Lady in iron

A few years ago I was quite overweight and decided to go to a bootcamp, which was awesome! Jordon Groves ran it (@JGFatbuster) and I slimmed down nicely. I then met @tjharrop who introduced me to Powerlifting, and last year I competed at a strong athlete competition, completed my first marathon and competed at national level trampolining!

I met Scott (@Mjolnir1974) this year who told me the weights I could lift would be enough to qualify for nationals... I told my old PT Jordon and he said he would be disappointed if I didn't try. Now I'm very competitive and I hate disappointing people I respect. I trained under Scott for a bit then found my coach Dom who is awesome (@DJSKinsey), I swear at him in training a lot but he has improved my form and confidence so much!

I entered my first competition under the BDFPA and loved it :) I've qualified bench, deadlift and squat each in their own right for single lift nationals. I also qualified full power nationals where you do all 3 lifts to get a total score in the competition, I even got PB (personal best) of 132,5kg for my deadlift...not bad for a 69kg girl ;)

I've emailed the Irish federation and they've said I can go to the Irish nationals too! So my goals are now British and Irish nationals with the ultimate aim of qualifying for world championships! I've quit trampolining now; which, after 15 years of training is a bit of a shock to the system, but it's the right choice.

I love Powerlifiting and I can't wait to one day represent Ireland and call myself a world champion!

- Clare