‘Ooooh... WHAT A RUSH...!”’ On November 30th ‘the “‘East Coast Gym”’ and ‘‘Myron’s”’ held it’s 2nd ‘annual bench-press contest. I was totally amazed and impressed by the competitors. If you think that this event is fora bunch of air-headed muscle-bound jocks, you are definitely mislead. I wanted to go to the competition held last year but for some lame reason, I missed it. Well when I seen the signs posted everywhere this year, I took it as an early christmas present from the big Hulkster in the sky.

if you’re wondering how these people lift the heavy weights that they do, alot of the results come from jard training and the proper healthy diet!

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Working on your body is done in the basic manor as vorking your mind. For must of us we must con- stantly study inorder to get those high grades, well bodybuilders and powerlifters must regularly work

ut through exercise inorder to see any type of gains.

t does not necessarily mean that you must weigh Jetween 200 and 250 pounds to work out, it just takes ilot of determination, desire and the will to improve. These points are also easily noticeable in many people vho want to succeed with their future dreams or

toals.

these guys and gals justdon’t lie on a bench in the ym and automatically start to push-off and epeatively liftheavy weight, they must also havea pithy mind accompanied by anattitude that does not ivolve the words ‘‘Ican’t’’ or ‘‘lets quit’’.

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or many people, they geta great joy or satisfaction ut of receiving good grades that they have worked ard for. Well I noticed that these ‘‘power lifters’’ ere working on the similar system. When they latched or better yet, broke previous records, they ta “‘rush’’ of satisfaction. But it didn’t stop ere,... they now had to improve on that goal. Ath-

e better than they currently are. Some people might ly that they are stubborn, but what is determination? N unstoppable will to succeed with your present goal Ml get you alot farther than just sitting there and feaming or wishing about it.

was my first ever weight lifting competition that tered. My main objective was to go down to

2nd PLACE Kathy Lavandier 3rd PLACE Karen Watts

Myron’sasan observer and a ‘rookie’ journalist. But no thanks to my good friend, (who also entered the competition) he gave me the confidence that I lacked, so we both ended up in this. I was truly surprised by the competitors who entered this event. There were males and females ranging from the ages of 19 to 40 years old and alot of the competitors were from the island, buta group lifters also came over from Moncton.

This event is split up into two weight classes, for the males they were classed as 185 pounds and under, or 185 pounds and over. And it was an weight openclass for the females. The majority of the lifters were males who were over the 185 pound marker. Each lifter was given four chances to lift his or her maxi- mum weight. There were always three ‘‘spotters’’ present to ensure the safety of each individual who attempted a lift in the event that somebody was pinned under the bar and needed help. The people who competed are listed in each weight class first, by their name and then accompanied by the maximum weight that they lifted in pounds.

185 POUNDS AND UNDER WEIGHT CLASS

Ist PLACE Gordie Cameron 352 pds. 2nd PLACE Ryan Tingman 315 pds. 3rd PLACE Tillman Gallant 290 pds.

Charles Dowling 280 pds.

Ed LaVoie 245 pds. Dave Blackburn 240 pds. Mike Smith 225 pds.

Robert Bernard 220 pds. Lonnie Buchanon 205 pds.

185 POUNDS AND OVER WEIGHT CLASS Ist PLACE Alan Brown 375 pds.

2nd PLACE Graham Bellyea 362 pds. 3rd PLACE Blair DesRoches 360 pds.

Terry Adams 340 pds. Mike Corrigan 320 pds. Tony McGuire 320 pds. Greg Tingman 320 pds. Tommy Gass 315 pds. Alan Gillis 315 pds.

Terry Larkin 250 pds.

Shadster Sahley 245 pds. Paul Perry 225 pds.

LADIES OPEN WEIGHT CLASS |

Ist PLACE Sazanne Buote Costair 166 pds. . 157 pds. |

120 pds.

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