WSA Welsh Counties 21st August

[Rob Thomas]

So who's going to this comp then? I'm thinking about entering it to have a go at the equipment before the commonwealths as I haven't even tried a bench shirt of squat suit yet!

[Justin Hurley]

I was hoping to go, but Amy is still in hospital and it looks like she is going to be there for a little while longer, so I going to miss this one.

Good idea using it for a warm up prior to the commonwealths Rob, good luck to you mate, would have liked to come along to give you some support.

[Rob Thomas]

How am I going to manage without my number 1 supporter - who else will wrap those knee wraps so tight that I get bruises for a week afterwards????

Hope Amy gets well soon mate.

[tod]

sorry 2 hear amys still ill big man, ill b going dwn 2that comp bt nt competing, ill try 2 gt sum tidy pics and email them 2u if u wnt, hope amy feels better soon, dawn send her love and best wishes 2 (thats love 4 amy not u though!)

[Justin Hurley]

LOL... thanks mate. Amy came out of hospital yesterday, and is on the mend, might even be able to make it.

[Rob Thomas]

That's good news mate! Let me know if you can and I'll come and pick you up. Dean Bolt's also coming along as he's been invited to the BPO worlds and wants to get some practice.

[Phil R]

good stuff glad to hear amy is on the mend think i will be down there who knows i may even do some refereeing ???????????????

[chris jenkins]

Glad to hear Amy is well Justin, tell her Jade was asking about her mate.

[chris jenkins]

Im thinking about entering this comp, does anybody know how much it is to enter? or who to send the cash to..

[Rob Thomas]

It's £20 Chris, you can get an application form from Ken Williams, if you don't have his phone number let me know and I'll text it to you mate.

[chris jenkins]

Whats his ad big man?

[Rob Thomas]

Just texted it to you matey.

[chris jenkins]

cheers bud, are many of you lifting?

[Rob Thomas]

Don't know mate, I doubt if there'll be many as there weren't many in the last one (Welsh Cup) but it's a good afternoon out of the house!

[chris jenkins]

most def, nice to see all the boys.

[Phil R]

a sharp pint after the comp lads

[Rob Thomas]

a sharp pint after the comp lads
You'll have to twist my arm a bit Phil...

[chris jenkins]

Il have one for every kgs I lift

[Rob Thomas]

Il have one for every kgs I lift

I think you'd better change that to every 100kgs you lift you strong fucker or you're in for one hell of a night! :-(

[chris jenkins]

Cheers Rob mate, I never did learn to count properly at school. With my new canvas suit I should have lots more kgs to play with lol.

[Rob Thomas]

I bet you haven't done this before.....

I was just deadlifting in my garage - nothing like your standards but I got up to 260kgs and as I was pulling it, I got stung by a fucking wasp!!! You'd think that the shock would make you pull better - but it didn't, I had to drop the bar :-(

[Justin Hurley]

LOL... you faggott!!!

[Rob Thomas]

It was right behind the knee aswell - killed the bastard though!

[Phil R]

owwwwwwwwwwwwwwww bet it hurt !!!!!!!!!!!11

[tod]

wt u drop the bar for, you should have used it 2 swat the wasp! lmao, glad amys gettin better

[16 year old powerlifter]

im entering in the 82,5 class 16/17 age group :P cnt w8

[Rob Thomas]

Nice one mate, see you on Sunday - I'll be the big ugly one with tattoos down both arms in the fat bastards class!

[james_r]

ill be there just for support tho i might load the bar or sumit!

if im loading chris m8 take it easy lol dun wanna do my bak in

[Phil R]

Nice one mate, see you on Sunday - I'll be the big ugly one with tattoos down both arms in the fat bastards class!

glad you said big there rod after allit could have been toddy for a min lol

[cuntos]

Good luck for tomorrow Rob (and anyone else who's lifting).

[Rob Thomas]

glad you said big there rod after allit could have been toddy for a min lol

LOL!!!

[Rob Thomas]

Good luck for tomorrow Rob (and anyone else who's lifting).

Thanks Tom.

[Rob Thomas]

Just got back from a good day out. I ended up with 250/200/250 RAW and was happy enough with that. I think I had a little more in the tank with the squat and deadlift but didn't want to push too hard with the Commonwealth's comming up.

I missed a 210 bench and should have gone for 205 really but I still managed to up my british unequipped record by 10kgs so it looks a little bit more resepctable now.

I was the only fat bastard lifter in the WPU (BWLA affiliated) so winning my class was always on the cards!

Dean Bolt was the only fat bastard in the WSA version too so needless to say he won that aswell. He lifted 260 squat but being lazy he decided to leave it at that and then flew up a 200 bench followed by a near miss at 330 in the deadlift although he easily pulled 300 for his second lift.

Dean's friend Mike Williams also lifted well in his first powerlifting comp and placed 1st in the 110s - he also came 2nd behind Dale Norris in this year's Wales' Strongest man so a good year for him so far.

[cuntos]

700 raw when you are taking it easy is an excellent result Rob, even if it is only fractionally more than your bodyweight ;-P. Well done mate!

[Phil R]

well done rob.
now lets get the suit on you and get that big squat out

[james_r]

very god lifting today m8, like u sed u deffo had more on squat and dead.

lets make like phill sed and get a suit on u:)

[16 year old powerlifter]

the most hated number in the world right now is 190!!!!!!!! fucking bastard number

[Rob Thomas]

Thanks guys, here's a link to my lifts (it's about 10mb in size):
http://www.rtcomputersystems.com/gym/videos/Rob2005WSACounties.wmv

The 240 deadlift felt heavy but then after some advice from Dean, the 250 went up easily - I was pleased with that as I was dreading the deadlift!

[Justin Hurley]

So how does your back feel??

[Rob Thomas]

The back feels great - suprisingly!

[Phil R]

like the vid rob shame about the inzer singlet lol

[Rob Thomas]

I took the Titan one Phil but Dean Bolt wore that one!