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Welcome to our new Powerbuilding Segment! and big warm welcome
to our new contributor Craig
McGuigan! We realise powerlifting and bodybuliding training is closely related and each sport can learn from the other to build strength and muscle. |
 Lisa and Craig |
| We thought it about time we brought a
specialist in Powerlifting onto Go Figure so that you can implement
aspects of this sport into your off season
plan. Craig has been in the powerlifting scene for many
years and he's just the man we need to give you more insight into
what you need to do to make the most of your strength training
plan. Here's a little more about Craig... and handy Local Association contacts if you want to start powerlifting Craig will be attempting to raw bench press 500lb at the NABBA/WFF Bodybuilding Champs on 30 April. You can follow his training journey here: http://biggerstrongersmarter.wordpress.com/category/training-log/craig-training-log/ |
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| Local Association contacts Northland President - Stan Hallmond This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Secretary - Brian Froggatt This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Auckland President - Lance Stewart This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Secretary - Darren Neves This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Waikato President - Paul Sellars This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Secretary - Colleen Cadman This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Central Districts President - Craig McMillan This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Secretary - Warren Trent This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Canterbury President - Craig McGuigan This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Secretary - Leighton Best This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Otago President - Marie Soffe This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Secretary - Charles Abraham This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| "I started powerlifting as a 17 year old in 1990. I was
doing weights to gain strength and size for League. I weighed
just over 60 kg when I first ventured into the gym. It wasn't
long before I fell in love with the gym. I remember watching
a group of powerlifters train one day. I liked the idea of
lifting as much as you could once! I entered my first powerlifting competition in March of 1991 at a bodyweight of 65 kg. I broke the NZ squat and total record that day. My lifts were: Squat 200 kg Bench 100 kg Deadlift 200 kg. I represented NZ at the Oceania Champs in Melbourne in 1992 and also the World Junior Champs the same year. I won a silver medal in the deadlift and a bronze medal in the squat. Once I graduated from University, competitive powerlifting took a back seat as I concentrated on my career as a Chartered Accountant. I have never stopped training and love lifting big weights. I call myself a power-builder these days. My goals is to reach 120 kg and total 950 kg raw in an Eastside Club lift. I opened Eastside Barbell in 2007. This was a dedicated facility for powerlifters. Since then this has evolved and is now a strength training facility for powerlifters, bodybuilders, strongman competitors and other sportspeople who want to become stronger. Our goal is to become the number one strength training facility on the country." Craig McGuigan November 2010 |
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