Marco earning a bronze medal at South Island Champs in Nanos:)
Since Marco started CrossFit about 2 years ago, weightlifting has undoubtedly been his favorite. The coaches back in Wellington at Maia Crossfit were the first to show him the ropes and get him well on my way. When he came to Dunedin he was keen to continue his training. Last year it was clear to see that weightlifting was the preferred type of training as other parts of fitness were lacking a bit but this year Marco has made huge strides in improving all aspects of fitness. However weightlifting, primarily the olympic lifts are what he loves doing, not running:)
At the start of this year Marco decided to set foot on the platform and compete in olympic lifting. He got in contact with the team at Otago Weightlifting and started to supplement his training between CrossFit and weight lifting. Marco has a couple of lifting comps under his belt now including a very impressive 3rd at South Island Champs in the Under 77kg category. With that performance he qualified for Nations in Auckland which is this weekend. For the past weeks Marco has been training hard, to be as prepared as possible, for Nationals, but has also been coming in to the gym to work on other aspects of fitness. On Friday he gets the chance to show how all that training has paid off. He has come a very long way since his last competition and in his own words: “I am absolutely fizzing to get out there on Friday and see how I stack up to the best in the country.
Marco will be back in the gym after Nationals to continue his progress. There is a bit of a CrossFit athlete hidden in there its just about getting him running more:)
If you don’t see Marco before the weekend make sure to send him a message of support it will be a big weekend for him and he deserves all the support he can get.
Good luck up there mate, enjoy the experience
Thursday 13/10/16
5 Sets for quality of:
10 KB or Bar Step ups
5 false grip Chest to Ring Pull ups or BB Rows
WOD: Cindy
20 min AMRAP
5 pull ups
10 Push ups
15 Air Squats
