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My first raw comp in a few years.. not surprisingly, the only thing that deteriorated were the squats.
Pre equipment my last recorded squat was 130, so this decreased by 15kg. I missed the second attempt on depth, so I took 115 again. I was aiming for 120/125 for the third.. but you have to roll with what the day brings.
Bench PB of 7.5kg at 75kg. I had more here, but my build hadn’t been the best for this one so confidence was low.
Deadlifts PB of 5kg, however I should have gotten the 160, but the body was saying no yesterday 🤣.
Comp total 345 - PB 7.5kg. Time to recover, heal, and build up for the next comp.
Thanks to the cage team for coming down to watch and help and our buddy from
Mike you run a great comp, thanks to you and the team for your efforts and contributions to PL. It was great to go to a meet and catch up with everyone.

Rarotonga triathlon 2024
So i had entered as a team, but ended up not having a team, and entered as an individual and couldn’t swim. Neither of us had done sufficient training for this event… but we ended up finishing with a time of 3hrs 37mins. We didn’t come last, we were 18th out of 21 teams, 9th out of 10 vet teams. I hadn’t swam for 5 years… so stoked I could pull 1500mtrs out of my arse in 40mins. Mikes bike time was awesome on his single speed, and his years of not running caught up on him, but he still made it and actually looked better after the run than he did after the bike 😂. we were called Team Broken.
We got photo boomed by a Rarotongian warrior just before the start, it was gold 🤣
It’s been awesome being up here this year, and I’ve even been able to get to our area gym! 300mtrs walk up the road.
Great times with old friends (the regular raro tribe), and meeting new friends! it’s definitely our home away from home 😍🌺

Back from going to the gym this morning… writing in my training book… and someone comes along and demands attention! 😻😻

Flinders Street Station at night. Very pretty!

Mums Sunday training partner 😻

GPC WORLD RECORD!!
A bit excited to receive this in the mail today 🥰 I did put a lot of effort into the numbers this year as I really don’t know how long I can keep going (needing a double hip replacement).
People sometimes discard equipment lifting for many reasons (mostly due to not understanding it), but personally it has brought me more time to do what I have loved doing for the last 5 years. I can’t squat raw now due to my hips.. and getting on the bench some days takes 30mins to get the hips firing properly. (And that’s after stretching and warming up)
My pain killer draw is always full.. but it gets me through the week. I’m getting a new squat suit, which should arrive soon… so I’m hoping I can get another year or two in with 3 lifting.
Don’t give up if you have a similar issue.. there are always some options to try!
Thanks coach for getting me into equipped lifting and getting me strong! That’s also to the cage_barbell team for ensuring I don’t injure myself.
Thanks for putting up with my s**t and training all the time 😜😘

My old gal sitting on mums lap 😻😻

Taking out the Equipped full power at GPC nationals this weekend.
World records for S180kg, B105kg, D175kg - total 460kg.
And to have a picture with the big guy! Cheers 💪💪
Thanks for the photo and

Getting in all the accessories today in my rumpus…
Lower accessories:
Mobility/warmup:
Banded Monster walk - 3x20mtrs and back
Banded goblet squats x10
Banded RDLs x10
Heavy Barbell RDLs
Warm ups:
Bar - x10
40kg - x10
60kg - x10 x 4 sets (can go higher next week)
Back extensions 4x10 sets
Upper accessories:
4 sets
Floor press 8 x 70%
Lat pull-down x12
4 sets
Incline chest press (Swiss machine) x10
Cable seated rows x 12
4 sets
JM press x 12
Bicep curls x12
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Been a while.. that hurt!

Hips are feeling the best they have for a while, so i think it’s a squat day!
10 weeks till nationals… this baby needs working!
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This came in the emails today and it brightened up my morning!
It’s great for many reasons, and it certainly puts a number on the board that people can strive to beat 😜 (including myself).
Thanks

Thanks and .longstaff for my F8 bench record cert 😍
Excited to see what nationals can bring!!!
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and I looking professional 😂
I think we were talking off road running in rotovagas 😜
Thanks for the photo!

New records from Metal Militia Unleashed!! 💪💪
Thanks coach!

Deadlifts..testing opener
Possibly a bit fatigued after smashing legs, back, and arms at the gym yesterday…but haven’t done deadlifts for a week or two so wanted to get them in.
So you know people post pictures only when the bit in between the start and finish don’t look flash! 🤣🤣
I need to work on locking the upper back more to stop the rounding. I will get there!
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TA Slay 2023
Bench warm up in the single ply.
Big thanks to and .pull.75 for your help!
Photo credits to
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Metal Militia Demon Bench
Personal best and national record for AG and weight class for singly ply yesterday 92.5kg.
85kg ✔️90kg✔️92.5kg✔️
Keeping my butt on the bench was the main challenge for the day lol.. I was able to achieve 🤣
More in the tank, but I wanted to end the comp on a high.
Big thanks to mr Dan, and .pull.75 for helping with my shirt. I think we have it nailed now.. arms right up and collar way down, and it worked a treat yesterday. We’ve been playing with that shirt for a while now and I think we have only just nailed it. Skill also matters, so perhaps I’ve also developed more of that over the last 6 months as well.
A big thanks to everyone who helped out yesterday, no event can happen with out all of you. Thanks for organising and making it happen.
Big thanks to for photos, especially as you haven’t had a break from work in like a month!
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New car day!
Decided I wasn’t gelling with my Impreza…it was a bit…blah… this one happened to be around when I got a service done last week… so I took the opportunity 🤷‍♀️😜

Summer challenge for me.. shred the excess kilos!
The next 4-6 weeks is a focus! Wouldn’t it be great heading into a comp fully nourished and hydrated!!?? Wonder what that feels like haha
2023 goals!

GPC world record arrived for Christmas 😀 Master 1 full power equipped from Nationals in September.
Thank you 😍🙏 and thank you

Hanging with Frank on the day of the deadlifts with our Cage Barbell Outlaw Equipped tee on! So cool 😎

She’s protecting her catch! 🤣🤣🤣

A challenge from .lifts !
Squat looks…
🔺first comp top pic .. July 2019 - Valhalla GPC noice comp. (We met Paula Jane] at that one!)
🔹bottom pic last comp at October 2022 - Cage Barbell Metal Militia Tombstone.
Wow Corey Williams] your in all the pics 🤣 had my back since 2019!
Who else is going to give this a whirl??
Corey Williams]





Paula Jane]

Number 1 ranking in NZ! 💪💪
Female, multiply, 90kg cat, Masters 1.
Total 410
Not bad for a start! Few more years left to top that!

Whoop whoop!

Metal Militia Oceania
NZ record for U90 3lift Multiply 😍

Thanks and Chris and

TOMBSTONE - 3lift - 1.10.22
What a big day! and a great day had by all 😻💪🎉
After having a comp a month ago and going to Rarotonga in the middle, it meant I had minimal training in between. I really could have done with more back accessories over this time, and upper body work, but we have what we have and we need to use it best we can 🤷‍♀️
Squat 150kg ✔️160kg✔️170kg ✔️- 5kg PB
Bench 85kg ✔️90kg ✖️90kg ✔️
Deadlift 140kg ✔️150kg✔️ 165.5kg✖️
Total 410kg
The plan was to lift 160kg for the deadlift, which was a lift I know I have, and would have given me a 10kg PB on my total, but competition got the better of me…literally 🤣 next time!
Thanks to literally everyone on the day that helped, refs, spotters/loaders, table team, setup and pack down teams, photographers (and Zoe for edits), and Ange for the imagination/planning and event directing!
Bring on the next 6 months of building to get more PBs!! 💪💪💪

Squat day with the Cage Barbell team.
🔺Warming up in Inzer power pants
🔺 on for 105kg for a few sets
🔺straps up from 135kg and working up to 92%
Birthday cake after lifting!
Thanks team

Captain Tamas lagoon cruises.
Great day on the lagoon, did some snorkeling and saw the famous eel (was preddy) saw some clams.. and other tropical fish. The BBQ Kai was on point. Officially got burnt. Back in time for happy hour 😜🤣🤣