I was asked in another thread about what Max's plans were. At the time I didnt know. He is not playing competetive sport this year for the first time since he was 6, thats 11 years straight, actually he is playing domestic ball with my team on Sundays, but thats it, a 40 minute commitment per week.
Armando was lifting at PTC again today, he is training 4 days a week. I've mentioned before he is a former international Olympic lifter, having finished second a couple of times in international competition, once to the great Kakhi Kakhiasvili .
Anyway, this guy knows his stuff.
He mentioned that while at school, he competed at the Schoolboy championships(Private schools) he C&J 85kg and entered his first comp at 19 and C&J 110kg at 74kg.
Max has C&J 105kg and has a year of school left, he is 17. Armando said that Max could C&J 120kg in a couple of months, and win the Australian schoolboy champs if he wanted to.
Armando mentioned that Max is 2 years ahead of where he was and believes Max could do extremely well at Olympic lifting, on an International scale. He actually said Max had the most potential of any kid he has seen in a long long time.
In Max's favour is he has no formal training, and could compete very well in his own age and weight class right now.
He asked Max if he was interested, and Max said yes.
So it looks like Max will be going to Pheonix at least once or twice a week, and training every other day with Armando at PTC, starting Monday.
Robert Kabbas is the coach at Pheonix and he lifted with Armando, Armando rates him very highly.
Its going to be an interesting year, I'm really excited to see where he is at in a year. I thought he was too old to start, but like Armando pointed out, Max is making Armando's lifts 2 years earlier than he did, and he went okay.
As a side note, Armando is in his late 40's and has just started the Olympic lifts again. Today he C&J 110kg easily, snatched 85kg for a stack of singles and squatted 150kg for a few singles. His all time best lifts are around 190-200kg C&J, a 145kg snatch and a 250kg deadlift, weighing in the low to mid 80's. He is very patient, he couldve done much more than this today, but he is a very wise man.
Armando was lifting at PTC again today, he is training 4 days a week. I've mentioned before he is a former international Olympic lifter, having finished second a couple of times in international competition, once to the great Kakhi Kakhiasvili .
Anyway, this guy knows his stuff.
He mentioned that while at school, he competed at the Schoolboy championships(Private schools) he C&J 85kg and entered his first comp at 19 and C&J 110kg at 74kg.
Max has C&J 105kg and has a year of school left, he is 17. Armando said that Max could C&J 120kg in a couple of months, and win the Australian schoolboy champs if he wanted to.
Armando mentioned that Max is 2 years ahead of where he was and believes Max could do extremely well at Olympic lifting, on an International scale. He actually said Max had the most potential of any kid he has seen in a long long time.
In Max's favour is he has no formal training, and could compete very well in his own age and weight class right now.
He asked Max if he was interested, and Max said yes.
So it looks like Max will be going to Pheonix at least once or twice a week, and training every other day with Armando at PTC, starting Monday.
Robert Kabbas is the coach at Pheonix and he lifted with Armando, Armando rates him very highly.
Its going to be an interesting year, I'm really excited to see where he is at in a year. I thought he was too old to start, but like Armando pointed out, Max is making Armando's lifts 2 years earlier than he did, and he went okay.
As a side note, Armando is in his late 40's and has just started the Olympic lifts again. Today he C&J 110kg easily, snatched 85kg for a stack of singles and squatted 150kg for a few singles. His all time best lifts are around 190-200kg C&J, a 145kg snatch and a 250kg deadlift, weighing in the low to mid 80's. He is very patient, he couldve done much more than this today, but he is a very wise man.
