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WOD: 2 Days out from a contest

Nick Horton — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:02:34 +0000

Power snatch and Cleans up to 90% or less of best power versions. Front Squat to 90% or less Stay Lazy

Contest Results and Monday WOD

Nick Horton — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:50:48 +0000

We had a local contest on Saturday (I’m sure you followed it on Twitter …) and 4 of our lifters competed: Beth, Dave, Chris, and Brandon. (The pic above is what Brandon had in his car for after!) Dave had a big day breaking the Oregon Masters state record for the Snatch and then hitting...

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Results of Contest and Wednesday’s WOD of Doom!

Nick Horton — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:21:26 +0000

Results are in! Similar to last month, Black Box FW (BBFW) took top honors in the individual Male category, and PDX took the team competition for both our Men’s group and our Women’s group! Go team go! Our female lifter Cindy barely beat out Ashleigh of BBFW by only 3 Sinclair points to win the...

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Front Squat Contest: PDX Member Results

Nick Horton — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:57:42 +0000

(video below) In our second contest with Black Box FW, we stepped up to the rack and hit some Front Squats. Many lifters came near their PR’s, Beth matched hers, and Andrew hit a 10k PR! Good work, people! Even better, while last time Beth was the sole female, this time we had an equal...

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Fun All Around!! Black Box FW Wins the Individual Titles, PDX Wins the Team Title!

Nick Horton — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:37:57 +0000

OK, so I posted yesterday our own teams results (here). Above are the results form Black Box FW. They had some HUGE lifts that resulted in them winning the individual titles. Congratulations Summer and JB!!! Great stuff. Our own Beth’s 77 put her in second place, and our dude Arron’s 162 puts him in Third. ...

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Our Results from Yesterdays Clean Contest With Black Box FW

Nick Horton — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:45:18 +0000

We had 8 lifters (1 female, 7 males) compete against our friends from Fort Worth, Texas at Black Box FW. A number of PR’s were set (Arron, Peter, and Ryland), and nearly everyone else matched their previous PR’s or came damned close. It was great fun!!! For Sinclair calculating I used the one here on...

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Sept. 18th Heavy Athletics Olympic Weightlifting Contest Highlights

Nick Horton — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:33:58 +0000

We had a great time down in Creswell, for the 2010 Heavy Athletics competition. Here’s a video of highlights. Also, you don’t want to miss Beth’s badass miss. She cleans it, her hand pops out, and she re-racks it!! Wow …

Stuart the Power (clean) Ranger! 105k Lifter, Strong!

Nick Horton — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:35:12 +0000

Snatch, 62.5, Powered! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwhJsdgzBWE EASY 80k power clean! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6s4ZtHKgPw Comes back with another easy PC with 82.5k www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfV1DH58r-M

Halloweenie 2007 Weightlifting Meet

Nick Horton — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:17:07 +0000

On Oct. 21st, 2 of our athletes (Leslie and Mark) competed at the Unsanctioned Halloweenie meet in Creswell, OR, put on by Iron Works Gym. It was a whole lot of fun, and Halloween themed! They are both solid lifters and lifted remarkably well. Once I get the pictures developed (ya, film, so old school)...

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