Upper Shore Fitness members Barry Shaw, Seth Falk, and Cory Pederson recently competed in the Twin Ports Raw [no supportive gear] power lifting competition in Duluth. Power lifting consists of three lifts—the squat, the bench press, and the dead lift. Barry set national records in his weight and age class in the total of all three lifts—1353 pounds and in the squat with a lift of 512.6 pounds. He also earned second place meet trophies in the Masters and Open Men’s lightweight. He was beat by a national champion. Seth and Cory were competing for their first time with Seth finishing in third place in the Junior age 23 and under] class with a total of 1182.5 pounds. Cory also did an excellent job in his weight class, with only about three weeks of power lifting practice—852.5 lbs. Congratulations to the Cook County power lifters!
![Upper Shore Fitness members Barry Shaw, Seth Falk, and Cory Pederson recently competed in the Twin Ports Raw [no supportive gear] power lifting competition in Duluth. Power lifting consists of three lifts—the squat, the bench press, and the dead lift. Barry set national records in his weight and age class in the total of all three lifts—1353 pounds and in the squat with a lift of 512.6 pounds. He also earned second place meet trophies in the Masters and Open Men's lightweight. He was beat by a national champion. Seth and Cory were competing for their first time with Seth finishing in third place in the Junior age 23 and under] class with a total of 1182.5 pounds. Cory also did an excellent job in his weight class, with only about three weeks of power lifting practice—852.5 lbs. Congratulations to the Cook County power lifters!](http://cookcountynewsherald.demo.our-hometown.com/wp-content/uploads/images/2009-07-04/035p1_xlg.jpg)
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