Events
July 2025
Over the weekend Amanda, one of our KTPT Athletes competed at Taupo's First 3 Lift Powerlifting competition, hosted by Waikato/Bay of Plenty Powerlifting Club.
Amanda had a great day going 8/9 and hitting PB's in ALL her lifts, qualifying her for Open Nationals in September, which will be held in Invercargill.
Amanda ended with a 155kg Squat, 82.5kg Bench and a HUGE 180kg Deadlift!
Giving her a 417.5kg Total.
Impressive work Amanda!
She will now be head down in prep for Open Nationals in 9 weeks time.
On July 26th Katie hit the platform for the first time at Souther Powerlifting Club & Novice competition.
She had an amazing day going 9/9 and 27 white lights! Hitting a new Personal Best on her Deadlift.
Katies ended her day with a 75kg Squat, 42.5kg Bench and 110kg Deadlift with more left in the tank.
I have been coaching Katie online for the past 16 weeks in preparation for this competition. In that time she has improved her technique in all her lifts bringing them up to a beautiful competition standard, which truly showed in her performance on the platform.
Congratulations Katie!
AUGUST
Sunday 3rd August, Lauren took on the Sky tower Step up challenge.
This event helps raise funds for the Leukaemia foundation and involves participants climbing up the 1103 steps!
This was Lauren's second time completing this event. But this year she decided to take it on with a 25kg weight vest strapped to her!
In the lead up to this event Lauren trained with me to improve her leg strength and overall fitness conditioning.
Lauren successfully completed the challenge in 22minutes!
Just incredible.
Massive congratulations Lauren!
30th August was Barbell Confidence.
A 6hr hands on workshop for both Women & Men.
We had a great day, with the attendees learning the foundations to Barbell Squat, Bench and Deadlift.
Leaving with a better understanding on how stability expresses strength.
It was so awesome to see everyone's confidence grow over the day. Some hitting some new personal bests, pushing outside their comfort zones and realising they are stronger than they think!
SEPTEMBER
September saw Amanda, her husband Mike and I fly down to Invercargill for the NZPF Open Nationals.
Amanda had the goal of qualifying for Nationals since late last year. So, she spent this year working hard to hit the qualifying total, which she successfully did in July.
She had a relatively quick turnaround between competitions, so training ramped up fast. But she tackled it head on and committed herself to showing each day.
Amanda went 7/9 successfully hitting PB's on her Squat 160kg and Deadlift 182.5kg and ended with a total PB as well of 422.5kg. Incredible for her first National, where she faced a fast-paced day with only 7 lifters in the flight and a very efficient spot/load team the time between attempts was QUICK.
Her work ethic this year has allowed her to grow immensely as an athlete and I cannot wait to see what 2026 brings for her!
Congratulations Amanda for continuously displaying the strongest version of yourself!
OCTOBER
Congratulations to my online client, Clare. Over the weekend Clare ran 24km in the Taupo Ultramarathon! Clare finished with a time of 3h46, this is the longest distance to date she has conquered.
We have been working hard on building her knee and ankle stability and overall leg strength in preparation for this run, and all the hard work paid off. Clare felt strong and was able to hold a good speed up all the hills. The following day she was surprised to not feel like she had been hit by a bus.
This shows the importance of Strength training for many sports. It should be the foundation to any fitness program.
Well done Clare, what's next?!
2026
FEBRUARY
February 28th was the first Barbell Confidence workshop for 2026. My 6th SOLD out workshop!
Another 10 lifters joined me (some NEVER having lifted a Barbell before) to grow their knowledge, improve their skills and leave with CONFIDENCE.
It is great to see more youth join in my workshops. I think it is very important to learn the fundamentals of the Barbell before being let loose in the gym.
Always super grateful to be able to share my knowledge and I just love seeing every leave at the end of the day absolutely buzzing!
These workshops are worth their weight in gold!
MARCH
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March 28th saw ME stepping back onto the platform after taking 2.5 years off! Just making it back to the platform was a feat in itself. I worked so hard in my prep to prioritise my recovery and really listening to my body in order to keep my back happy.
It was a great day and I had lots of fun! That was the main goal of this competition, I wasn't bothered about what was on the bar. But I did end up walking away with PB's on my Squat and Bench and a total PB also. I also got 4th women overall!
I ended the day with-
Squat: 137.5kg
Bench- 80kg
Deadlift- 150kg
It was great to be back competing and experiencing competitions from the athlete perspective again!
APRIL
April kicked off with the FIRST Barbell Performance workshop!
This is the follow-on workshop from Barbell Confidence.
Open to only 6 lifters, we get down to the nitty gritty of each lift. Really focussing on each lifters sticking points, struggles or frustrations.
Each lifter is given a variation to work on which will continue to improve their lifting.
Each workshop will be tailored to the lifters in the room, so no one workshop will be the same.
If you have done Barbell Confidence or one of my Powerlifting workshops, and want the next step, this is for you!
Fill in the intake form below to be the first to know when the next workshop will be!
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MAY
On May 1st Amanda stepped onto the National stage for the second time in NZPF Age Group Nationals in Auckland.
Amanda worked super hard in her off season with her Squat and Bench which showed up on the day! Unfortunately, Deadlifts didn't show up despite Amanda working very hard on new positioning.
Amanda still walked away with PB's in her Squat and Bench and more experience on the National platform.
The stats:
Squat- 162.5kg (2.5kg PB)
Bench- 87.5kg (5kg PB)
Deadlift- 170kg
Total- 420kg
4th place in the Masters 1 84+ class.
CONGRATULATIONS AMANDA!
On May 23rd Heidi stepped onto the platform for the first time at Barbells and Baddies, an awesome female only powerlifting competition!
Heidi had an awesome day! We have been working together for 14months and after Heidi did my Barbell Confidence workshop ins August of last year, where she used a barbell for the first time she was hooked!
We dove into 14 weeks of powerlifting specific training to prepare her for the competition. Heidi showed such polished technique and focus on the day.
The stats:
Squat- 90kg (5kg PB)
Bench- 57.5kg
Deadlift- 100kg (5kg PB)
Total- 247.5kg
Showing you CAN in fact get stronger with age and it is NEVER too late to start. You just have to START!
The 30th May saw my Online Athlete Clare take on another huge event!
Clare ran in the Three Castles 50km Ultramarathon over in the UK.
Clare successfully completed the course undamaged
and commented on how the minimum effective dose of training we had set her made a big difference to keeping her strong and stable.
Clare has a demanding job and needs a training plan that fit in with her life and complemented her running training.
She enjoyed herself and is looking forward to building on this in her next race!
AMAZING WORK CLARE!