Bradford Flashback - Preparation is key!

Only me - thought you might like this little shot taken by one of my 'power pack possee'....getting myself in the right frame of mind to do some serious lifting.

Although I was probably in the best prepared state for this event - now being a full time professional personal trainer and all that, I fluffed up on the day with my supplement faux pas. I may have looked good, but I didn't feel it!

By the way, these are REAL abs...no fake Abs t-shirt required!!

LARRY LIFTS ANOTHER HAUL FROM WORLD CHAMPS - Despite a few upsets!!

Hello again - Yes, I'm back & almost recovered from last weeks World Champ's in Bradford. In short, it was quite an experience with a few upsets - mainly my stomach!!! Let me explain- I was preparing for the comp.day, I supplemented my regular protein shake with the popular Creatine, which helps you train harder for longer & aids muscle repair. Now, you have to take this stuff in the right measures to get full benefit - else you get a host of side effects - such as an upset stomach.

Well, yours truly managed to get the mix wrong & ended up with DOUBLE the amount in his drinking, resulting with stomach cramps & the worst diarrhoea ever!

No excuses -I messed up, so take a lesson folks - don't screw up your supplement dosages, unless you want to spend a long time on the toilet!! Still, with all this going on, and some tight competition from 'Sir' Les 'I'm too sexy for this shirt' Pillin, I managed to come up with a 265kg lift to beat with my existing World Record & finish my final international competition on a relative high.

A big thanks go out to all of my 'powerlifting possee' for their encouragement to get me in the right frame of mind off the bog & into the arena!!

STOP PRESS: World Champs in Bradford - Sunday 13th September - 3 Times Lucky for Birthday Boy Larry..?

How is your diary looking for next weekend...? Well, if your diary permits, I'd love you to join me for what is potentially my LAST International competition at the World Drug Free Powerlifting Champs., and also to celebrate my birthday which is also that weekend. So, come along & join my 'power pack possee' to enjoy the delights of Bradford nightlife, as well a day of some top lifting on the Sunday,as I aim to break my own 2006 records for the equipped & unequipped deadlift.

Since becoming a full-time professional personal trainer earlier this year, I have managed to put some solid practice in & feel I'm now in the best form I've been in, both physically & mentally for many years - therefore - LISTEN UP! I need plenty of crowd support as I am going for about 280kgs minimum!!

If you can make it to Bradford, your support on this landmark weekend will be instrumental in my hopeful subsequent success ! COME ON DOWN (or up, as the case may be )

A BLAST FROM THE PAST - June 2009

ARTICLE FROM WORCESTER NEWS - JUNE 2009

Larry looking to Set New Records By Steve Carley »

CHAMPION powerlifter Larry Whyte is looking to bow out of the sport on a high by smashing his own world records.

Evesham-based Whyte has enjoyed an illustrious career at the top of drug-free powerlifting, during which time he has claimed five British titles, two European crowns and also won the World Championships twice.

The 52-year-old is now bidding to add a third world title to his collection after qualifying for this year’s event in Bradford in September, the same day as he turns 53.

Whyte, who has been talked out of retirement in recent years, is aiming to break his two world records of 270kg in the deadlift unequipped (without lifting vest) and 265kg in the deadlift equipped (with lifting vest).

He said: “I am going specifically to break those records before stepping down from competition.

“I am confident, that’s the sole reason for doing it. In the unequipped I am looking for 290kg and in the equipped anything over 280kg will be a massive improvement.”

Whyte has given himself a shot a success in Yorkshire by easily achieving the qualifying standard with an unequipped lift of 270kg, also at Bradford in April. However, he was running on empty due to his work patterns and was just glad to book his place at the worlds.

He said: “Being on night shifts, I hadn’t done any training, so I was there on brute strength.”

Whyte has now left his Gloucester-based job at Delphi Diesel Systems, who have sponsored him in the past, to concentrate on his flourishing career as a personal trainer and motivational speaker.

As well as working with clients on a one-to-one basis and training potential champions of the future, he has been head-hunted by JJB Fitness in Kidderminster.

He also continues to promote the drug-free element of the sport and visits prisons to talk about the impact of performance-enhancing products.

The Hampton resident has spoken to inmates at Long Lartin Prison in South Littleton and is due to visit a prison in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, later this month.

“I will talk to them about the pitfalls of taking steroids and do a few lifting demonstrations for them,” he said.