Another Best of Luck Thread...

Malteaser!

This time to Hanley who I think deserves his own thread and will be competing in the WDFPA World Powerlifting Championships in Scotland this Sunday.

Hanley has lifted in 5 powelifting competitions to date and this will be his second time representing Ireland at the Worlds, an impressive achievement for such a young age. At his last comp he posted best lifts of a 220kg squat, 155kg bench and 220kg deadlift at 87.8kg, 20 years old but that was way back at the start of the year and has since pulled 250kg and benched 180kg, in the gym.

I have a feeling that massive weights are gonna be moved this weekend!!

So GOOD LUCK to Hanley!!

WHIP IT!

Can any of the Worlds be seen on telly? Highlights packages even?

Vegeta

Holy sh1t I never realised the H'ster was so young

must have been born holding an olympic bar

mkdon05

Indeed, All the Best Hanley!

ali.c

Good Luck

PeakOutput

good luck man cant wait t see the vids

Khannie

You go girl!

Oh wait...that's the other thread.

Best of luck man.

Roper

Rip it up Hanley.

BossArky

Well he be wearing a kilt?

Good luck Hanley!

Malteaser!

WHIP IT! wrote: »

Can any of the Worlds be seen on telly? Highlights packages even?

Nope, powerlifting ain't that kinda sport. I'll be there with my trusty camera though, and no doubt he'll get them youtubed asap and straight up here when he's done.

BossArky wrote: »

Well he be wearing a kilt?

Good luck Hanley!

They say the kilt is optional, knowing Ham he'll be boring and stick with the singlet though!!

mack1

2 threads? absolutely!
Goes to show how lucky the rest of us are to have not one but TWO world class powerlifters on the boards to share their knowledge and experience!

Best of luck Hanley!
You're an ox of man and will do us proud!

rubadub

Good Luck Hanley. If wearing the kilt dont squat too low, I hear the floors in scotland are cold

yomchi

Good luck Hanley! Do the North side proud brother!

FunkZ

Representin'! Best of luck man, show 'em your skillz!

Vinnie K

Best of luck han, make sure to get vids up as soon as ya can, with the work you'v put in you deserve greatness.

Hanley

Many thanks to Malteaser for starting this thread..... And also to all of those who have replied to wish me luck. All the hard work is done and dusted now so I've just gotta keep a clear head and hit my planned lifts.

Based off what I've done in the gym I should hit my goals, but unfortunately you can never know what's going to happen until you're under the bar. I will say don't expect massive things from me on the bench tho. Certainly not 180kg. I'm carrying a bit of a shoulder injury so it's limiting my bench somewhat, and going straight into a heavy bench after 3 max squats is something I haven't done in training so I just have to hope it holds together.

All of my compeition gear, food and water is en route to Scotland as we speak. My parents were driving over so I filled the car with everything I need so as not to risk being unable to get something over there...



Not the best of pics, but from left to right (hanging up) is m squat suit, bench shirt and deadlift suit.



And here we have...
Belt
Knee wraps
Elbow sleeves
Squat shoes
My trusty cons to bench in
Deadlift slippers
Deadlift socks
Suit slippers to help get all my gear on,
Wrist wraps
My Hercules t-shirt
A singlet
A big bag of chalk
Baby powder
Deep heat
A pair of shorts
My big Hercules bag to put it all in!!

Not a sport you can really travel light with....

An army marches on it stomach... so here's what I'll be chowing down on.



3 Boxes of Jaffa Cakes
5 Protein Bars
RAM
Xplode II
2 Shakers
1 Water Bottle
4 Sachets of Diarolyte to keep me well hydrated
1 Tub of Lucozade powder (enough to make 6 litres)
And not in the picture... a 6 pack of 1.5l Ballygowans (so 9 litres of water too!)

And the finished product...



If nothing else I'm well prepared.

WHIP IT!

This is what your Ma will say when you're on your way out the door: Now Hanley..... are you sure you've got everything?

Ma's can't help it, it's an involuntary reaction...

Malteaser!

Woah, that is a lot of stuff, are you sure you don't wanna bring the kitchen sink as well??

Frank Bullitt

Best of luck my man.

amazingemmet

Good luck man,

What openers are you going with?

Scottty2Hottty

Muchos Luckos..

Are sure just lifting all that kit isn't some sort of P.B.

crotalus667

good luck

Hanley

amazingemmet wrote: »

What openers are you going with?

220/155/235 for a 20kg PR total is the plan for my openers (squat/bench/dead like)

After that I've already decided the MOST I'll do. I won't be taking any stupid attempts that I'm more likely not to get than to get in the hopes of glory. The lifts I want will give me an 80-100kg total PR since Feburary. So even if I am capable of more it's still a massive success.

This is the world championships after all, and the total is what matters. I'd rather leave 5kg on the platform with my squat then take a 5kg jump too much and lose maybe 15kg off my total.

An Citeog

Best of luck James.

cowzerp

Best of luck Hanley, hope you do your best..

Fozzy

Good luck to ya

tribulus

Pfff, where's the flaming beanie?

Best of luck anyway!

Transform

Best of luck you are inspiring for all

Supercell

Go get'em Hanley, best of luck!

empirix

Best of Luck mate

Cadrach

Hanley wrote: »

3 Boxes of Jaffa Cakes

You should be sponsored by McVities. Good luck!

Hanley

Thanks a mil to each and every one of you!

I'm only in from work os I'm hopping into bed now cos I'm in the airport for 7am.

I'll let you all know how it went on Tuesday.

Tigger

Hanley wrote: »

I'll let you all know how it went on Tuesday.

damn missed it
best of luck, mabey they have the internet in scotland too

Jimmy Bottlehead

rbd wrote: »

damn missed it
best of luck, mabey they have the internet in scotland too

Sadly, they don't

... unless that's what Scotsmen keep under their kilts?!

Hanley

CJ Marren wrote: »

Sadly, they don't

... unless that's what Scotsmen keep under their kilts?!

Or you get Wi-Fi cos you need to find maps of wherever the hell you're going... God bless the net.

Fast_Mover

Best of luck!
Such a great achievement..do your best!

pwd

Best of luck!

Malteaser!

Absolutely savage buzz off the competition today, I'm not gonna ruin the fun for Hanley so I'll let him post his results himself but I just wanted to be the first to wish him a well deserved massive congratulations!!

Fast_Mover

AHHHHHHHH THE TENSION!!!
Was wondering how ye were all getting on during the weekend.
Come and get your ass on here Hanley and tell all..G'em too!!!:)