Special Olympics: Clay County Power Lifting

This Saturday I was very lucky to be able to be a volunteer for the Clay County Special Olympics Power Lifting event that was held Saturday October 2nd.

Kind of like our Cross Fit Total, these amazing athletes went for first place doing 3 different lifts then adding the weight for a grand total: The Bench Press, the Dead Lift, and the Back Squat.

It was truely amazing to see the weight that these athletes moved. The First place winner moved a total of 645lbs, 315 of those pounds on the dead lift. It was amazing and great! Some of these athletes will acutally be going to compete in sectional and state lifting events!

It was just great to be with people that enjoy the sport of lifting as I do, and knowing that there really are no limits when you put your heart and mind into something, the strength these athletes showed was more then just physical by far, and I was humbled to be in their presence.

They should be posting pictures soon on their facebook page so please be on the look out, while I try to get my pictures from my phone uploaded!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Special-Olympics-Clay-Cou...

http://www.specialolympicsclaycounty.org/SOCC/Home.html