It has happened again - I am officially en route to the 2019 IWF Senior World Weightlifting Championships (September, Pattaya, Thailand).

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Reflecting back, the 2018 IWF Worlds was a journey - literally and figuratively. 

Literally, my journey home took 52h (current...

May Athlete of the Month is coach and athlete Georgia Cameron!

Georgia is an incredibly talented lifter, up-and-coming coach, card-counting & macro-counting whiz and an all-around great person.  She is also wise beyond her years… at our last competition I was feeling su...

April’s Athlete of the Month is coach and athlete Josh Leangen!

Josh is contagiously enthusiastic in both his life and weightlifting.  Even on “bad” days he is happy to be lifting and learning what he can, whether it’s in training or competition.

He coaches our youth wei...

March Athlete of the Month is Coach/Athlete Kirst!

The first few Athlete of the Month posts will be dedicated to getting to know the Siemens Weightlifting coaches… here we go!

I first met Kirst when I started lifting with the club, and was immediately drawn to her positi...

The Red Plate (previous to this), was created for me to vent, expand, and share my feelings and ideas.  The Next Plate blog was created to be more professional, but I am throwing that idea out the window now.  Welcome to my next rant.

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