Snake River Championships 08'

This weekend Spencer and I went to Idaho Falls for the Snake River Power lifting Championships. Spencer did AWESOME!!! He is so dedicated. He gets up at 3:30am four days a week to train for these events. He took 1st place in the 148 weight class. He weighed in at 148.5 lbs. He got all 9 of his attempts for the 1st time. He lifted about 70 more lbs total in this meet than his last one. He is continually getting stronger. He did this with having a sinus infection the week of the meet, losing 10 lbs in one week, having a pulled tendon in his hip, and pretty much training himself.

This is Spencer's 3rd attempt on the squat. He squatted 540 lbs.

This is Spencer's 3rd attempt on bench. He lifted 330 lbs.

This was Spencer's 3rd attempt on deadlift. He lifted 485 lbs.

And of course, this is his cool trophy. It's his favorite of all he has gotten.
Congratulations honey!

Nick, David, Spencer

David Edmondson has the Master AAPF world record total for the 148 class. Spencer contacted him a couple of years ago and David wrote him up a work out and helped train him over the phone. He met him for the 1st time in June 07' at the NASA Nationals and he was so helpful to Spencer. This was the 2nd meet David and Spencer were at together and once again, David helped him out. We are hoping to work it out so that Spencer can get with him every other month or so to help him train. David has been so amazing to take his time to help fellow power lifters. Thank you so much David!

Nick is one of David's trainee's as well. Spencer and him have also been keeping in touch and cheering each other on.

This was so cute. A while back they started a childrens power lifting event. The didn't have any squatters, but they had deadlifting and bench. The littlest kid was 3 and the oldest was 11. Some of the kids used real weights and the ones who were too little had a styraphome bar bell. They had a guy who made a little miniature weight bench and the styraphome bar bell that he donated for this event. All of the kids took 1st place. They did this to try to make it into a family event where the children can be involved and not just have to sit there all day. I think it was a great idea and it was so cute to watch.