Masters athlete 40+
Hi
I am Jon and I have been a member of the academy since jan 23 and live on the little island of guernsey.
Joining the academy was the best decision I have ever made, right from the first week I new I made the right decision to come aboard and be apart of a committee all wanting the same thing , to get stronger, build muscle, loose weight and be accountable for ourselves. we are all here for one another.
Myself, and my progression, before joining the academy I competed in a few comps locally and placed 3rd and 4th in the open category (on island once a year) and a powerlifting lifting comp in the Uk witch I had a total of 605kg over 3 lifts at 105kg body weight.
Since joining the academy, I have competed 3 more times locally and have placed 1st and 2nd , I then with the help from the coaches decided to go to the U.K. and compete.
This resulted in taking my first U.K. opens win, very proud moment, and then turned 40 years of age, we as a team decided that we were going to go for the title of britain’s strongest master, this was not my time I placed 8th out of 28 and left with a hamstring injury, the team at the academy got behind me and 5 months later I was at Englands strongest master competing with the best again and had my coach right next to me helping me thro ever part of that day.
New Year’s Eve of 2025 I received an email that I never could believe, an invitation to the Arnold’s strongman master competition in Ohio USA.
I placed 8th out there and completed a 365kg x 4 trap bar deadlifts raw, and a yoke of 400+kg. A I wore my stoltman hoodie with pride as well as my guernsey flag.
The main things that I am trying to say here is I have the best trainers with having access to a 3 x world strongest man , 2 x Europes strongest man 50+ like minded people I can drop a message or ask the question in one of the many live video links we have had as a team.
My 1-1 coach knows me and my body better than I do and I know soon enough we will take a major U.K. tile.
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6 de agosto de 2025
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