Canberra Strongman Association - Strongwoman
Canberra Strongman Association - Strongwoman
News from the Canberra Strongman Association.
“Its an absolute pleasure to announce the expansion of the Canberra Strongman Association. With the sport of strongman growing exponentially in the last year, its time to introduce CSAs representative and organiser of Canberra StrongWoman, Bex Prior. Bex is currently the Canberra Strongman Series Womens Opens Leader. Bex is also a very good promoter, gaining alot of interest from women (more than men I might add) for Strongman Saturdays at PTC Canberra. UNOFFICIALLY has Canberras biggest Log Lift and Yoke for Opens Womens. Bex’s role is to help promote the sport of strongman to women in Canberra and to help the sport get along in Australia as a whole. Id like you all to welcome her as the strongman community that we are and know. Have a read about Rebecca Prior in the below interview piece.
Name- Bex (Rebecca Prior)
You - I’m a full time nurse in theaters, specifically post anaesthetic recovery (I make sure you can breathe after your op and give you the nice drugs!).
Training/sports - I Played ‘soccer’ then ice hockey then rugby but took last season off to try something new. I’d heard of Strongman but didn’t know it was for woman. One session with Andrew Fraser at PTC and I was hooked!
What gym do you train at? – General stuff at Alive! Qbn, but specific stuff at PTC Fyshwick.
Favorite gym thing? – It used to be deadlifts… but that’s all changed! I love yoke because I can pile the weights on and it’s a timed event. I also like log as I’m getting better at it!
Least favorite? - Used to be anything overhead as I was pretty weak there but now its deadlifts! It’s funny how it changes but they just feel awkward these days.
What are you training for next? The next leg of the Canberra Strongman Series is coming up on the 27th Sept so pretty keen for that. Then the Dec leg, then I’ll need to have a look around and see what’s next!
How do you stay motivated?- I actually struggle big time with motivation. I’m incredibly externally motivated so as soon as something or someone influences that I’m all over the place. I go through spells of being dead keen and then really lacking motivation. I guess my best tips would be if you are lacking motivation, find some awesome music that gets you pumped, crank it up loud and just do it or find someone to train with and push each other along!
Best piece of advice for beginners?- Get in and give it a go! The most common thing I hear when trying to promote Strongwoman is “I couldn’t, I’m not that strong…” Well, what strong? Well how do you know? Have you tried? As a beginner it’s not about coming first or 7th it’s about getting in and experiencing the thrill of competing and pushing your body to do things you didn’t think it could! If you are interested but not sure how to go about it or want to see what it’s like before deciding just call me, comment, email, text 0435858626, smoke signals or send out a pigeon courier!
Congratulations to Canberra Strongman Association and Bex, this is great news for the sport.
