Shelley Prather Yates - 41 years old - IPA Battle of the Beast 2 - Gainesboro, Tenn. - 07/08/17
In the past 12 months, Shelly has competed in two different weight classes (198 and SHW), two different divisions (masters and open) and has achieved 3 Elite Pro Totals in her last 3 meets she has competed in (198 masters elite total, SHW masters elite total and now SHW Open Elite Total) and she came back from hernia surgery a few months back that took her several weeks to recover from! Fuck yeah!....
Shelly has been a PR destructive mission in her past 3 powerlifting meets. She has increased her squat 60 total pounds, she has increased her bench-press 30 total pounds, she has increased her deadlift 38 total pounds, she has increased her total 80 total pounds, she has accumulated 4 first place victories, set 20 new federation world records in the SPF and IPA Feds, achieved 2 masters elite totals (198 and SHW) and she has achieved 1 Pro Open Elite Total (SHW)! To say this 41 year old mother of two boys, wife of 18 years, full time middle school teacher of almost 20 years with a Masters Degree and is a National Board Certified Teacher - is an understatement!
Again, Success to me is weighed upon my top five:
1. Continued PR's - check 2. Staying healthy. No injuries from meet - check 3. Not bombing out - check 4. Having fun - check 5. Placing in the top three of weight class/division - check
Here is what Shelly accomplished at this meet:
8 for 9 on attempts Squat - 420 - Lifetime PR - Wt. Class PR - IPA World Record Bench - 210 - Lifetime PR - Wt. Class PR - IPA World Record Deadlift - 390 - IPA World Record Total - 1020 - Lifetime PR - Wt. Class PR - IPA World Record achieved her Pro Open Elite Total for SHW!
1st Place Women’s full power raw - SHW class - Masters 1st Place Women’s full power raw - SHW class - Open 3 - weight class - PR's 4 - Lifetime - PR's 4 - IPA World Records - Female Masters - Raw Full Power
I am super proud of you Sis! Love ya!....
