KETTLEBELL MATHS = 223,468 kg

These hands can lift!! ©Andy Bellamy

My fellow Brighton Girevoy Sport Team member and sponsor of the team Andy SHOULDER CENTRIC did a little bit of maths earlier today. He sat down and calculated the amount of weight that was lifted in just 8 hours last Saturday by 76 competitors in ten minute slots.



His findings were as follows:

Just as a bit of fun, I looked at the overall kg lift totals, based on the absolute & snatch figures in Brum last week and came up with the following figures (Lord, let my maths be right!!);

Men Absolute = 112,176 kg
Women Absolute = 29,648 kg
Men Snatch = 61,716 kg
Women Snatch = 19,928 kg

Total Lift on the day = 223,468 kg

That's a lot of energy, guys and doesn't include the efforts of those who carried the bells in before the comp and out again afterwards! (Thanks again to Jason At Wolverson and his cheerful bunch).

Full results table for the day are at this link : EGSA English Open Results

When Chuck Norris lifts weights, his muscles don't burn.... the weights do!

BIGGEST IN UK & IRELAND

Last weekend we had the local press and also prolific blogger NEWSCOOP at the event click the link to her blog above and get a run down from a non-competitor about the biggest event of it's kind in the UK and Ireland.

HERE'S TO THE NEXT COMP!!

ENGLISH OPEN RESULTS

Dear athletes

Saturday was a day that I will never forget. After months of planning the first European Girevoy Sport Association English Open Long Cycle competition to see the 70+ athletes come flooding through the door and start preparing for the competition was a massive relief and an honour.

With competitors from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Portugal, France, Sweden and Ukraine we had a immense pool of talent come to compete from all over Europe. I was expecting great things and that is exactly what I got with some superb results from established, experienced athletes and newbies alike.

 

To my team: Andy, Dil, Sam, Jane, Silvia, Rooth and Martin. I am very proud of you all and what you achieved yesterday. Most, if not all of you got a personal best and I can assure you that you will continue to improve and get better and better with time. Thank you for making Brighton a great team to be part of and coach.

I would also like to thank my great backroom team. My wife Fiona, fellow BGSC Andrew, his wife Pat Bellamy and not forgetting Kersten. They made the day that I had planned run so smoothly smoothly and professionally. Without them and their ability to multitask this would have been a completely different day. Thank you guys you were amazing!!! (just take the compliment :0).

A very big thank you to our competition sponsor Wolverson Fitness ( Jason, Jamie, Katie and Matt) Your support was invaluable and I look forward to working with you all again soon for our next comp.

I am very proud of what was achieved this weekend and this can only make our sport become bigger, better and stronger in the years to come.

RESULTS HERE: CLICK




 






Thank you and see you all soon.

Mark
Brighton Girevoy Sport Club Coach
EGSA English representative

ENGLISH OPEN LONG CYCLE COMP

GOOD LUCK TO ALL COMPETITORS!!!

REGISTRATION CLOSED FOR ENGLISH OPEN

ENGLISH OPEN
REGISTRATION CLOSED

 
Long Cycle Competition
Willenhall Chart Centre
19 Gomer Street,
Willenhall, West Midlands
WV13 2NS
UK

With a record level of entries I have had to close the registration for this event.

I'd like to thank you all for your support and I am very much looking forward to seeing all 70 athletes compete on Feb 18th 2012


This has proven to be a very popular event and numbers have exceeded my expectations. I will be proud to put on this event and it looks like it will be a great competition with athletes coming in from all over Europe.

Let's get lifting guys and see you all next month!!!!

Long Cycle Competition, West Midlands England

Long Cycle Competition,
Willenhall, England

18 February 2012
08.30 – 17.00
 
Long Cycle and
Snatch Sprint Competition

I am pleased to announce that with the help of Jason at Wolverson Fitness I will be hosting first EGSA Long Cycle competition in England. This is an open competition and we welcome all abilities, we hope this will encourage people to compete in kettlebell sport for the first time and take open the sport up to a wider audience in the UK. 

Location:
It will be held at the Willenhall Chart Centre

Long Cycle Competition
Willenhall Chart Centre
19 Gomer Street,
Willenhall, West Midlands
WV13 2NS
UK

Accommodation: Follow the link below for various hotels and B&B's in the area.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps

COMPETITION LIFTS OUTLINED
LONG CYCLE: 10 mins
In the long cycle, the lifter cleans two bells to the rack position (one bell for women), jerks them to a locked out position overhead (this must be fixed before rep is counted), drops them to the rack, and then cleans them again prior to the next repetition.
The lifter has ten minutes to complete as many repetitions as possible in each individual lift. The one major rule is that the lifter may not set the kettlebells down or the set is considered complete. The lifter may rest with the bell locked out overhead and in the rack position.
In the instance of women competitors (who will use one bell) the lifter is allowed to switch hands once. 

Men may compete with 12-Kg, 16-Kg, 20-Kg, 24-Kg, 28-Kg, and 32-Kg kettlebells, depending on their level of sport mastery.

See video for demo: http://youtu.be/i6bjk_D2H5o
                              http://youtu.be/rWCeRz8VCd4






Women may compete with 8-Kg, 12-Kg, 16-Kg, 20-Kg and 24-Kg kettlebells, depending on their individual level of sport mastery.
See video for demo: http://youtu.be/GIovgZOoIic


                             

SNATCH: 3 mins

The snatch involves swinging a kettlebell between the legs and explosively lifting it to a fixed and locked out position overhead (this must be fixed before rep is counted, legs must be straight), all in one movement. After fixating the bell, the lifter lowers the kettlebell in a swinging motion back between the legs and performs the next repetition. Because this is a one armed lift, the lifter must switch hands one time and complete snatches on the other hand as well.

The sprint snatch is a speed event and separate from the Long – Cycle competition.

See video for demo: http://youtu.be/WEieSWaAFVs

WINNERS:
At EGSA it is all about Coefficient
(LC numbers x weight of the Kettlebellsx2) / BW

e.g
78reps x 56 (2x28kg bells) / 85kg = 51.4

More details of precise location and registration to follow.

Facebook event link:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=300969223256972

For more information please contact Mark:
kbsportbrighton@hotmail.com

I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL IN THE NEW YEAR

MOVEMBER FOR A GIREVIK

As a member of the Crossfit Hove team and as the Brighton Girevik I have decided to raise money for MOVEMBER.

TO SPONSOR ME CLICK THIS LINK

If you are unaware of MOVEMBER the follow this link.  Or this link:  Men's Health, Testicular Cancer, Prostate Cancer.

I will start growing the tash tomorrow morning and continue to do so for the entire month of November. Now I'm not gonna pretend this will be pretty but I will do my best to be manly and carry off this "GINGER SLUG" to the best of my ability.

I don't think I'll win.....do you?

I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON MY PROGRESS!!!