Shane Church

Shane Church started competing in Strongman in Canada in 2007. With nothing to do in the winter, he started competing in Powerlifting and never looked back. Shane currently trains in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and has personal best lifts of 1036 pound squat, 644 pound bench, and 749 deadlift, and a Canadian record total of 2402 pounds, all in the 242-pound weight class.

 
Post meet fun [graphic pictures]
Post meet fun [graphic pictures]
As some of you know, I postponed surgery until after my meet.
Full meet Video
Full meet Video
Video of all my lifts!
Video of 1000 lbs squat
Video of 1000 lbs squat
Let me know what you think
Meet Write up: RPS Maple Leaf Nationals
Meet Write up: RPS Maple Leaf Nationals
What a great event and venue! RPS proved it is the BEST multiply federation in Canada again!!
Welcome to June!
Welcome to June!
And then something blows up!
May 28th - SSB box squats
May 28th - SSB box squats
To say this was not a great day lifting, is an understatement. 
A week's Update
A week's Update
I can't believe it's only been a week since I posted. It feels like I haven't been on here in a month!
May 20th - CB Front Squats [video]
May 20th - CB Front Squats [video]
#squateveryday and a picture to confuse you
May 19th - CB squat [video]
May 19th - CB squat [video]
#squateveryday at it again. and a completely miss leading picture
May long weekend with a video #squateveryday
May long weekend with a video #squateveryday
Squats, sun and deadlifts. A good weekend
Bench press..... mine enemy
Bench press..... mine enemy
This is what you have all been waiting for!!!
May 13th - Starting to dig Wednesdays
May 13th - Starting to dig Wednesdays
As shitty as Tuesday's training was, Wednesday's was awesome.
May 12th - Gotta post the shit too
May 12th - Gotta post the shit too
Not my best day training. Actually it sucked. 
May 10th - Training at Dynamo
May 10th - Training at Dynamo
This is the greatest place to train in Ottawa! I love it
May 9th - Paused Squats
May 9th - Paused Squats
#squateveryday paused squats like a BOSS. I mean like Dan Green's front squats
May 8 - I hate Fridays
May 8 - I hate Fridays
I hate Fridays because its the day I go to the gym and I don't squat.
May 6 - Dirty Old Front Squat
May 6 - Dirty Old Front Squat
Back at my squat almost everyday training. Wednesday's are my least favorite because I hate front squats.
May 5 - Burrito Day
May 5 - Burrito Day
Screw the Diet today. I have a chance at free burritos for a year!
Sunday Funday with the Whethams!
Sunday Funday with the Whethams!
A great road trip with great people!
Catching up for the week
Catching up for the week
Usually I start log post with a similar title with an excuse why I didn't train for the last week. This is not one of those posts.
Tuesday April 28th - Morning Training
Tuesday April 28th - Morning Training
Today is the first day that I get try my new training schedule. 
Sunday April 26th - Crappy Bench Day
Sunday April 26th - Crappy Bench Day
Everyone everywhere has been sick the last couple weeks. I have managed to stay away from the brutal vomiting/diarrhea part,
Objective: Lose a plate
Objective: Lose a plate
I am a typical fat powerlifter.
April 19th - Benching in my shirt
April 19th - Benching in my shirt
Great Session. And finished with Ice Cream!
April 12th 2015 - Squats
April 12th 2015 - Squats
Training this weekend was all f*ckered up when Odin decided to get his adorable ass sick. 
Saturday April 4th
Saturday April 4th
I picked up a cambered bar from Ken Whetham and I wanted to use it for everything. And I did.
Training PR
Training PR
Not in Lifting, but in how many times I went to the gym.
Two of the biggest Influences in my life.
Two of the biggest Influences in my life.
If Paul Vaillancourt, Louie Simmons and Shannon called into this pod cast, everyone would know why I am the way I am.
Training at the Whetham's
Training at the Whetham's
Tattoos - Check. Grey Hair - Check. Blood Pressure tan - Check!
Mind = BLOWN
Mind = BLOWN
Thank you Dave Tate and Mark Watts for this interview:
My first Gold's Gym experience
My first Gold's Gym experience
There was not many sleeves in this place. But there was a lot of curls.
A few sessions between travels-Sunday
A few sessions between travels-Sunday
Incline close grip bench with Brett
A few sessions between travels-Saturday
A few sessions between travels-Saturday
Training around work sucks. I need to make this work
Close grip incline bench
Close grip incline bench
After last ill fated training cycle. I learned that CGIB works well for me. So, I added it into my 5/3/1 as the second upper body movement.
5/3/1 Bench
5/3/1 Bench
I want to be like that guy!
Back from the ATL. Training RAWWW
Back from the ATL. Training RAWWW
Man the weather in Atlanta is nice compared to Ottawa.
Good company
Good company
Holy sweet Canadian Bacon
Training at the Whetham's Part Deux. Squats
Training at the Whetham's Part Deux. Squats
After day one, I was feeling pretty good. My shoulder was in place and not that mad and my knees were feeling pretty good.
Benching with the Whetham's
Benching with the Whetham's
I got a chance to train at an amazing gym this past weekend. I was pumped to be in the intense environment. The whole thing I had on my mind though was testing out my shoulder on Saturday benching and knee Sunday squatting.
Shoulder Pump
Shoulder Pump
Welcome to my first post on the new site!
Pumped To Hit Another Big Week
Pumped To Hit Another Big Week
After taking one rep in my shirt I could tell my rips were still not right and called it a day right there.
Squats 9-22-2014
Squats 9-22-2014
Worked up to 635 for 4 sets of 5. The sad part was that I did my math wrong and this is actually 67% not 70%. I suck and will do better this week.
Incline Bench
Incline Bench
Incline close grip bench press Sept 16, 2014 I was feeling the groove on this day.
Baby Power (Part 1)
Baby Power (Part 1)
This cycle is the most important training I have ever written for someone.
My Trip to Learn To Train 5
My Trip to Learn To Train 5
This is the tale of the best weekend of my existence! I went to the Learn To Train seminar at the Elitefts.com compound. We met some of the best minds and people in lifting, training and in life!

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