In just a little over 16 months Shelly Yates has went from a house wife/mother of two/school teacher whom had never lifted a weight, to a top ranked powerlifter in the entire nation. 5 Powerlifting meets later she has emassed only 1st place Victories, became a 2014 National champion, a 2015 World Champion, owner of numerous SPF State, National and World records along with owning GPC World Records, a top nationally ranked 198 women's raw lifter for 2014-2015 (squat - #3, bench - #14, deadlift - #7, total - #3) and now also a top nationally ranked SHW Raw lifter for 2015 (squat - #1, bench - #19, deadlift - #19, total - #5) and she is a fully sponsored lifter/athlete with Complete Nutrition. All this and at the age of 40 years old. This shows you are never too old to start.
Shelly killed it at this meet hitting PR'S on her squat, bench and total even being sick as a dogg with a sinus infection, being dehydrated and having strep throat. This woman is a warrior and a competitor. I am so proud of you Shelly. I love you very much and can't wait to see what you do next!
Here is what Shelly accomplished today:
7 for 9 on attempts
1st place women's raw full power SHW
1st place women's raw bench only
1st place women's raw squat only
1st place women's raw deadlift only
Shelly set 15 new SPF Records today:
New NC SPF State Record for Total
New SPF National Record for Total
New SPF World Record for Total
New NC SPF State Record for Squat
New SPF National Record for Squat
New SPF World Record for Squat
New NC SPF State Record Bench
New NC SPF State Record for Deadlift
New NC SPF State Record bench only
New NC SPF State Record squat only
New SPF National Record squat only
New SPF World Record squat only
New NC SPF State Record Dead only
New SPF National Record Dead only
New SPF World Record Deadlift only
