 Best Lifter spotlight from the USPC Iron Asylum Classic on September 18, 2021.
Top Men's Raw and OVERALL Wilks 2.0... Name, age & how long have you been Powerlifting? Mike Lancour, 23, 2 years Best lifts in competition? 502 squat, 390 bench, 573 deadlift Athletic background? What you did before powerlifting? Running long distances Why Powerlifting? Being strong is more fun than being weak Tell me something about your gym/team. Flex gym is #1 in the quality of the gym as well as the people. TEAM FLEX is family, we all support each other and make each other better Training alone or training partner/coach, team? Training with team flex is always the best Biggest inspiration in the sport? Luis issasi, Zach Smith, Doug and Beckie Peyer, Jared Johnson What's your favorite lift? Bicep curl and calf raises Least favorite lift? Cardio Biggest challenge in your training? The diet part Ideal training atmosphere? Focused and dialed in or noisy and high energy? Noisy and high energy while slamming Miller lite Training plan. Do your own programming or have a coach? Zach Smith owner of Flex Gym Social media. Positives and negatives Positive: keep in contact with people who you don’t see often and learn new things Negative: people giving out false info and negative energy Diet you follow? Supplements? Beer, meat, pizza, rice, tacos, coffee, creatine Biggest accomplishment in your powerlifting career? 390lb bench press while weighing 162.8 lbs What's one of your non-powerlifting goals? Successfully put a beer keg made of home brew beer in my fridge on tap Finally is there anyone you would like to acknowledge or give a shout out to (team, coach, spouse, sponsors)? S/O to team flex, Coach Zack for the programming, and the amazing Julissa Armstrong for all the support and love
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 Best Lifter spotlight from the USPC Iron Asylum Classic on September 18, 2021.
Top Women's Junior Raw Wilks 2.0... Name, age & how long have you been Powerlifting? Aislinn Arguello, 21, 3ish yrs Best lifts in competition? Squat: 275 deadlift: 270 bench: 161 Athletic background? What you did before powerlifting? Soccer and track Why Powerlifting? It’s a sport I could do by myself and work on myself and just got strong enough to start powerlifting Tell me something about your gym/team. Everyone is very helpful, kind and strong. Trying alone or training partner/coach, team? Team Flex coach: _aegiduchos_ What's your favorite lift? Bench Least favorite lift? Deadlift Biggest challenge in your training? Cutting Ideal training atmosphere? Focused and dialed in or noisy and high energy? Wearing my headphones at full volume and not being able to hear anything else Training plan. Do your own programming or have a coach? Zack/Zeus from flex Social media. Positives and negatives Positive: it’s cool to watch other people’s lifts Negative: people judge and can be mean Diet you follow? Supplements? Don’t really have one Biggest accomplishment in your powerlifting career? Doing my first real comp and getting a best lifter sword What's one of your non-powerlifting goals? Owning a gym Finally is there anyone you would like to acknowledge or give a shout out to (team, coach, spouse, sponsors) Team Flex  Best Lifter spotlight from the WPUSA Fearless Summer Showdown on August 28, 2021. Top OVERALL Wilks 2.0...
 Best Lifter spotlight from the USPC WV/VA Border Wars Open on August 21, 2021.
Top OVERALL Wilks 2.0... Name, age & how long have you been Powerlifting? Micheale Morgan-Paynter I've been powerlifting for 7 years Best lifts in competition? 138kg squat 75kg bench 163kg deadlift Athletic background? What you did before powerlifting? I was always an athletic kid and I was into a lot of sports growing up. I also ran cross country and track in college at Marshall University. Why Powerlifting? It is a fun way to push myself athletically and to continue to have that competitive atmosphere. Tell me something about your gym/team. I've always been a part of Paynter Periodization and have trained at a few great gyms over the years but I now have a home gym. Trying alone or training partner/coach, team? I train at home alone with my coach/husband Timothy Paynter. Something most people you train with (or those who follow you if you train alone) don't know about you? That I was a long distance runner for several years before I started powerlifting and continued to do distance running the first few years that's I was powerlifting. Biggest inspiration in the sport? Timothy Paynter for always persevering in powerlifting What's your favorite lift? My favorite lift has changed over the years but right now I would say it's squats. Least favorite lift? After having some issues with SI joint dysfunction my least favorite lift is deadlifts right now Biggest challenge in your training? I work a desk job and with travel I am sitting close to 11 hours a day which makes staying loose and keeping everything working like it should requires a lot of extra time. Ideal training atmosphere? Focused and dialed in or noisy and high energy? My ideal atmosphere is having all the dogs around for petting between sets. Training plan. Do your own programming or have a coach? I have always trained under Paynter Periodization who does my off season and prep training plans Social media. Positives and negatives I think social media is great for keeping in contact and entertainment. But I think it can create a lot of pressure and there is a lot of misinformation shared on it. Diet you follow? Supplements? I meal prep most of my meals during the work week for convince but I don't follow any kind of specific diet. And I don't regularly take any supplements. Biggest accomplishment in your powerlifting career? Finally breaking the barrier into a 300lb squat earlier this year. What's one of your non-powerlifting goals? I am hoping to have my professional engineering license within the next year. Finally is there anyone you would like to acknowledge or give a shout out to (team, coach, spouse, sponsors)? Shout out to my trainer partners Jeffy, Chloe, and Moon |
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