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2026 NPC Battle for the Eagle 🦅

Classic Physique Class A 🥇
Open Bodybuilding Light Heavyweight 🥈

What a fantastic time competing in my first-ever bodybuilding show as a natural competitor this past weekend.

Thank you to my family and best friends for supporting me throughout this journey.

Thank you to my coach @foster_physiques for helping me through my bodybuilding career. We made so much progress in less than a year. We still got more growing to do!

Thank you to @npcoregon & @battle4eagle for putting on an awesome show and production!

Thank you to @strongward.effie.fit for the incredible custom suits. Definitely helped us look our best on stage!

Job’s not finished. 4.5 weeks out from @ribicproductions NW Championships. Back to work. Need to secure this dub man.

#bodybuilding #classicphysique #natural #natty #npc

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Had a great time celebrating an amazing friend's Birthday @martinslicis . Making aging look good lol. Fun crew great night

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2026 GSI (@gripsportint) Western Regional Championship was a great success!

@munsey32 and @ashleemunsey both put in a ton of work to co-lead this event with me and help us host at @dungeonstrength_rx.

As always, there's many things to learn and and grow from when running a show like this. Next year I'm sure we'll make things more exciting and continue to expand this awesome community.

Was able to chip away a 1st place for the u93 class and set some PR's! Time for a good off-season and then its Arnold prep time

#grip #gripstrength #gripsportinternational #gym #competition

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First time pulling anything off the floor in 3 months, maybe I’ll try to catch @eric_carlson78

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Nothings allowed to be funny for at least 20 minutes.

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Starting to look like summer time at @zoeysdojo .

Huge crew of monsters out today. Some big PRs and even bigger lifts.

@cerberus_strength - Zoeysdojo

#husafell #family #gym #training #fullsend

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Pretty chill Strongman Sunday working on our Grip Strength. Thank you to @eric_carlson78 for hangin' with us and giving some tips as well as picking up pretty heavy weights to put things into perspective. 🤣💪

@tylertobytownsend

#strongman #strongwoman #psychoticstrength

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Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable!

#6weeksavagery #grindtime #savagenotaverage #deadlift

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Ugly Sweater Classic 2025 presented by @cerberus_strength_usa PRO OPEN Athletes!

These athletes will be fighting for a spot on the podium, PRO status, an invite to the PRO International comp and a nice cash payout.

1st place - 2500$
2nd place - 500$
3rd place - 250$

#strongman #paidpros #win #cerberusstrength #uglysweaterclassic #2025 #pro #win #pnw #usa #gymrat #zoeysdojo #love #family #slaughter #slaughtertoprevail

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Surrounded by the ones who’ve seen the journey and stood by every step. #btswedding #weddingmagic #weddingdaybliss #inthemoment #bridalparty #groomsmen #bridesmaid

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2024 Drug Tested Nationals

735KG/1620LB Total
476 DOTS
5/9
BW 197.5LB
90KG Junior National Champion

Squat: 250KG | 551LB (1/3)
Bench: 160KG | 353 (1/3)
Deadlift: 325KG | 717LB (3/3)

Fun time in Vegas. Blessed to be healthy enough to train and compete against good people.

Not the best performance, but the technical mistakes are all on my end. Proud to have clutched up on deadlifts to make up for it and thankful to have pulled through for a junior champ win under these circumstances.

Shoutout to my brother and dope ass training partner @ephraim_peckinpah_ for keeping me accountable and pushing me in this sport. Thanks for believing in me homie. We unc status now!

Shoutout to the boi @eric_carlson78 for handling and letting us crash at your family’s clean ass crib.

Until then, just gotta keep getting bigger. #EJE

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“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”
‭‭1 Thessalonians‬ ‭5‬:‭18‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Vegas dump, did another meet. Saw friends and got very dehydrated.

Very long summary below for those who care to read:

USPA DT Nationals 2024:

100KG National Champ (Open and Junior)
Total/Dots: 827.5KG | 523.55 (-22.5KG)

Numbers:

Squat:
❌275KG/606LB (depth)
✅275KG/606LB (-25KG from PR)
❌287.5KG/634LB (not erect. Shown)

Bench:
✅170KG/374LB
✅177.5KG/391LB (+2.5KG Comp PR, shown)
❌185KG/407LB (downward motion)

Deadlift:
❌350KG/771LB (downward motion)
✅350KG/771LB
✅375KG/826LB (-5KG from previous best, shown)
❌383.5KG/845LB (grip gave out, shown)

Overall:
5/9 (10), 827.5KG/1824LB, 22.5KG/49.6LB less than last meet.

Learned a lot from this meet, realized I have a lot of mistakes to correct before I compete at a big meet again.

Extremely grateful to finally cross off this goal I’ve been chasing for over 2 years. I finally can call myself a national champion.

Thank you @uspapower and @uspaallstars for creating an awesome event!

Had some extremely strong guys I was competing against in the 100KG Class and I am grateful to have had such great competitors.

Thank you to my wonderful girlfriend @alinasukhodolov for being so supportive throughout this meet prep and putting up with my crazy long training sessions.

Shout out to my brother @jasonchanfit for being the best training partner I could ask for. I owe so much of my progress this past year to you brother, couldn’t have done this without you.

Another shoutout to my brother @eric_carlson78 for helping me to stay on this path. We both have a lot more goals we need to accomplish, excited to see where these next few years take us.

Thank you @7remainee for being a great competitor, iron sharpens iron! Till I see you next time! Big things in store for the both of us! We’re tied up now!

Closing statement:

This was my last meet as a junior competitor.

Best Junior comp lifts end up totaling 1890 at a BW of 207. Best comp total of 850KG puts me 7th all time for 100KG. 2nd heaviest 100KG deadlift of all time.

Now on to the open.

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