An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds
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| Wayne_Cowdrey |  | ... | 19-02-2026 @ 09:37 |
 Still got a little bit of strength Member 400, 22826 posts | A yellow-less 5. | ||
| ChrisMcCarthy | | ... | 19-02-2026 @ 13:40 |
Lost his pen, then found his pen. #phew Member 4899, 2970 posts | Wigan said: We have a photo of the front of this edition up in the club, it will be nice to have the actual magazine to put on display, it has now been purchased and is on its way  Grand Job!! | ||
| ChrisMcCarthy | | ... | 19-02-2026 @ 13:58 |
Lost his pen, then found his pen. #phew Member 4899, 2970 posts | The same seller has other Strength Athletes from around this time that mention Alan, including his 2nd place in what appears to be the 1965 British Championships (Louis Martin won, of course...) lifting 122.5/120/160=402.5...the highest total from him I have seen is a 920lb total. The magazine also mentions a Gerry Fairclough (is he Alan's brother) and a R. Scholes who is listed as lifting for Adlington. | ||
| Wigan | | ... | 19-02-2026 @ 14:27 |
 a cynical old scrote Member 68, 6943 posts SQ 255, BP 132.5, DL 250637.5 kgs @ 110kgs UnEq | ChrisMcCarthy said:The same seller has other Strength Athletes from around this time that mention Alan, including his 2nd place in what appears to be the 1965 British Championships (Louis Martin won, of course...) lifting 122.5/120/160=402.5...the highest total from him I have seen is a 920lb total. The magazine also mentions a Gerry Fairclough (is he Alan's brother) and a R. Scholes who is listed as lifting for Adlington. Yes, Gerry is Alan’s brother. He was a middleweight and also a very good lifter. He still calls into the club now and again. | ||
| ChrisMcCarthy | | ... | 19-02-2026 @ 14:28 |
Lost his pen, then found his pen. #phew Member 4899, 2970 posts | There is another issue from 1966 with Alan on the cover but I can't link it currently... Pete, I hope you don't mind me posting this here? | ||
| Fatpete |  | ... | 19-02-2026 @ 21:37 |
 Hyper obese Pete Member 70, 19146 posts SQ 322.5, BP 205, DL 300827.5 kgs @ 133kgs Eq | ChrisMcCarthy said: Pete, I hope you don't mind me posting this here? Not in the slightest, happy to have you | ||
| Fatpete | | ... | 20-02-2026 @ 08:17 |
Hyper obese Pete Member 70, 19146 posts SQ 322.5, BP 205, DL 300827.5 kgs @ 133kgs Eq | A swift four Yxxxx GxxGx GxGGY A wrong third guess, who would have thought. I was kind of getting used to them | ||
| Wayne_Cowdrey | | ... | 20-02-2026 @ 08:22 |
Still got a little bit of strength Member 400, 22826 posts | 4 | ||
| Fatpete | | ... | 20-02-2026 @ 21:15 |
Hyper obese Pete Member 70, 19146 posts SQ 322.5, BP 205, DL 300827.5 kgs @ 133kgs Eq | Friday, 20th February, start 15:00 Deadlift 50 x 3 50 x 3 50 x 3 60 x 3 70 x 3 80 x 3 90 x 3 100 x 3 110 x 3 120 x 3 130 x 3 140 x 3 A lot more fun than bent rows, quiet tonight with most attendees suffering from injury. A couple of able bodied members turned up late on, but for a while I felt quite healthy. | ||
| Fatpete | | ... | 21-02-2026 @ 08:42 |
Hyper obese Pete Member 70, 19146 posts SQ 322.5, BP 205, DL 300827.5 kgs @ 133kgs Eq | A swift and rather pleasing four GxxxG xxxxx xxxxx Not a yellow in sight | ||
| Wayne_Cowdrey | | ... | 21-02-2026 @ 09:35 |
Still got a little bit of strength Member 400, 22826 posts | 6 Felt like failure was looming. | ||
| Bod | | ... | 21-02-2026 @ 12:24 |
 Member 174, 1445 posts | Four yesterday and a frustrating five today. XXXXG XYXXX GXGXG GXGXG | ||
| Wayne_Cowdrey | | ... | 22-02-2026 @ 08:02 |
Still got a little bit of strength Member 400, 22826 posts | An extremely challenging 5. | ||
| Fatpete | | ... | 22-02-2026 @ 08:16 |
Hyper obese Pete Member 70, 19146 posts SQ 322.5, BP 205, DL 300827.5 kgs @ 133kgs Eq | A tortured four YYxxx xxYxx xxxxx I have adopted a policy of not entering a guess that cannot be correct, it is sometimes useful and informative but I feel if all three factfinders have been used, and mainly succeeded in eliminating rather than finding, it is best avoided. This was today's tactic and after fifteen minutes I managed to come up with something that I wasn't even sure was a word, but at least it fit. I was lucky and very relieved. So much scribbling that my pencil needs resharpening. | ||
| Fatpete | | ... | 23-02-2026 @ 08:37 |
Hyper obese Pete Member 70, 19146 posts SQ 322.5, BP 205, DL 300827.5 kgs @ 133kgs Eq | A much more enjoyable than yesterday three GxYxx YxxxY Used the third factfinder as the second today and it paid dividends. | ||
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