Welcome to my website! In this blog I will be creating and posting content on a variety of topics within the fitness industry. You can look forward to seeing content and information about nutrition, movement patterns, how-to videos, and information on the many benefits of fitness and the myths of the industry.
Who am I though?
My name is Sterling, and I have participated in the fitness world for over a decade now. My journey started in high school in my 12th year. I joined the rowing team with my friends. As a tall skinny awkward teenager, I didn’t have much in terms of muscle or strength. Standing at a proud 6’1”, and weighing a measly 150 lbs. I did my best though, and thankfully at that level you aren’t competing against Olympic athletes. I continued rowing as I started post-secondary education. First rowing for Camosun College and then on to Victoria City Rowing Club. I spent about 5 years doing this competing locally and internationally down in Seattle. Even in my last years as a rower I was still rather skinny. You can’t be too competitive when you lack the same muscle mass as your competitors. So, I decided to fix that by starting a more regimented journey in the gym. Through my many years of rowing experience I had developed quite a good aerobic capacity. So, in the beginning it was quite easy for me to squat for many reps, but maybe not that much weight, not yet anyways. I did plenty of my own research as I started. I watched how to videos, read about programming, and how you should train to develop strength. I learned the hard way most of the time, and after time I did make some good progress in my lifts. Eventually being able to constantly squat 225 lbs. for 10 reps. If you knew me then and now you would probably smile at how thin and, for lack of a better word, weak I once was. Not to say that squatting 225 pounds for 10 reps is weak by any standard. Well through the many, many hours of videos I watched I happened to learn about the sport of powerlifting. I fell in love with the idea right away. Growing up and being a small child through most of high school I guess has some impact on your desire to be strong. I switched my training up. Slowly gave up on the ungodly 4 am mornings for rowing in the pitch black and switched to strength training for powerlifting.
I did my first competition in 2016 in Vancouver. It was a fantastic learning experience. But I was humbled learning just how strong some people are. There’s gym strong at your local rec center and then there is competitive powerlifting strong. That was 9 years ago, and I have been primarily training for the sport ever since. I have taken some breaks off to learn Olympic lifting, and interval training, but my passion lies with powerlifting.
For my education and why you should even care about what I have to say.
- I have 9 years of powerlifting experience. Placing first in my weight class several times and within the top 30 lifters overall 3 times.
- I have 5 years of rowing experience. This has taught me how to build aerobic capacity and the training schemes used to achieve it.
- Certified PT through NASM
- BSc in Psychology. With several courses taken in nutrition and motor learning.
Besides the boring credentials. The gym is my happy place, and I would love to share that with you. It’s a place where you can go to escape the worries and the troubles of the outside world, focus on picking up and putting back down some heavy metal circles and leave with a nice dopamine rush.
Together let’s Release Your Potential!
Sterling
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