I want to give a huge shout out to Melissa Byrd a.k.a. Lil momma on her powerlifting career for 2015 as a raw full power competitor. I am so proud of you! Here is a quick run down of her statistics for 2015:
- In 3 meets competed in she increased her total 110 pounds! (She has increased her total 185 pounds since her 1st meet!)
- She had 6 - 1st place victories
- She had 1 - 2nd place finish
- She competed in The GPC World Championships and won a Silver Medal
- She set 19 new federation State, National and World Records.
- Increased her squat by 30 pounds. (She has increased her squat 70 pounds since her 1st meet)
- Increased her bench-press by 30 pounds. (She has increased her bench 25 pounds since her 1st meet)
- Increased her deadlift by 50 pounds. (She has increased her deadlift 90 pounds since her 1st meet)
- She went 20 for 27 on total attempts taken.
- As a 114 Masters - She finished the year ranked 6th in the squat, 15 in the deadlift and 6th in total for the Entire Nation. (Powerliftingwatch.com Ranking)
- As a 123 Masters - She finished the year ranked 11th in the squat, 29th in the deadlift and 11th in total for the Entire Nation. (Powerliftingwatch.com Ranking)
- Became a fully sponosored athlete with Complete Nutrition.
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I want to give a huge shout out to fellow Team Nebobarbell Teammate Brandon Snowder on his powerlifting career for 2015 as a raw full power and a raw bench only competitor. Very proud of you my friend! Here is a quick run down of his statistics for 2015:
- He competed in 2 raw full power meets and 1 bench only meet for 2015
- He increased his total 90 pounds from his 1st meet of 2015 to his last meet of 2015
- He had 4 - 1st place victories
- He had 1 - 3rd place finish
- He has a raw elite total for the 198 and 220 weight classes
- He competed in The GPC World Championships and won a 1st place Gold Medal and a Powerlifting World Championship!
- Set 2 new federation NC State records for bench-press
- Increased his bench-press 75 pounds from his 1st meet of 2015 to his last meet of 2015
- He went 16 for 21 on total attempts taken in 2015
- As a 198 mens raw full-power/bench only open lifter - He finished the year of 2015 ranked 20th in The Entire Nation for the Raw Bench-Press 198 open class. (Powerliftingwatch.com Ranking)
- As a 220 mens raw full-power/bench only open lifter - He finished the year of 2015 ranked 45th in The Entire Nation for the Raw Bench-Press 220 open class - (Powerliftingwatch.com Ranking)
- Became a fully sponosored athlete with Complete Nutrition.
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I want to give a huge shout out to fellow Team Nebobarbell Teammate Shelley Prather Yates on her powerlifting career for 2015 as a raw full power competitor. Very proud of you Shelly! Here is a quick run down of her statistics for 2015:
- She competed in 3 raw full power meets in 2015
- She increased her total 81 pounds from her 1st meet in 2015 to her last meet in 2015. (She has increased her total 216 pounds since her 1st meet!)
- She had 6 - 1st place Victories.
- She competed in The GPC World Championships and won a Gold Medal and a World Powerlifting Championship and set 4 new GPC World Records.
- She set 33 total new federation State, National and World Records.
- Increased her squat 30 pounds in 2015 (120 total pounds from 1st meet)
- Increased her bench 25 pounds in 2015 (40 total pounds from 1st meet)
- Increased her deadlift 34 pounds in 2015 (64 total pounds from 1st meet)
- She went 24 of 29 on total attempts taken in 2015
- As a 198 womens raw full power masters lifter for 2015 - She finished the year of 2015 ranked 4th in the entire Nation in squat, 18th in the entire Nation in bench, 8th in the entire Nation in deadlift and 4th in the entire Nation in total (Powerlifting watch.com 2015 National Rankings).
- As a SHW womens raw full power masters lifter for 2015 - She finished the year of 2015 ranked 1st in the enitre Nation in the squat, 17th in the entire Nation bench, 20th in the entire Nation in deadlift and 5th in the entire Nation in total. (Powerliftingwatch.com 2015 National Rankings)
- Became a fully sponosored athlete with Complete Nutrition.
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I want to give a huge shout out to fellow Team Nebobarbell Teammate Jonathan BigMoose Mathes on his powerlifting career for 2015 as a multiply full power mens open competitor. Im very proud of you Jonathan BigMoose Mathes! Here is a quick run down of his statistics for 2015:
- He competed in two mens open multiply full power meets in 2015
- He increased his multiply total 95 pounds from his 1st meet in 2015 to his last meet in 2015. (his very 1st full power multiply meet was in March 2015 and his 2nd mulitply meet was in November 2015)
- Jonathan totaled elite in the 242 weight class in only his 2nd mulitply powerlifting meet!
- Jonathan also has 3 elite totals in raw full power for the 242, 259 and 275 weight classes in the men's raw full power open
- He had 1 - 1st place victory in 2015
- He had 1 - 2nd place finish in 2015
- Increased his multiply squat 50 pounds in 2015
- Increased his multiply bench 25 pounds in 2015
- Increased his multiply deadlift 20 pounds in 2015
- He went 16 of 18 on total attempts taken in 2015
- As a 242 mens multiply full power open lifter for 2015 - He finished the year of 2015 ranked 27th in the entire Nation in squat, 47th in the entire Nation in bench, 12th in the entire Nation in deadlift and 16th in the entire Nation in total (Powerlifting watch.com 2015 National Rankings).
- Became a fully sponsored athlete with Complete Nutrition.
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I want to give a huge shout out to fellow Team Nebobarbell Teammate Brandon Lewis on his powerlifting career for 2015 as a multiply full power mens open and as a multiply bench only mens open competitor. Im very proud of you Brandon Lewis! Here is a quick run down of his statistics for 2015:
- He competed in two meets in 2015 1 mens open multiply full power and 1 mens open multiply bench only powerlifting meet
- Brandon has competed in 4 total powerlifting meets. 2 raw full power, 1 multiply full power and 1 multiply bench only.
- In his 1st multiply full power meet he was able to achieve a National top 50 ranking status in squat, deadlift and total for 2015 in just 1 meet.
- He increased his multiply benchpress 15 pounds from his 1st meet in 2015 to his last meet in 2015
- He set 7 new NC SPF State Records in 2015
- He set 6 new SPF National Records in 2015
- He set 6 new SPF World Records in 2015
- He had 5 - 1st place victories in 2015
- He had 1 - 2nd place finish in 2015
- He went 10 of 13 on total attempts taken in 2015
- As a 242 mens multiply full power open lifter for 2015 - He finished the year of 2015 ranked 41st in the entire Nation in squat, 21st in the entire Nation in deadlift and 27th in the entire Nation in total (Powerlifting watch.com 2015 National Rankings).