Bwla British Bench 2006

[rickymullan]

Just a quick note to say good luck at the weekend to all you mad bench specialists out there.....hope its a good comp and everyone hits PRs.

ROBT.....no less than 240 mate......go psycho for us and you know its there!!

[Rob Thomas]

Cheers Ricky, I'm looking forward to it mate! I don't think I've ever eaten as much as I have over the past week, I hope their scales go way beyond 150 but then again, Jim Blanchflower and Andy Thompson aren't exactly small blokes are they and they'll be there in my class with their 260 openers no doubt :-(

[Mike Adams]

Hope you hit your top form Robt. Go for it big style and attack those weights. Good luck

[cuntos]

Yeah good luck big Rob. It will be good to meet you. I'll be helping my mate Ken with his shirt.

Who else is going? I will introduce myself to any of you whom I haven't met.

[Rob Thomas]

Thanks boys.

Phil, Archie and D George are also competing from this site. My trusty sidekick Justin's also coming along and I'm not sure about Todd - anyone else I missed?

[Bob Sadler]

Sorry I can't be there Rob! But have a great day!

Same goes to Phil. Archie & Georgie. Good luck boys

[Phil R]

Sorry I can't be there Rob! But have a great day!

Same goes to Phil. Archie & Georgie. Good luck boys
shame not to see you bob next time eh you coming to the welsh in march

[barry mcgalie]

yes, good luck rob and to all the rest of the welsh lads (i saw u all in maghera and was impressed). ps did u see the ipf world bench press champs i posted? - thought it was good coverage). i will be competing against u all in the next 2 years should my training progress as it is (265kg deadlift pb 2nite!!!!)

I COULDN'T EVEN SPELL 240 LET ALONE BENCH IT!!!!!!!!

[cuntos]

Well done to everyone who lifted. Good lad for missing out 230 and getting 232 Rob! :)

I learnt that I should have chosen a better screen-name when Justin shouted out "THIS IS CUNTOS!" in the middle of Tyseley... :oops:

Was nice to meet you anyway. :grin:

[J Power]

well done on second place Rob .
Glad my friend Rich Won at 100 kg

[Phil R]

Well done to everyone who lifted. Good lad for missing out 230 and getting 232 Rob! :)

I learnt that I should have chosen a better screen-name when Justin shouted out "THIS IS CUNTOS!" in the middle of Tyseley... :oops:

Was nice to meet you anyway. :grin:
yeah it was good that see you i a few weeks CUNTOS

[Justin Hurley]

LOL... did you see that womans face when I shouted out cuntos??.. :p

Good to meet you mate!

[chinster]

well dun all !!! good pics looks like you all had a good day.
Few of me mates from BWDA were lifting there Terry under 100's he finished with a 180 lift in a shirt Well dun Tel !!
Adam (dwarf) was lifting but aint heard how he got on ? anyone know.
Me mate Martin Flett won a masters title on Saturday he finished on a 172.5K looks like he selected for worlds in Miami
Jason Irvin was supposed to be lifting aint heard how he got on either ?
Rob "big love !!:D " well dun mate !
How did you get on Phil ?
Good showing from this site ! well dun lads.

[tod]

fat phil lifted in the 75kilo class and broke to british records he went 177.5 188 and 192.5 he then took 197.5 as a forth attempt bt failed it bt hes in good for for the end of the month

[cuntos]

I think Jason Irving benched 180k (in a t-shirt) at 60k bwt.

[Mr Kobra]

Thanks J Power!

There'll be bigger benches to come in the future - I can promise you that!

[cuntos]

Full results here: http://results.powerlifting.org/2006gbr1

[rickymullan]

WELL DONE TO ALL

Seems like successes all round.....bit disappointed not to see any NI benchers there tho'.

PHIL: thats some awesome benchin........you been spending too much time with Deano!

ROB: Superb mate, got over that 230 issue........where you scared when you missed the first 220?

[Rob Thomas]

The first 220 just felt wierd, I lowerd the bar too high up my chest or something and it didn't feel like I'd got it to touch so I fiddled around with it a bit at the bottom which then messed up the lift. I wasn't bothered about it as 210 felt like an empty bar in the warmup - I was just a bit pissed off because I felt that I'd wasted a lift messing with a weight that#s usually an easy lift for me.

The 2nd 220 felt light and the 232.5 didn't feel too bad but looking at the video, I think I need to be a bit more explosive.

[Westside]

The first 220 just felt wierd, I lowerd the bar too high up my chest or something and it didn't feel like I'd got it to touch so I fiddled around with it a bit at the bottom which then messed up the lift. I wasn't bothered about it as 210 felt like an empty bar in the warmup - I was just a bit pissed off because I felt that I'd wasted a lift messing with a weight that#s usually an easy lift for me.

The 2nd 220 felt light and the 232.5 didn't feel too bad but looking at the video, I think I need to be a bit more explosive.
Well done Robt. What had you planed for the third lift? What is coming next?

[Rob Thomas]

Hi jorg. I didn't have any lifts planned to be honest. I didn't even know what Phil had put me in for on the ones I did! I've been having a bit of a problem with 230 lately so Phil decided that he was going to put the weights in and not tell me what they were.

[Phil R]

PHIL: thats some awesome benchin........you been spending too much time with Deano!

thanks ricky

[Wyn]

Well done boys. Top notch lifting. I,m hoping to come over to the WSA Welsh for a look. Shoulder still bad so looking only.
Wyn