Pikey

Sure is - often needed a bucketand it is tough!! but then there was half a dozen national Champions in the gym, including two world champions, I had 3 national titles - it's hard but you get out what you put in - that said it was my life at the time.

I started training at 13 - just the usual no idea what I was doing - went up to Atlas when I started work at 16, wanted to be a powerlifter - they put me on that routine more or less straight away...most think powerlifting training is about low reps - it isn't you need good core conditioning as you have to be fit enought to warm up and go for pb or near on 3 different lifts in competition at 3 attempts per lift...