Olympia Expo
Hi everyone! I am back in England now after a long delayed flight from Las Vegas. The Powerlifting Supershow was a great event, everybody there seemed to enjoy it and I got to meet some great benchers backstage: Ryan Scott, Sean Frankl, Big Latt Brad, Tiny Jim Grandik, Becca and John Inzer ... Everybody was great, if only I could bench like these men my total would be wow!, well, anyway I did a 365kg/800lbs Deadlift, I got 5 reps, felt good for a few more then on the way down from the 5th the wts fell off, this made it look so dramatic and the crowd seem to like it ha ha! Being at the olympia expo deadlifting and benching who would have thought that eh, thank you to everybody involved in running the meet, looking forward to next year. Thanks!

Well! Since the battle at the British, I have got back into hard training and with no injuries this time. I am training hard for the VPC WORLD on 23rd nov, but before this show, I fly to Las Vegas on 24th sept to compete at the Olympia Super Show, it will be a deadlift battle for reps 363kg/800lbs as many reps as possible! Me vs. Russia vs. Ukraine, this should be a good show and something new for me, I am looking forward to this as training has gone very well for it and there will be plenty of reps done lol!
Keep you informed!

Well here is my run down of the show:
It was a very well organised show with good tv coverage me and Donnie were both ready to do battle and the judging was the strictest I had ever seen so far.
Not to make any excuses, my canvass suit seemed a little tight as I had not worn it since WPO 2007 and I was 10 lbs heavier, so I felt very tight around hips but I really thought I could get down with it.
But I was shocked when I kept getting red lights looking back the 1st and 2nd were a touch high but my 3rd of what I saw from a good angle was very borderline.
I could have gone white of red, and Donnies were so strong coming up he could squated 1300 easy, the man is strong.
But really found it hard getting down in the suit but he did only have a few weeks in it so he bombed this really pissed me off as I thought we could have gone to the last d.lift to decide the winner, we are good friend and I really wanted him to stay in the meeting.
He showed me how to finally use the shirt the right way, so in the future watch out for some big numbers, the big totl everybody wanted was just not there this day, shit happens some day but i am sure we will meet again, and Donnie is the man who can hit that 3000lb mark, his bench is awesome when it is working maybe he can help me out lol.
Anyway Donnie, thanks for taking me on in England, I know people think you were set up but as you saw the judging was pretty fair, all the best in the future my friend, stay strong!
Andy Bolton 2008 British Champion lol! Only joking! good luck!

Hi! here is some news on my training!
Well its only 5 weeks away to the biggest bpc british ever done, a big thank-you to Brian and Ness for doing all the work.
This will be a great show and what about the battle between me and Donnie we have not lifted against each other in 3 years, this will be a great battle but i am not going there to loose I can assure you that and neither will Donnie!
My training is going well my sqts are strong and bench is better than ever and d.lift is also very strong, my bodywt is 161kg 1st. thing in morning which is a good weight for me, looking forward to this one, also look out for the 110kg battle Del and Craig and also the 125s will be really exciting, and what about the 75s Andrias and Lee Gordon this will be a battle.
Keep you posted

Andy's comeback: After the elbows operation, Andy just missed a new british record on bench with 312,5kg/689lbs.
Watch the video

Well! Everything is back on track again! I have been benching heavy again with no reaction to elbow operation, squats are getting strong again after grion injury back up over 500lbs and deadlift is very strong with below knee pulls of 432.5kg/950lbs, bodyweight is up to 164kg and I will be doing a bench only meet on 27th april, I will keep you all informed.

I am now back in full training! I benched monday only 2nd week back and hit 182.5kg 3 reps raw. Feeling good after elbow operation, also deadlifts been working on partial pulls from shin height past 2 weeks 1st session, I hit 325kg 10 reps no straps just a belt and this week I hit 385kg 5 reps no straps just belt. My squat is coming a little slower due to the groin strain but is getting much stronger , my next show will be maybe just a bench at bpc welsh or bpc slough and after that its a all out battle against chad and donnie at the british.

Well, so far 2008 has not been that great for with injury and sickness, but now seems to be coming to an end and I should be back in training next week, and working hard on getting that world record total back!

2008 so far has not really started off too good, after having a operation on elbow in nov 07 I was just getting back to strength when I got a cold which really dehydrated me.
So my next workout I squatted 340kg/749lbs for reps just belt and wraps felt really strong, then next I got ready for d.lift same again went to 340k/749lbs was just setting up and pop my groin popped so I thought nothing of it and pulled 2 reps easy, next day my god, my groin was in so much pain, so that was that but then this cold turned into a viral infection which led to me being admitted into hospital due to very high blood presssure.
After all the checks on my heart the works the results are good, my heart is good, my blood pressure back to normal and I just need to rest a little till I shake it off, but I will be back very soon stronger than ever, I want some records back,and I will not stop untill I am no.1 again lol

Well! Training has been going really good squat and deadlift are very srong! I was hoping to set some records at wpo meeting in LA but just heard the meeting cancelled!
Oh well... Now I will be lifting at the BPC WELSH using this as a warm up to the british were I hope to get my record total back. Hearing that Donnie broke my record has really pissed me off and I want it back, my elbow is fixed back benching again so all looks well for a good year, I just want to say well done to Vladislar for his 567.5kg squat and Donnie for his 1295kg total, enjoy it fellas I want those records back ha! ha! talk soon

On monday 26th nov 2007 I had a operation on my right elbow, I had to have some bone taken from the tip also my bursa was removed. This has been giving me trouble since early 2007 which has troubled my deadlift grip, now that its all done, I should be back in a few weeks and will be lifting at the wpo finals in february

Hi everyone just wanted to let you all know that training is going really well! I have been working really hard on the bench with the help of Ryan Kennelly. I have had a slight elbow problem over past few weeks so will have to back off bench for next few weeks. My squat I strong at moment been working the weights up slow over weeks using just belt and wraps and wed 14th nov I hit 380kg/836lbs for 3 good deep reps with only belt and old wraps felt really strong, now its time to back off and build up for wpo finals on feb 17th, also deadlift is going well working from low boards past few months and hit 380kg/836lbs for 5 dead stop reps really strong. My bodywt is 164kg/365lbs so everything is going well. Looking forward to finals in feb.

I benched new best to 2 boards, after warming up I hit 200kg/440lbs 2reps with pause, then 240kg/528lb 2 reps with pause, next 280kg/616lbs 2 reps with pause. I was feeling very strong so went 317.5kg/700lbs for a new best for me off 2 boards got 2 reps with pause very strong!

So next I went for 330kg/726lbs and got a easy double with pauses on each rep, feeling very strong. Everything is looking good for wpo finals in feb 2008.

I had a great bench session using the 3 boards, after a warm up I hit 305kg /671lbs 3 dead stop reps very easy, next I went 340kg/748lbs again I hit 3 dead stop reps and lockout were very easy, next I wanted to have a go at 362.5kg/800lb I have never held this weight before take off was good paused on the board then went to lockout, was very strong and a massive pr for me.

I Just wanted to let everybody know that at the end of each month, I will be posting a review of all my trainings. Photos and also video clips of some of them will be available here.

As you might know I am training now for the WPO finals in feb 2008. There, I plan to break the 2900lb barrier and push it up to near 3000lb mark, we are only 18 weeks away.