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09/27/2020

with her first 2 plate date!!

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🥺😭 I JUST HIT 225 LBS ON SQUATS
In my feels as I think back to when squatting a plate was a big goal... and now ya girl is moving two 🥰
thankful for being there for every single PR and being as geeked as i am every time 🥳😍
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08/29/2020

.and.knit.yaya has been pushing her numbers back up lately. 69 years old, 110kg(242lb) deadlift!

07/11/2020

Uh oh, we’ve got another 600lb deadlift! Big PR for


07/07/2020

New Location is up and running. Tim wasted no time breaking it in with his first 600lb deadlift! Come check it out 4011 Papin St.

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🚨 600 FU***NG POUNDS!!! 🚨
I wasn’t even supposed to come close to this but I’ve got great friends that hype me up. Thanks for screaming at me . Next goal is 666. 😈 .

03/20/2019

hitting a Rep PR of 190kg for 5. Tony is starting to ramp up his training as he prepares for MO State in June.

03/16/2019

.washek pulled this 465lb deadlift PR at the end of his Friday workout. He’s closing in on that 500lb pull. He’s always got a lot more in him on Meet day as he crams his training into one hour sessions and supersets everything.

03/08/2019

Kelly is crushing PR as she prepares to compete in April!


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It me🤗 130kg/286lb triple FTW💥💥💥 🎥 spot .jones thanks for not letting me die this time 😊. The Lab Gym Power Team

put in the work for months to have another great PR total meet. She finished in 2nd place, just 2.5kg behind 1st place....
03/08/2019

put in the work for months to have another great PR total meet. She finished in 2nd place, just 2.5kg behind 1st place.
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Pro American 2nd PL
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420kg/924lbs Total
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I’ve been working with for 7 months. ONLY 7 MONTHS 😳!!
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In this short amount of time he has added :
+15kg/33lbs to my SQUAT
+12.5kg/27.5lbs to my BENCH
+15kg/33lbs to my DEADS
+42.5kg/93.5lbs to my TOTAL
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HAS MADE ME 🤢 2x
KILLED ME AN INFINITE AMOUNT
MADE ME QUESTION MY SANITY DAILY
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He has solidified my technique!
He has built a solid foundation for my growth in this sport!
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QUITE SIMPLY, THE BEST COACH FOR MY GOALS!!
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And I GET to suffer through all this training together 🗑🙊
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📈 The Lab Gym Power Team @ The Lab Gym

03/06/2019

finished the day with this 285kg pull to end with a PR total of 720kg!

lifter bio Name: Melinda Bowen .bowen625 Age: 39Profession/Education: Emergency veterinarian Powerlifting Meet Bests Ra...
01/20/2019

lifter bio

Name: Melinda Bowen .bowen625

Age: 39

Profession/Education: Emergency veterinarian

Powerlifting Meet Bests Raw: SQ-110kg, B - 45.5 kg?? DL - 147.5 kg / Equipped: not yet

How did you get into powerlifting?: I was in veterinary school at the time, and a friend at Mizzou encouraged me to lift heavier weight and taught me how to conventional deadlift. My friend also introduced me to other powerlifters in the area, which how I began competing.

How long have you been training/competing?: I began training on my own 6.5 years ago, but I have not trained consistently, taking months off at a time (several times) due to a couple of injuries and then other life events taking priority. I first trained with a powerlifting coach 4.5 years ago. First competition was an ADFPF meet 6 years ago

Favorite lift?: sumo deadlift

Least Favorite lift?: bench press

Goals for 2019: I just want to remain consistent with training and continue making progress with my lifts. I would like to add at least 10kg to my squat. I would be happy with a 1lb PR on bench lol. I would be excited to deadlift 160kg but would be happy with any improvement.

Favorite post meet/training food: Pizza

Favorite music/song to lift to? Metal (Metallica, Lamb Of God, more recently Gojira. A couple go-to songs for heavy attempts are Meshuggah’s “Bleed” or Lamb of God’s “Descending” or “walk with me in hell”

One interesting thing that others wouldn’t know about you: I worked full time at UMSL while getting my bachelors degree in biology from there.

Additional entry: I enjoy drawing and am pretty good at it.

Additional entry: I was into metal music and powerlifting before I met Jimmy Freeman. Metal music came 25 years earlier, and powerlifting came 2 years earlier

Best Day Ever @ The Lab Gym

lifter Bio Name: Sonya Stevenson Age: 67.75Profession/Education: Office Manager/Early Childhood Education degreePowerli...
01/09/2019

lifter Bio

Name: Sonya Stevenson

Age: 67.75

Profession/Education: Office Manager/Early Childhood Education degree

Powerlifting Meet Bests Raw/Equipped: Squat 102.5 kg, Bench press 65kg, Deadlift 130 kg, Total290 kg

How did you get into power lifting?: A friend invited me try The Lab Gym when it was born; I basically used the elliptical/bikes, but really wasn’t making any progress/changes. Justin suggested I try working with a trainer. That was magical. I liked the process and progress I made (from squatting to crates to squatting without crates) and consistently adding weights. I was hooked!

How long have you been training/competing?: In 2015 my trainer, Jessica, commented that my bench was strong enough to compete. My thought was if I competed it could help show how great The Lab Gym is even for older people like me. Wearing a singlet was almost a deal breaker but I believe in The Lab Gym so much I signed up for the Battle of Belleville/November 2015 anyway. At the meet everyone was incredibly nice, congratulating all the first-time competitors. And since so many folks were in singlets it was less awful than anticipated (however one day I might try to get on the USAPL Board so I can change this rule of required singlets). In 2016 I got to start training with Drew. I participated in my first Raw Nationals in October 2016, and due to a mis-load I squatted a few pounds more than I had ever done (and didn’t die). Wondering how far this could go I asked Justin if there was a maximum weight I would probably not be able to move beyond at some point. “We are always evolving,” he said, and so I just keep trying harder; gotta’ see how this story ends.

Favorite lift?: just like my 5 daughters/9+ grandkids I love them all equally (however I do love PRs)

Least Favorite lift?: when I don’t try hard enough and miss a lift

Goals for 2019: stay healthy, lift whatever Drew tells me to, and try to recruit more members for the Lab Gym because everyone should reap the benefits of heavy lifting.

Favorite post meet/training food: always more coffee; I am not a picky eater (thus the 84+ wt class)

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12/25/2018

bending barbells.

Deadlift PR from Saturday. 172.5 kg.
P.S. There's so much weight on the bar that the barbell is bending. 👀😮

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