09/10/2026
ATHX Liverpool
6th overall - close but not close enough for the 2026 finals.
Season best performance, and currently sat 27th worldwide for the year - but I’m MASSIVELY competitive so I struggle to look at the positives 😂
Strict Press - 78kg
Matched PB - should maybe have tried 80, but these have been hit and miss for me all year so decided against it to save some juice for later
Back Squat - 160kg
PB for the year - felt good, probably the lift where I had the chance to add some extra load in hindsight
Hit this weight for 5 in the finals last year but struggled massively with squats on the back of that (no idea why but I was missing depth and failing reps at much lighter loads for a couple of months after) I stripped them right back, improved my mobility and depth, and now we’re back in a good place - room to push next year.
Deadlift - 200kg
Lifetime PB - definitely couldn’t have got any more here 😂
34th place overall on strength with a total of 438kg - top 10 here were all pushing (or exceeding) 500kg which is wild. Definitely the area to focus on for next year.
Endurance - 5.042km (14th)
The event that let me down in Barcelona.
Managed to add 400m to my score to break the 5km mark and finish 14th in the event.
Emptied the tank here and very happy with the score overall, huge improvement on earlier in the year in what was clearly a strong, tight field.
More importantly, I have no idea what I’m doing with my tongue in this photo, but it’s the only one I got from the event 😂
MetCon X - 9:35 (2)
Another strong MetCon showing - 4s slower than Barcelona but very much on cruise control for this one, I knew going sub 10’ would give me a really good chance of a high finish so kept things controlled on the back of the endurance block.
2nd overall here.
6th place finish overall - 19 points off 4th place and a finals spot.
Strength is ultimately what cost me this time. I actually beat the 4th place finisher in 2/3 events, but the strength gap was big enough to give them a big enough cushion.
Overall scores would’ve been enough to secure a top 4 spot in pretty much every other location so far, but Liverpool seemed to bring out all the bi
