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Here is the link for the live stream… http://www.ustream.tv/channel/national-collegiate-weightlifting-championships#events

There will be a LIVE broadcast of Collegiate Nationals this coming Saturday night at 7pm (Central time). There are about 21 competitors in my weight class- 94kg (207lbs). I expect to have my first lift at around 8pm (give or take). You might as well start it at 7pm and keep it up as y

To say I Am exhausted is an understatement (and that is an understatement). I am so tired and just run down I think I could sleep for 2 weeks straight. I couldn’t even front squat 180kgs today, and I couldn’t back squat 205kgs. I am so wrecked and tired from that meet on s

I just wanted to write a quick thank you to everyone who has supported me so far. Especially to my family of course. It always helps to have a strong support system in place. Thanks to everyone else as well who has helped support me on this journey. I am really excited and positive ab

Haha stay with me over the next week or so. I have a competition on saturday night, and things have been pretty crazy lately. However, I will start to blog a LOT more after this meet is over. I have just had a ton of things that have been keeping me super busy that I didn’t plan

Yesterday I went up to 130kg snatch in the morning, and up to a close 160kg clean and jerk. I couldn’t quite clean it though. In the PM I went up to a 135kg snatch, and a….umm,. I honestly don’t remember what I clean and jerked. Wait , 145kg (not maximal, shoulder wa

Previous to starting my journey that I am now on I wrote a little motto about how I wanted to approach this sport. I knew how hard and frustrating the sport was, but, I didn’t know it could be this frustrating. I have it hanging up in my room all the time, just so I can wake up

The competition didn’t go so well yesterday. The frustration started right away in the morning. I was 2kgs over bodyweight (4.4lbs). So, I literally had to run like 5 miles throughout the day to lose the weight (we didn’t have a sauna). That, and not drinking or eating a s

I have a competition tonight in San Francisco. It is the PWA Championships, which is a pretty big local meet around here I guess. I Will try to post results as soon as I can on here!