Deb Widdis PL Update..

[Jason]

Deb just competed in a PL meet in Austin TX last weekend and did very well!! She broke some records while competing in the 198lbs class(actual weight was 186). She did a 584 squat, 265 bench and a 465 deadlift. Deb also got the Best Female lifter Award!!

Ali Huston also competed in the meet in TX. She too did very well and also broke records in the 198lb class(actual weight 184)! She did a 540 squat, a 257 bench and a 501 deadlift!!

Both ladies as well as Becca Swanson are currently preparing for a meet in Detroit in June! All looking to improve personal bests and break more records!

If all goes well and they are able to afford it, all 3 ladies are hoping to go to Finland in Nov for the Worlds!

Good Luck ladies and keep kicking butt!!

http://www.beccaswanson.com
also see GeneX profiles

[Amanda Dunbar]

Awwwww, I LOVE DEB!!!! :) Congrats to her, she is really such an amazing woman. I hope everyone gets a chance to meet her someday. She really deserves all the recognition she gets. :)

Amanda

[Scott]

Wow cool meeting Deb and her crew was one of the highlights of my trip to jr nats last Summer.

Check out this well done article by Micheal Stacy a reporter for the Creighton Univ. student newspaper. :)

http://press.creighton.edu/021805/sports2.html

[Jason]

Great article! Thanks for the link Scott.

[Beenaround]

Good going Deb!! Love to meet ya someday.

[genex]

Here's where the profile on Deb is posted:
http://www.ftvideo.com/genex/profiles04/beccas.htm - it includes info on fellow powerlifters Becca Swanson and Ali Huston

gene

[t-bone]

wow Becca just makes people look small nexst to her! It would interesting to see her next to some 'regular' females.

[HumanFreakShow300]

Awesome numbers.


One.

[Jason]

Just got the info from the ladies after their Detroit meet this past weekend...

Deb took 1st in the 198lb class

590-squat
275-bench
458-deadlift

Ali took 1st in the 181lb class

551-squat
275-bench
518-deadlift

Becca took 1st in the 198+ class and got Best Female lifter

832-squat
480-bench
640-deadlift

AWESOME JOB LADIES!!!!

Next up..hopefully World's in Finland in Nov!

[genex]

Holy cow, those are some incredible lifts - congratulations to them all!

gene

[mark000]

Awesome lifts by all 3 - glad to see that Becca seems to be pretty well recuperated from her injury and seems to be back on track to break the one-ton total for the three lifts! :) :) :) :)

Can anyone post their exact body weights (not weight classes) from the Detroit meet?

[mark000]

BTW, were the lifts posted above originally recorded in pounds, or were they converted from Kg? Is there a link to an official report on the meet?

I looked at Becca's site, www.BigIronGym.com - it is being redone, and doesn't have the latest results. Anywhere else?

[Jason]

Here is a link for ya

http://www.apfmichigan.com/results/2005_seniors.htm

[Nicole]

I really miss Deb! Anybody heard from her lately?

[Jason]

Deb did a meet Sept 10th and did extremely well!

578- Squat-(just missed a 601!)
314- Bench
485- Deadlift

No more meets for Deb or Ali in 2005 but, i know they'll be back lifting better than ever in 2006! As Becca has already posted she is currently getting ready for the WPO meet Oct 29th in Chicago and then the Worlds in Finland in Nov.

[Amanda Dunbar]

Thanks for the update Jason! I'm so proud of Deb. Man I miss seeing her. I can't wait to see how she does at the Worlds. What a great experience.

Love ya Deb, I'll give you a call during the next week. Hope everything is going well! :)

Amanda

[Jason]

No problem Amanda! Yes, Deb has been kicking some serious(u know what)this yr! Becca is doing the Worlds, not Deb. :( But Deb will be back early in 2006 and hopefully she will get invited to lift at the Arnold too!!

[Amanda Dunbar]

Oh man... my bad, I misread that. Good clarification. Thanks. Wow, can you imagine if she gets an invite to the Arnold?? I'm going!!!

Amanda

[ibarramedia]

I read a couple of years ago that Deb Widdis was foraying into Powerlifting. i'm glad she is doing well. Hope she goes back to BB. Her blogsite is not working though.

[Jason]

I read a couple of years ago that Deb Widdis was foraying into Powerlifting. i'm glad she is doing well. Hope she goes back to BB. Her blogsite is not working though.

Deb has no plans to return to the BB scene any time soon. But who knows what the future holds for this wonderful and amazing lady! She really enjoys the powerlifting and the extra time she didn't have with BBing.

[Andrea Gahan]

Good for both of these ladies.

Both these women are great people! Very engaging, interesting women. I've competed with Deb at the Jr's and Brian and I have known Becca for several years now. We've even got photos of Brian and Becca goofing off at the weigh-ins at the Arnold a few years back. NO lie- she's wider then he is. It's a sight to see.

At this particular weigh in, Brian weighed in exceptionally light , around 232 pounds. Remember, he competes in the 242 pound class. Becca stepped on the scale shortly after Brian and we watched the scale inch upwards. She topped out at 253 pounds! Unreal! After Brian and Becca weighed in , the PL crew jokingly asked me if "I" wanted to get weighed. At this time, I was pretty beefy. This was the offseason before my 2004 NA win; the offseason where i maxed out at 230 pounds. So........I reluctantly agreed to get on the damn thing. Next thing I know, something like 30 people are all hovering over the scale as the promoter is inching the scale up. I thought the man's eyes were going to fall out of his head. The scale maxed out at 228 pounds. I lost two pounds with all the walking in the expo hall........ :confused:

I just remember Becca ( who's 5'10 in bare feet) looking down at me, saying "Not a bad weight for a 'little' girl!" I had to laugh. I"m only 5'5, so I"m a shorty next to Becca. I'm a short girl, but thick as hell.

After Brian bombed at the Arnold, we came home to go underground in shame. Before that happened, I bought Brian a Bull Mastiff puppy. Guess what we named the dog?


Becca.



Andrea

[ibarramedia]

good lord Andrea! 5'5" and 230. wow! I oughta swing by your gym sometime. Man Becca outweighs by 3 pounds and i'm an inch taller. Awesome. i'm about to lift real intense again after a long layoff. Hopefully i'll add 5-10 pounds of muscle soon.