03/05/2026
.gym Battle Royale 2026 team recap. A great day with plenty of huge performances.
had the perfect day going 9/9 with a 135kg squat (2.5kg pb), 72.5kg bench press (2.5kg pb) and a massive 167.5kg deadlift (2.5kg pb) for a 375kg (7.5kg pb) total. Sara also walked away with third place 🥉overall in the drug tested women's division.
was back on the platform less than six months after surgery and subsequent time off. The goal here was to pick some solid attempts, have fun and most of all get back to the sport she loves. 8/9 successful attempts and well within striking distance of her best.
had a great day, ticking off his first 200kg competition squat (2.5kg pb), a 135kg bench press (2.5kg pb) and a 212.5kg deadlift for a 547.5kg total (7.5kg pb). A great result and I think there's a few more kgs in the tank on both the squat and deadlift too.
squatted 160kg (5kg pb), bench pressed 90kg (2.5kg pb) and deadlifted the easiest 220kg you'll ever see. Jake missed a 230kg last deadlift with his grip slipping at the very last second, but still achieved a nice total pb. Unreal work from our youngest lifter.
did a great job coming off the back of a challenging prep both in and out of the gym, squatting 192.5kg, benching 117.5kg and deadlifting 235kg. A few kilos behind Jimmy's best but considering his prep and leadup this was an absolutely monster effort and I've got no doubt he is fired up for redemption at the next one.
I say it every time, but I bloody love powerlifting and my job and am always grateful to be a part of this sport and community. Big thanks to .gym for hosting such a great comp.
Great to catch-up with and his team of incredible athletes as well, I'd be lying if I said that wasn't always one of the highlights of going to comps.
Onto the next one yeeeowwwww
