🏴 ALL ENGLANDS RECAP 🏴
147.5/157.5/162.5 (+2.5)
90/95/100 (+10 lol)
177.5/187.5/197.5 (+7.5)
460 @59.9 , +22.5 104.10 GLP
🥉U63
🥉 Overall Best Female Lifter
Before ANYONE says anything about me sandbagging, I have been dealing with a bruised/potentially fractured pelvic bone and in typical 440 fashion hobbled my way through prep- I squatted once in the last 3 weeks before comp and had no idea what I would be able to lift on the day 👍
I had zero expectations and enjoyed myself so much, and clearly underestimated myself a bit lol. Couldn’t have done it without my other half for programming around the 440 chaos, believing in me and being there no matter what @domiswham 🫶 thank you @averagelongboy for stepping in to handle sorry for being a wimp 😭
Big congratulations to @claylifts_tons & @ameliaxfox for insane performances and a fun day out!
Special S/O to @rehab2robust@integrity.performance@peter.apto for helping me navigate my broken bum lol
Hello U63s, I look forward to competing again here soon 🙂↕️
That’s a wrap on 2025 ✨
✅ 113 client performances (almost double last year!)
✅ 15 international representations
✅ 38 national showings
✅ 3 seminars hosted for national teams
✅ 1st Competition Sponsored
Incredibly grateful for the opportunities given and very excited to see what 2026 holds- to all my powerlifting and nutrition clients, old and new, thank you for being part of 440 🌱
🏴HOME NATIONS RECAP🏴
S: 147.5/155/160 (=)
B: 82.5/87.5/90 (=)
D: 172.5/182.5/187.5 (-2.5)
437.5 @ 58.0 +2.5
🥈 Place Female - 101.31 GL
🥈 Place women’s team!
9/9, 27/27 🤠
Huge thank you to @lottiesliftingjourney and the team for an incredible competition, by far the most enjoyable competition I’ve been to.
Thank you @epapowerlifting for the opportunity to be apart of an INSANE women’s team, and the coaching team for immaculate warm up room vibes 🙏
This one meant a lot- first pain free competition (and post competition) since December 2023. Training has quite honestly been frustrating, draining and unenjoyable for a long long time, but I can’t thank @sabatinistrength enough for getting me to the finish line and dealing with the complexities of my training capacity whilst I get my back and shoulder sorted.
I can’t wait to finally be able to TRAIN again and not just turn up to do the bare minimum to keep myself in some sort of powerlifting shape.
Onwards we crawl, 2.5kg by 2.5kg, to the elusive 440 total
WEEK 8/9 🏴
150 (-10kg)
95 (+5kg)
180 (-10kg)
425 KG, bodyweight WILL be over 60 🙏
Pelvis gate keeping me humble but all in all a very relaxed final week THIS MIGHT BE THE ONE BOYS AND GIRLS maybe we’ll see 440kg totalled, hopes and prayers see you all Saturday xo
🧠 @domiswham
Week 7/9 Prep, BUCS edition 🏴
Bit of Commentating
87.5
Bit of Handling
Bit more Commentating
170
Lovely weekend catching up with friends
Scrapped Squats this week, wouldn’t be a 440 pre without some sort of squat related agony, into Week 8/9 we go 💅
80x5 🥹
I’ve been chasing this for quite some time now 😅 80x3 has been the heaviest volume I’ve managed without a block and I’ve been stuck here for a couple of years..
Repping 80 for 5 with a mid grip variation, on a secondary day, without overshooting is a very very nice feeling.
Thank you for helping me get here 🥹🫶 @domiswham
Week 5/9! 🏴
133.75 (I misloaded)
90
172.5
Basically 397.5 @ 59.9 average BW!
26.25 up from last week, one more week of the block and then we peaaaaaak
🧠 @domiswham
Well well well another comp prep another 6 weeks of 440 reel masterpieces
Week 3/9 of prep for the English 🏴
130 (-30)
90 (=)
172.5 (-17.5)
Bodyweight is floating around 59.5!
The plan is to 1) survive squatting at all costs and 2) break the 2 year bench and deadlift PB plateau 😩
So far so good 🤌 @domiswham
8 weeks out from All Englands and training looks pretty different to the last 5 years🏴
I started powerlifting in 2020, and within 3 months I had said goodbye to the hockey, netball, and sprinting that I took part in regularly. This was partly due to Covid and transitioning to University, but also due to becoming a big fish in a small pond pretty quickly and not wanting anything to affect my training for powerlifting.
My second competition was junior nationals, where a total of 340 in the U57 class earnt me 🥉(last year this total would’ve put me 12th), after this I competed at BUCS, and then WUCS, and then Juniors again.
I don’t regret the dedication and tunnel vision I had for powerlifting for the first few years of my career, I am so proud to be able to call myself a national let alone international athlete. But after battling with long term injuries and entering the open far from feeling competitive, I’ll be the first to admit that keeping it up can be really difficult, especially when sport is meant to be a positive outlet and something that brings you joy.
After my last competition, I reflected over the last 4-5 years and decided before I turned 26, I was going to return to sports I once loved, that also included running around and socialising a bit more, because powerlifting as a mental and physical outlet wasn’t quite cutting it.
I turned 26 this week and this is the most I’ve enjoyed powerlifting in 2 years. It’s also quite possible the strongest and least broken I’ve felt in 2 years too, whilst training 6-7 days a week in some capacity and picking up 2 more sports.
I’ve already had a few people ask me how I balance other sports with PL training, but my DMs are always open to discuss.
For those interested, training split is as follows:
Monday PM: climbing
Tuesday PM: Squat/Bench
Wednesday PM: Deadlift/Bench, Netball
Thursday PM: Climbing
Friday PM: Squat/Bench
Saturday: Rest or other Antics
Sunday AM: Deadlifts
Yappa yappa yappa, do what you enjoy, and definitely do whatever you need to keep going- if even 440 can do it so can you 🤙
Exactly a month ago my lower back went under the squat bar- AGAIN.
BUT, a month later I’m back squatting near the same weight.
This session was particularly scary for me, as after my back went for the 440th time I really took some time to think about the externals surrounding my history of tweaks and injuries and the commonalities between them.
Every single time I’ve re-hurt my back, fallen down the stairs (lol), had a setback with my shoulder, or had an allergic reaction, I’ve been due my period.
Obviously, a month later, it is that time again. I’m not going to simply avoid training every 28 days because that’s bananas BUT I will be hyper-vigilant to my lack of coordination, decision making, and recovery during this time.
I wanted to share this for two reasons:
ONE: the best thing you can do for your training is increasing your awareness of your own body.
TWO: injuries are scary, especially chronic ones, but hopefully this shows you that they aren’t forever and you’ll jump back quicker than you expect 👍
