Josh Tait
City: Brisbane
Base Gym: Valhalla Strength
Weight Class: 125kg
Best Competition Total: 872.5kg
Best Gym Lifts: Squat 307.5kg x2 | Bench 240kg x1 | Deadlift 300kg x2
Favourite Lift: Squats
Favourite Powerlifter: Ed Coan, Stan Efferding and Ricky Goodyear
Favourite Food: Steak, Rice and Chocolate
Favourite moment as a Powerlifter: It would definitely be GPC Nationals 2015. The training was intense and the comp day was even more intense. Went down to the last deadlift where I got beaten by 2.5kg. The atmosphere was electric that day
Kelli “Thor” Fagan
City: Camden
Base Gym: The Lab Wollongong
Weight Class: 63kg
Best Competition Total: 427.5kg
Best Gym Lifts: Squat 178kg | Bench 77.5kg | Deadlift 185kg
Favourite Lift: Deadlift
Favourite Powerlifter: Mary Macken & Jennifer Thompson
Favourite Food: Nutella
Favourite moment as a Powerlifter: Medalling in squat and deadlift at worlds in 2015.
Joey Zinghini
City: Wollongong
Base Gym: NPS Lab Wollongong
Weight Class: 74kg
Best Competition Total: 627.5kg
Best Gym Lifts: Squat 222.5kg | Bench 137.5kg | Deadlift 270kg
Favourite Lift: Deadlift
Favourite Powerlifter: Bryce Lewis
Favourite Food: Sweet Potato fries and mums Lasange
Favourite moment as a Powerlifter: Fulfilling my dream and opening my powerlifting/Body recomp facility. Hitting my first 200kg squat and 600kg total.
Sarah Rainbow
City: Brisbane
Base Gym: Lifters League
Weight Class: 75kg+/ -110kg
Best Competition Total: 640kg
Best Gym Lifts: Squat 210kg | Bench 140kg | Deadlift 235kg
Favourite Lift: Bench!
Favourite Powerlifter: Bev Francis & Wayne Howlett
Favourite Food: Thai & Burgers
Favourite moment as a Powerlifter: Being able to compete at ProRawX for the first time, the atmosphere was insane! Loved it!