The Men's team won the Oceania champs over Australia, Nauru and Samoa, qualifying two lifters to compete in Beijing 08, Richie Patterson and Mark Spooner.
An exert of a Paul Washer sermon. The man is a missionary, part of an organisation called Heart Cry. I believe he is a great example of how someone can believe in the doctrines of grace, yet have a concern for holiness. The two absolutely go together. His love for God shines through in this clip and it's plain to see it is his main motivation to spread the word.
A few training clips and bloopers from April till July of a junior 105kg+ weightlifter.
Includes fast clean pulls and a behind neck jerk with 396lbs, a 341lb clean and jerk, 550lb squat and some missed lifts including a 414BNJ and 275lb hang snatch.
A video I put together of my first few games, some lifting clips of myself and then clips of some of the best Highland games throwers, who I aspire to be like.
Soundtrack is Sanitarium by Metallica
A compilation of some of the last 4 days training sessions of two 19 year old Kiwi lifters.
Stas doing repeated Front squats with 140kg, back squats with 155kg, pulls and an easy 110kg powerjerk.
Jono does 190x3 and 215x1 squats, 137.5kgx15x1 powerclean and jerks, some pulls and a 152.5kg clean while running on adrenaline.
Set to Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple
21/01/2007 weightlifting at Gillies gym in Auckland
Grant snatches 120kg and 122.5kg (270lbs)
Richard tries a double clean on 110kg (113kg CJ PB)
Jono cleans 120x2 and front squats 170x3
Some clips from a weeks training
Includes
140kg/308lbsx15 singles jerks
150kg power clean and jerk
157.5kg/347lb clean and jerk
462lb front squat PB
Set to Bob Dylan's- Times they are a-changing
6 Days out from New Years day Highland games
Fast clean pulls off blocks to 430lbs
Dogg Chins
Seated dumbell snatch
SLDL to 440x4
Age 20- 6'4- 292lbs
Song: May it Be- Hayley Westenra
407x20 rep squat attempt, plus some snatches to 265lbs, power clean at 330 and clean at 352. Finishing the video off is a clip of the late, great Jesse Marunde doing a BNJ with 495lbs.
Aimed to do 200kg/440lbs x10 reps on squat as part of offseason olympic lifting training. Had all the blood drain out my head on the last rep and missed it.
Set to losign my religion- by Ryan Star
Learning to squat to parallel with a low bar stance, with the intent to lift more. First few tries found it really hard to stop at parallel!
Songs:
Goodbye Norma Jean- Elton John
Can't touch this- MC Hammer
Workout 3 of a German squat routine in week one.
70% of 1RM done for 6,7,8,9,10,11 reps. Weight stays the same while reps increase each set.
Final set shown
Deficit deads 440 and 500x5.
By Jono Mac- An Olympic lifter trying to get a big deadlift.
6'4, 292lbs
Age 20
Song: Now we are free- From Gladiator soundtrack, sung by Enya.
A 200kg/440lb x5 squat at the end of my workout. Hip was a bit tight so didn't quite go all the way down.
Set to Now we are free by Enya (long story lol)
From Howick Baptist church to Elim College after the tragic death of 6 students and a teacher in the Mangetepopo gorge.
Scripture readings from Peter Somervell and Jono Macfarlane.
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