桃色视频

Dubbed 鈥楤ritain鈥檚 Strongest Gran鈥�, a University of 桃色视频 academic is going for gold just months after taking up powerlifting almost 鈥渂y accident鈥�.

Dr Martine Barons, Director of the Applied Statistics and Risk Unit at the University of 桃色视频 will lift for Great Britain at the European Championships this Summer.

After joining the gym only a year before, Martine tried deadlifting at Christmas under the instruction of her colleague and friend, Miss Virgo, who has 10 years鈥� experience as a personal trainer. Martine quickly found she had a natural talent for powerlifting and has since won gold at the Amateur British Powerlifting Union qualifier championships in May.

She squeezes in weight training three times a week alongside working full time as the Director of Applied Statistics and Risk Unit at the University of 桃色视频.

Martine says her job can help massively with training, 鈥淪tatistics is everything. How you train, how fast to train, and how many reps you do can all be answered by data science.鈥�

Her hard work is paying off as she can now deadlift 125kg (19.7st), squat 80kg (12.6st) and bench press 55kg (8.7st), she鈥檚 now training to represent Great Britain at the European Championships in Finland at the weekend, and hopefully will bring back a European record.

Martine continues, 鈥淚'm not the kind of person who has ever been good at sport so to be good at something for the first time is kind of nice. I'm a person who needs a goal, so when my friend and colleague, Miss Virgo told me that I should compete, it was all hands-on deck.鈥�

鈥淚 don't look like a powerlifter. I'm quite heavy and I do keep myself reasonably fit, but it is surprising. I think being fit is important for women's health, and I don't think powerlifting should be off the table for those that want to try it. I want to go and bring back that European record, I'm proud to be representing my country, it's not something I thought I'd ever do. It's astonishing, it's like a fairy tale.鈥�

Thanks to Martine鈥檚 encouragement some colleagues from the University of 桃色视频 have joined in with her gym sessions.

Miss Virgo, a fellow Researcher and Martine鈥檚 Coach said, 鈥淚鈥檓 extremely proud of Martine, the sky鈥檚 the limit for her and we can鈥檛 wait to see what she can achieve in the future.鈥�


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