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LBH Lifter Javier Garza places 6th at Nationals

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Lost Battalion Hall Weightlifting
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Con­grats to our own Javier Garza, who placed 6th in the 105kg weight class after total­ing 302kg at the 2011 National Weightlift­ing Cham­pi­onships in Coun­cil Bluffs, IA! Javier weighed in at 100.92 kg. Best snatch: 140kg Best c&j: 162kg Con­grats, …
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Len Bacino Demon­strates the Snatch

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Lost Battalion Hall Weightlifting
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Step-​​by-​​step pho­tos and video of assis­tant coach and mas­ters lifter Len Bacino snatch­ing 105 kg.
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LBH Lifter fea­tured at Coney Island Strong­man Spectacular

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Lost Battalion Hall Weightlifting
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LBH lifter Chris Schoeck will be fea­tured at the Coney Island Strong­man Spec­tac­u­lar on Mon­day, August 29! Shows are at 3 and 8 PM. Chris is also the sub­ject of a doc­u­men­tary about steel bend­ing. To buy advance tick­ets to the …
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Video: LBH Lifter Tom Hughes Places First at 2011 Pan Amer­i­can Masters

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Lost Battalion Hall Weightlifting
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Long-​​​​time LBH lifter Tom Hughes keeps his win­ning streak alive by plac­ing first in his class (60–64 age group/​​105kg) at this year’s Pan Amer­i­can Mas­ters. Here’s video of his win­ning clean and jerk at 94 kg: Age group: 60–64     …
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Chris Schoeck in a Doc­u­men­tary About Steel Bending

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Lost Battalion Hall Weightlifting
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Our very own Chris Schoeck is the sub­ject of Bend­ing Steel, a doc­u­men­tary about old-​​​​tyme steel bend­ing from the pro­duc­tion com­pany Sixkiller.
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Video: LBH Lifter Tom Hughes Places First at 2011 National Masters

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Lost Battalion Hall Weightlifting
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Long-​​​​time LBH lifter Tom Hughes placed first in his class (60–64 age group/​​94kg) at this year’s Nation­als Mas­ters. Good job, Tom! Here’s video of his win­ning clean and jerk at 93 kg: Age group: 60–64     Class: 94kg     Born: …
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Pre-​​competition thoughts from LBH lifter Javier Garza

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Lost Battalion Hall Weightlifting
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“I’m about 4 days out from the Amer­i­can Open which will be my first national level con­test. I want to hit at least a 140 snatch and 170 clean & jerk. I don’t have any expec­ta­tions of win­ning, as I will be going up against some much more expe­ri­enced lifters, but I’m still going to go as big as I can[…]”
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LBH lifter Javier Garza at the 2010 Mets

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Lost Battalion Hall Weightlifting
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“The 2010 Met­ro­pol­i­tan Cham­pi­onships held in Rego Park, NY was my sec­ond weightlift­ing meet. Com­ing in to the meet, I was look­ing to improve on my 284 kg total from a month ear­lier that gave me the min­i­mum qual­i­fy­ing total for the Amer­i­can Open[…]”
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LBH Lifter Javier Garza launches Strong Times

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Lost Battalion Hall Weightlifting
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“Hi, my name is Javier Garza and I’m a liftaholic.

Where many col­lege ath­letes retire from ath­letic com­pe­ti­tion after grad­u­a­tion, I decided that I had not yet had enough. Maybe I just enjoy the struc­ture that being an ath­lete pro­vides. Or I could just be a glut­ton for pun­ish­ment[…]”
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Spot­light on Strong­man Howard Menkes

Posted on April 1, 2006 by Leonard Bacino
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Weightlifters and strength ath­letes are a diverse bunch. Their voca­tions span the gamut from laborer to lawyer, civil ser­vant to engi­neer. And the mem­bers of Lost Bat­tal­ion Hall Weightlift­ing are no excep­tion. Our team depicts a cross sec­tion of New …
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