By Ali Wilson England’s Strongest Man U80kg today (Sunday 31st July 2016) at Progressive Training Systems! Man… I really want to compete now! This seemed to be a bit of savage day for the competitors, which is nice! Good to see I’ve not gone too soft these days! I got to referee a new U80kg strongman British record log lift of 125kg, and then referee a new U80kg strongman World record deadlift of first 290kg, and then 320kg! All by Shane Jerman, who also had a crack at 341kg to set a new U90kg strongman World record, but alas it […]
By Ali Wilson And now Northampton’s Strongest 2016, hosted at Progressive Training Systems, is over! Great weekend, top efforts, and just a good group of people make for a very pleasant time! Big shout out to my helping crew Kerry Gowen, Nina Cambatta, P-j Gentle, Mike Starkey, Mary T Kerr, Emma Markham, Justin Green, a smooth operation from start to finish! Thank you to everyone this weekend, love the excitement, the thrills, the ups, the downs, competition is just a special place to be around and the energy it provides! I hope everybody had as good a time as I did! […]
By Ali Wilson THE SUPERHUMAN GAMES! What an amazing day! Just wow really! Before I get into the nitty gritty I just want to say that I had the most incredible experience, just a wicked day all round, and I loved every second of it! So this is my third year of attending the Games, but first year competing, as it’s a pairs competition and I have awful luck getting or keeping partners! So we rolled down to Bristol, a lovely 5am leaving time on the day for an 8am registration. The PTS crew competing was me and Ashley Rowley […]