If you are a fan of the iron and strength sports, then yesterday at the Ramada Princess poolside was the place to be since some of the best powerlifters in the country took the platform to do battle in what turned out to be a record-breaking day.
When the dust settled following the Senior Championships in which each of the 22 athletes pushed their muscle fibres to the max, Vijai Rahim (male overall unequipped winner), his Hardcore Gym mate, Hardat Tarson (male overall equipped winner) and Grace Babb of Tower Gym, emerged as the last men and woman standing.
Rahim lifting in the 74kg class, had wilks points of 504.128 after squatting 235kg, bench pressing 142.5kg and dead lifting 300kg for a total of 677.5kg. All while doing the lifts without equipment (raw). Each of his herculean feats along with the total were unequipped national records. On his way to winning the overall spoils of the male unequipped segment, Tarson also lifting class in the 74kg class, posted a best deadlift of 255 kg while bench pressing 150kg and squatting 260kg for a 665kg total. His wilks points was 483.522.
