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Category: Olympic Weightlifting

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Competing

Westerns 2016 – Thoughts & Recap

Last weekend was the 2016 Western Canadian Weightlifting Championships, and my third time representing Team BC as a 63kg lifter. Every competition I do – Weightlifting or CrossFit – is a learning experience, but one Read more

By Taryn Haggerstone, 4 years ago April 8, 2016
Competing

Injuries and Becoming a Better Athlete

It’s not the injury that defines us, it’s how we deal with it. If you play a sport, exercise, or live an active life, chances are you will sustain an injury at some point. To be Read more

By Taryn Haggerstone, 4 years ago February 19, 2016
Competing

Stress, The Athlete & ‘Psyching Up’ vs ‘Psyching Out’

There is no such thing as a ‘Stressful Situation’ Now before you write me off, let me explain what I mean. Situations in themselves are not stressful; however they have the capacity to trigger a Read more

By Taryn Haggerstone, 4 years ago October 27, 2015
Competing

Goals, Weightlifting and Sub-Par Performances

Opening clean and jerk (81kg) at Ogopogo. Also the only clean and jerk I made, and one of only two successful lifts (I failed all but one of my snatches). Needless to say, it wasn’t Read more

By Taryn Haggerstone, 4 years ago August 19, 2015
Olympic Weightlifting

Why Weightlifting

I lift because I love the challenge. I love that feeling when the impossible becomes possible, my maxes become my openers and I can set my sight on and even heavier weights.  I do it because Read more

By Taryn Haggerstone, 5 years ago April 22, 2015
Competing

On Qualifying for Nationals

Looking at this – the Current BCWA Overall Rankings – I actually get a little shiver/thrill of excitement because there next to my name is the word “National”. Nationals. I’ve never been the type of person to Read more

By Taryn Haggerstone, 5 years ago December 23, 2014

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