 Days Out from Bench Worlds!! 🌎

63kg Subjunior (I weighed in at 58.64kg)

63kg / 138.9lbs (+0.5kg on record)
67.5kg / 148.8lbs (+5kg on record)
70.5kg / 155.5lbs (+8kg on record)

Yes, I benched 11 hours before this meet 😂

I had the wonderful opportunity to lift at Jerry’s 50th Anniversary Powerlifting Meet with the crew that got me into the sport of powerlifting. Being surrounded by people who helped make me who I am today was surreal. I am so grateful for all their love and support throughout my journey.

I had the pleasure of handling 12 athletes during the high school powerlifting meet with kids from all across Ontario! I am so incredibly proud of my athletes and all their podium finishes! You guys all did incredible!!

Powerlifting is a fantastic sport, and I’m so grateful to be doing my part to grow the sport of powerlifting in the local area. Giving back to my community will always be a passion of mine. Whether I’m spotting and loading, coaching, handling, announcing, tech crew, or managing, I’ll always be there to support my community ❤️

#powerlifting #powerliftingmotivation #powerliftingwomen #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womeninsports #gym #gymmotivation #gymrat #gymgirl #gymaddict #bench #benchpress #benchrecord #cpupowerlifting #canadianpowerliftingunion #ontariopowerliftingassociation #ontariopowerlifting #team #canada #teamcanada

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Cpu centrals 2024. Great meet with the crew, started of rocky missing my first attempt on squats for depth so I'll be cleaning that up, took my planned second as my third attempt. Bench and deadlift went as well as I would have hoped. Starting the year with a 10kg total PR and up 20kg from my meet last year. Plan is to be back on the platform for June or July and I can't wait.
Thanks to @bigbenchgabeliam and @kevlovescookies for making the trip! Was a great weekend with friends. Congrats @eric.hou13 on the great meet. Thanks to @ironwill_strength_facility519 crew as always.
Total 645kg (+10kg)

Squat 1: 210kg ❌️ (depth)
Squat 2: 210kg✅️
Squat 3: 222.5kg ✅️ (-5kg)

Bench
140kg ✅️
147.5kg✅️
152.5kg✅️ (+5kg pr)

Deadlift
240kg✅️
257.5kg ✅️
270kg ✅️ (+10kg)

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Meet Recap w/ my idol @bertlebee 💪
Next Stop BENCH WORLDS + 3-LIFT WORLDS!!!

🥇57kg Subjunior
🏆Overall Best Subjunior Lifter

Total +17.5kg
337.5kg / 744lbs Prov Record
BW: 56.96kg

Squat 3/3 +5kg Comp PR
122.5kg / 270lbs ⚪️⚪️⚪️ Prov Record

Huge ATPR!! 9/9 white lights, and added 10kg to my squat in 3.5 months

Bench 2/3 +5kg Comp PR
72.5kg / 160lbs ⚪️⚪️⚪️ Prov Record

I had an allergic reaction just before starting bench, which threw me off, leading to a missed opener. I still returned strong and added 5kg to my comp max with room to spare!

Deadlift 1/3 +5kg Comp PR
142.5kg / 314lbs ⚪️⚪️⚪️ Prov Record
151kg / 333lbs 🔴🔴🔴 National Record Attempt

I had an unexpected mishap on my opener, but we returned strong on the second and ended with a 5kg meet PR. We decided to attempt the national record, but unfortunately, I lost my balance. Despite the circumstances, I’m still really proud, and I know there is so much room to grow!

Overall, this was an incredible meet, and I had so much fun! It was one of the most fun preps I’ve ever done, as I can lift pain-free!! Despite being in the hospital last week and suffering another allergic reaction mid-meet, we pushed through, and I’m so proud of my performance! It was not the meet I was expecting, but it’s taught me to expect the unexpected, and no matter what life throws at you, never quit on what you love. I know I have a lot more left in the tank, and I can’t wait to show the world what I can do on the World Stage.

A big thank you to @emma_makeyourmark ! None of this would have been possible without all your hard work helping me get here, I appreciate all you do. Your resiliency, hard work, dedication, and passion are something I aspire to achieve one day; you are my idol 🫶

Thank you to my best friend @alexschella for being my biggest supporter. You’ve been there since Day 1, and I couldn’t have asked for a better friend. I love you like a sister, and you are one of my biggest inspirations. I can’t wait to go to Worlds together ❤️

Thank you to my friends and family for constantly looking out for me with my recovery, and a big thank you to everyone who helped make this meet so special.

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Shawn O’Halloran - First 700lbs Presser
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Shawn was the first real bench specialist in Canada. He benched in single ply equipment and competed between 2003-2017. Shawn competed in the 125+kg weight class and was a 9x Canadian national champion, National record holder, World Champion, and 3x World medalist. Shawn held both the 125kg and SHW World records at the same time for several years. Shawn competed for Team Canada 5x. Shawn was the #1 bencher in CPU for over a decade. Shawn was the first bencher in the CPU to break the 700lbs(318kg) barrier and still only 1 of 4 in Canada to do so. His 320kg press stood as #1 for well over 10 years.
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Shawn’s Wilks’ and bench was a big part of my own motivation over the years.
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Shawn is a CPU bench legend of the early 2000s.

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I WAS WRONG 🤬👇🏻

When’s the last time something came into your life that dramatically changed the way you think?

When I was 18, my entire life revolved around the pursuit of getting jacked.

I read everything I could get my hands on nutrition and training related and started feeling pretty confident about what I knew.

I kept compiling knowledge and had come up with a pretty extensive list of things I need to do to “get jacked or die trying”.

My love of lifting weights led me to powerlifting and was surprised to find out one of the best gyms in the country, the Power Pit, was right in my backyard.

During my first week there the crew pushed me to compete in a competition the very next weekend (…which probably started my streak of taking messy action).

But this wasn’t the most important thing I learned…

On Fridays after deadlifts there was a ritual that surprised me - as I scrambled to shake up the 30 grams of protein I needed to ingest to maximize the “anabolic window”, the crew would assemble in the garage…

Not to foam roll or to eat a meal…

But to drink BEER! 🙃

Here were these monsters of men and women wasting the precious time they had to recover focusing on doing nothing other than crushing light beer and shooting the shit.

The serious, committed, driven athlete in me couldn’t believe it.

But I started to think more about it.

If these people - world champions and pioneers of the sport - could deadlift hundreds and hundreds of pounds every week, for decades, and kept getting better.

Maybe I was the one that has it wrong?

I had been so focused on controlling the that I had missed big picture.

Dedication and consistency trumped everything else and this probably meant building a community that supports that.

(So from that moment on I started double fisting protein and Coors light)

Don’t miss the forest for the trees folks!

- Dr. Marc

#lifelessons #powerlifting #goals #deadlifts #powerliftingmotivation #powerlifters #sportsnutrition #beer #prs #ipf #cpupowerlifting #inzer #strengthtraining #strengthcoach #nutritionplan #nutrition

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Gotcha #bigmenwithlollipops

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