Topic: Please Introduce Yourself

[Fran Weir]

Name: Fran Weir
Age: 44
Gender:
Occupation: Metrologist
Location: Easthampton, MA
Team: Unattatched
How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: Lifted on/off since 12 years old
Years involved in weightlifting: 32
Athletic achievements: nothing worth mentioning
Role in weightlifting: coach my two sons, Frankie and Brendan
Coaching/educational credentials: None
Favorite weightlifter: my sons
Interests other than weightlifting: wrestling

[miguelborrazas]

Name:JOSÉ MIGUEL FERNÁNDEZ BORRAZÁS
Age:41
Gender:male
Occupation:coach/restaurant owner
Location:el ejido/almeria/spain
Team:club halterofilia coruña / club deportivo yara
How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?:in my hometown there was a club near the beach, with swimmimg pool,and gym, and the coach ask me to try, and since 1982,........
Years involved in weightlifting:28
Athletic achievements:national jr. champion, 125 and 160 (82,5)
Role in weightlifting:national coach since 1988
Coaching/educational credentials:national coach degree and c.p.f.t. (nasm)
Favorite weightlifter:pablo lara
Interests other than weightlifting:boxing, fencing, cooking, opera, dancing,.....
Other information you would like to share:i would like to retire at 56 yeras old, and have my own farm.

[Ward Wright]

Name:          Ward Wright
Age:             51
Gender:        Male
Occupation:  Engineer
Location:      Central Florida

How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?:    First started weight training (not snatch and c&j) for high school football. 

Years involved in weightlifting:    Over the years, gym time has been on and off depending on family and other interests.

Role in weightlifting:     Fan and somewhat new participant to the sport of weight lifting

Other information you would like to share:

My latest interest in training came about as a result of a motorcycle crash during a race about 5 years ago.  I used the weight room to rehabilitate myself back to health.  The training information available these days on the trusted internet service is amazing compared to the shelf magazines of old.  Long story short, that's how I found my way here and to this site and to weight lifting.
 

 

[Hy Dinh]

Hi all,
I've been ghosting for a few weeks so I thought I would formally introduce myself.


Name: Hy Dinh (pronounced: he)
Age: 20
Gender: male
Occupation: biochemistry/economics major
Location: charlottesville, va
Team: n/a
How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: power cleaned and jerked during high school football... a few years later, unlearned all the awful form and saw the beauty.
Years involved in weightlifting: <1
Athletic achievements: Nothing of note.
Role in weightlifting: Lifter
Favorite weightlifter: pyrros
Interests other than weightlifting: cooking, flag football, bjj
Other information you would like to share: i have two distinct goals: bench 300 and qualify for the collegiate nationals.

[Albert B. Gonzalez]

Welcome to The Weightlifting Exchange

As part of our effort to build community in the sport of weightlifting, we would like to give all of our members an opportunity to introduce themselves here. Our membership includes athletes, coaches, researchers, and people from all walks of life who have a special appreciation for this fantastic sport.

Here is a suggested format for your introduction. Please feel free to use it (copy and paste), or not. Please post your introduction as a response to this announcement:

Name:albert gonzalez
Age:26
Gender:m
Occupation:machinist
Location:downey,ca
Team:chikara weightlifting
How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?:i started out just so i could lose some weight
Years involved in weightlifting:1/2 year
Athletic achievements:none
Role in weightlifting:lifter 85 kg category
Coaching/educational credentials:none
Favorite weightlifter:amanda hubbard
Interests other than weightlifting:classical guitar
Other information you would like to share:pretty soon ill be snatching more than i can clean and jerk should i be worried?

everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die

[iron sharpens iron]

Name:Dale Tully
Age:25
Location: Yorkshire, England.
Gender: Male
Occupation: Final year Sport & Exercise Psychology Degree

How did I get involved?  I have played American football for 4 years, so started to use Olympic lifts recently to develop explosiveness, I'm not playing this year so I'd like to train these lifts seriously and try a local competition.  I have lifted weights for about 5 years.

Body Weight 96kg

Hello!

[trendinell]

Name: Ted Rendinell
Age: 48
Occupation: Semi Retired/ Strength/Speed Coach
Location: NE Ohio/ATL Ga.
Team: (former coach 4X 1-AA National Football Champions YSU Penguins/ .....and......Select individuals from the 7X HS State Football Champions ..'Youngstown Cardinal Mooney', OH
How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: 7th grade....in my garage....lifting "borrowed" manhole covers..LOL
Years involved in weightlifting: 36
Athletic achievements: D1 Football (BGSU)
Role in weightlifting: Hobby/Coach
Coaching/educational credentials: 1yr Volunteer Asst Strength/Cond. YSU (OHIO), currently studying for the CSCS
Favorite weightlifter: Vasily Alexeev......grew up watching him on ABC's Wide World of Sports
Interests other than weightlifting: Grade school/HS/and College football and wrestling
Other information you would like to share: I'm thrilled I found this site and am looking forward to learning from you all. And hopefully I can add a little too!

 I'd also like to thank Coach John Patrick of YSU for allowing me to spend a year in his weightroom. A great guy and a great coach.

[powergirl300]

Name: MEGAN MCBRIDE
Age:19
Gender:female
Occupation:wrestler/model
Location:port charlotte florida
Team: FLORIDA GULF COAST
How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: WANTED TO GET STRONGER FOR SWIMMING AND WRESTLING AND DO BODYBUILDING BUT THAN STUCK TO THIS.
Years involved in weightlifting: 2 AND AHALF
Athletic achievements:SWIMMING , WRESTLING AND NOW WEIGHTLIFTING TONS OF AWARDS ETC
Role in weightlifting: LIFTER. LIFT MORE THAN EVERYONE ELSE/ HOPEING...
Coaching/educational credentials: EH PERSONAL TRAINER CLOSSE ANOUGH
Favorite weightlifter: NONE
Interests other than weightlifting: WEIGHTLIFTING YEAHHHHH AND WRESTLING AND GETING PAID
Other information you would like to share: HMMM WHO WANTS A KITTEN??