Topic: Please Introduce Yourself

[c00314]

Name: c00314
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Occupation: Engineer
Location: Madrid (Spain)
Team: Club Retiro
How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: Reading about Crossfit, got hooked and never started crossfit :)
Years involved in weightlifting: 6 months
Athletic achievements: 70 kd snatch / 90 kg clean & Jerk @ 82kg
Role in weightlifting: Training
Coaching/educational credentials: None
Favorite weightlifter: Lidia Valentin
Interests other than weightlifting: Everything is interesting, never stop learning
Other information you would like to share: I only train every other week because of my work

[Matt Erdman]

Good lifts for 6 months. 

I approve of your favorite lifter. 

[dman257]

Name: Dman
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Occupation: Banking Sector
Location: Greece
Team: -
How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: Learned the snatch and C+J in the weightlifting club next to my boxing club. Actually for fun and the guys were friends (back in 1996). never actually lifted olympic style
Years involved in weightlifting: 6 months (picked up after 15 years)
Athletic achievements: Current: P.Snatch 90kg/PC+PJ 115 kg/ Bench 170kg @ ~130kg  (All time 205kg Bk.squat X 3 @ 118kg/180 bench X 3 @118 kg)
Role in weightlifting: Training
Coaching/educational credentials: -
Favorite weightlifter: Yani Marchokov
Interests other than weightlifting: Music

[joey_the_lion]

Hi guys!

Name: Joey
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Occupation: Social law student
Location: Czech republic
Team: none
How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: Crossfit
Years involved in weightlifting: just few weeks
Athletic achievements: None as of yet
Role in weightlifting: training
Coaching/educational credentials: none

[nitsua125]

Name: Austin
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Occupation: Student (BSC Hons strength and conditioning)
Location: London
Team: St Mary's university
How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: It's the fundamentals of my course, i fell in love with it and haven't looked back!
Years involved in weightlifting: 5 months =]
Athletic achievements: Winning a small uni comp @67kg BW with a 70kg snatch and 96C&J, entered BUCS for march and hoping to improve for it!
Role in weightlifting: athlete
Favourite weightlifter: Pyrros Dimas
Coaching/educational credentials: Various P.T qualifications, ISAK accredited and hopefully soon be UKSCA accredited
Interests other than weightlifting: music, reading, t.v, training others
Other information you would like to share: glad to be here, hoping 2012 will be my year!!

[Matt Erdman]

Name: Austin

Good luck. Do you have a club to train at there?

[Minh Ngo]

Name: Minh
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Occupation: Soldier
Location: Canada
Team: none
How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: My MMA S&C coach suggested
Years involved in weightlifting: strictly weightlifting: 13 months
before that, here's exactly the history:
6 cycles of Starting Strength, 3 weeks/1 week deload per cycle, with 4 day split/week
8 cycle of 5/3/1, 3 weeks/1 week deload, with 3 day split/week
Athletic achievements: Nothing in weightlifting
Role in weightlifting: training, having fun
Coaching/educational credentials: none
Favourite Lifter(s):   Liao Hui, Lu XiaoJun, Pyrro Dimas, Lu Yong
Interests other than weightlifting: lots of combative sports (I was really competitive in them)
Other information I'd like to share: glad to find this place, be involved in this awesome sport

[ChristineW]

Name: ChristineAge:19Gender: FemaleOccupation: Medical StudentLocation: Australia
Gym: Hobart Weightlifting Club and Pheonix Weightlifting Club (Melbourne)Team: NoneHow did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: One of my older cousins did it when she was in year 11-12 and she got to a national championship level. Inspired, I joined up at school when I got to year 11.Years involved in weightlifting: 2009, (late)2011-nowAthletic achievements: None reallyRole in weightlifting: NoviceCoaching/educational credentials: NoneFavorite weightlifter: Probably would be Rob Kabbas since he's my coach :pInterests other than weightlifting: Reading, writing, singing and eating. I love to eat :pOther information you would like to share: I am addicted to the gym, it's how I survive med-school. If I had the time I would go every day :)