We may have something of a sporting wunderkind in our midst in the form of Sarah Pizzey, physiotherapist by trade, team player in basketball, netball, rugby league, and a one-person personal goal smasher.
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Pizzey has a rather inspiring drive to try new sporting activities, and gave competitive lifting a go last month at Stack City Fitness’ ‘Push/Pull’ powerlifting event, where she won four trophies.
She won the women’s division, getting the biggest bench press with 55kg and the biggest deadlift with 130kg.
It’s impressive, but she doesn’t like to make a fuss of her latest achievement.
“I just go to the gym basically, I don’t do powerlifting per se,” Pizzey said.
“I know Scott, who runs the competitions, and I knew a few people doing the event so I kind of got talked into entering,” she said.
Pizzey is not being humble, though, when she says that powerlifting events are simple, and therefore easier to train for.
“It’s just the two lifts, so it’s not like you’re training for something where you don’t necessarily know what’s going to happen,” Pizzey said.
“It’s not like a sports game where you can train and train and train, and then it doesn’t turn out how you think it’s going to turn out.”
Pizzey describes powerlifting as “pretty easy” to get into as a beginner, because you only need to train in any combination of three exercises.
“You can just train your squat or train your bench or your dead lift, and you kind of know where you’re at, going into the competition.”
When taking a break from the gym and sport, Sarah works as a physiotherapist at North West Hospital and Health Service.
Pizzey is looking forward to competing in a number of events this year, including the half Iron Man competition in Cairns, and Mount Isa Strongman ‘Battle at the Stack’ on March 3.
Last year she battled through her first Dirt n Dust triathlon, and just as tough, the Cloncurry Heat Tri.