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Photos by Kelly Whitmire Forsyth County News
Competitor Maranda Way, above, performs a deadlift on
Saturday during the first-ever Forsyth County Special Olympics
Battle of the Barbells. Right, Greg Cloud gets ready to perform
a deadlift.
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several benefits for the
athletes.
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mentally,”. she said.
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trying to compete to lift
weights, it’s not all phys
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mental fortitude that is
needed. That they can get
together, see their peers
and keep active ... it’s
rewarding and successful
for them.”
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““A lot of athletes, they
participate in other
events besides powerlift
ing,” said Coach Mark
Keesee. “So, what we’re
trying to do is give each
individual athlete a
chance to come and par
ticipate in a different
sport.” ‘
Keesee, who has a
background in powerlift
ing, said he believes lift
ing teaches competitors
to set goals and achieve
them.
“For each one of their
lifts, they try to set per
sonal records,” he said.
“‘Personal records lead to
self-confidence because
they get so excited about
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Each week, the team
practices at Keesee’s
home, where he has set
up a gym.
“Two times a week
they practice,” Keesee
said. “They practice on
Tuesday and Thursday.
I’ve got a gym set up at
my house and half my
basement set up like a
gym. We’re called Team
SOForsyth, and that’s
where we practice.”
Keesee said lifters com
monly tell him they can’t
lift the weight when they
start training, so coaches
write down the weights
athletes lift and increase
weights in practices until
competitors can lift it five
times.
“We have very good
coaches that know the
athletes lifting tenden
cies,” he said. “We know
when to push them in
practice and when to back
off. We as coaches are
always amazed at the
meet seeing how much
the athletes can lift. We
always try to push them
to achieve new personal
records.”
Competitor Greg Cloud
said he liked lifting
because it let him exer
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friends.
“My favorite is dead
lift,” Cloud said. “I lift
some heavier weights.”
Teammate Maranda
Way said she liked all the
lifts, and when asked why
she likes lifting, flexed
her muscles.
Westbrook said holding
the event meant competi
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tors had a chance other
than Special Olympics to
compete and many goals
were reached.
“We’ve seen a lot of
personal bests today from
our athletes,” she said.
“Just the joy and enthusi
asm they have when they
are setting their goals and
trying their best, it’s very
rewarding.” :
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