Weightlifting Exercises and 1 RM

Weightlifting     by Marc Perry, CSCS, CPT I have below a One Rep Max Chart along with information so you can learn what a 1 rep max chart is, why it’s useful, and how to read the chart. What is a One Rep Max Chart? A 1 Rep Max Chart gives you a…

Edward Lasquete

Edward Lasquete Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician   One of the greatest ever Fil-Heritage athletes to represent the Philippines. Was Edward Lasquete. Edward was the first South East Asian athlete to scale past the 5.00m barrier. He was born December 31, 1971. And was coached for his entire career by Steve Nelson at Mt…

Athletes Parents 5 Types of Personalities

Athletes Parents Athletes Parents 5 Types By Jude Roque, College Hoops expert By Jude Roque | College Hoops Experts’ Blog – 13 hours ago   Over a month ago, a disturbing photo caught the attention of social media, as an adult man appeared to be hitting a teenage soccer player with a solid object.   So it was later on revealed…

Airnel Abarra European Adventures

Airnel Abarra European Adventures European Athletics Culture in the Eye of an Atenean Coach Jun 20, 2015 Prof. Airnel T. Abarra-Head of Ateneo de Davao Track and Field Program and www.pinoyathletics.info Chief Correspondent   Note: This is a repost of the article posted in http://athletics.addu.edu.ph.   It’s been always said that “experience is the best…

Adivay Sports Festival in Benguet Philippines (Schedule)

Benguet Philippines Adivay sports events Benguet Philippines slated by Ofelia C. Empian   Various sports activities are lined up as part of the 2017 Adivay Festival in Benguet Philippines next month.   Set on Nov. 18 is the arnis tournament to be held at the Capitol covered court. While the summer sprint competition is set at Shilan-Beckel…

Eric Cray Articles 2013

Cray contacts Pinoyathletics.com I would like to thank everyone. And will be continuing plans for my book titled ‘Behind Closed Doors - ‘The Roar of the Athletes’. An important part of my journey was meeting Eric Cray along the way.     I will share with you quickly how I initially came into contact…

Fil-Heritage Athletes Philippine Passports and 2017 Ranking List Criteria Updated

Fil-Heritage Athletes Philippine Passports Fil-Heritage Athletes Philippine Passports As I have been getting a lot of queries by athletes of what they need in order to represent the Philippines. This article will save me a lot of time from having to relay repetitive generic information. This compulsory requirement has been endorsed by our National Sports Association, Philippine Track…

Rafols (CDN) File

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2017 Cesafi Cebu Athletics Report: Rafols Winner better than the Lottery

2017 Cesafi Cebu Athletics Rafols Winner better than the Lottery   CEBU, SEA School Games Champion Marvin John Rafols (Univ of Cebu) broke the Cesafi Record with a leap of 14.28m, erasing his 2016 mark of 14.10m. Beggining off his season after coming from injury Rafols leapt a 15.02m PB to win the ASEAN School Games…

2017 ASEAN Para Games Logo, with 11 nations competing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in various sports disciplines.

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2017 ASEAN Para Games Report and Donations

Support PARA Athletes Philspada Mobile Donations Oct 21, 2017   MANILA Following the successful campaign of Filipino para-athletes in the 9th ASEAN Para Games in Malaysia in Sep., the Philippine Paralympic Committee/Philippine Sports Association for the Differently Abled is pushing the envelope further to support local para- athletes in upcoming international competitions. On October 16,…

Aries-Toledo

Aries Toledo - Profile

Aries Toledo Articles by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician     Rondo as he is more popularly known hailing from a poor family in the North. Was an SCUAA Standout. He made the move to the Decathlon. And was able to become the Philippines third ever SEA Games Decathlon Champion. He was the surprise winner at the 2017…

2017 Malaysian Athletes Articles

Malaysia 3 to 8 Golds SEA Games Athletics Sept 3, 2017 Malaysia has gone from 3 to 8 Golds in the space of one SEA Games cycle.While Nauraj Singh (High Jump), Hakimi Ismail (Triple Jump) and Muhammad Irfan Shamshuddin (Discus) all defended their titles. And 5 new athletes added to this tally when Malaysia hosted…

Zion Corrales-Nelson

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Zion Corrales-Nelson

2017 SEA Games Events: 100, 200, 400, 4×100, 4×400 Born: 11 October 1998 Coach: Mike Gipson School: California State Berekley (NCAA Div 1) Member of National Team Since 2015 Based in Los Angeles, USA Home Town: Burnaby, Canada Performances 100m: 11.69 Coquitlam 11-Jun-2017 200m 23.74 Los Angeles 28-Apr-2017 400m: 54.18 Langley 29-May-2015   Nelson, is…

2017 South Vietnam Open Archives and Results

Compiled by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician    Pinoyathletics.info will cover the Ongoing Vietnam National Open over the next few days. The best athletes from Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia are participating in preparation for the SEA Games. The Vietnam Open which i will try and update later tonight will be the last major battle before the SEA Games…

ASEAN School Games 2017 - Philippines 6th Overall

Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician The Philippines finished 6th place overall again the ASEAN School Games 2017. With earlier DEPED bosses hoping for a 2nd or 3rd place finish. It was surprising as Athletics with 4 golds and Swimming with 7 golds had the most golds each sport has had as these games.since the…

Mercidita ‘Bunso’ Manipol

  In some cases, courage mattered more than height. Thus the petite figure of Mercidita Manipol that stood less than 5’0 crushed the challenge of her much bigger opponents to emerge as a SEA Games champion in the 2005 SEA Games in Manila. Manipol still holds the Philippine Record in the 5000m set in the…

Asian Grand Prix 2 Jiaxing

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Asian Grand Prix Round 2 Jiaxing Report & Results

Jiaxing China, Second Round of Asian Grand Prix 2017 Mi Hong of China won the 100m in 10.40. Boby Yaspi of Indonesia the SEA Games silver medallist took bronze in 10.50. In the Womens 100 Zyabkina Viktoriya had another win for Kazakhstan in 11.36, from India’s Dute Chand 11.57, and Le Tu Chinh of Vietnam…

Olympic Weightlifting Teens and Children

Olympic Weightlifting Teens and Children Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician I found reference to this article. As while I was previously serving as a Sports Consultant at Zamboanga Del Sur. Myself and a fellow coach Rajeev Tahil were advised by the Provincial Sports Coordinator. Athletes should not be doing weights 3 months before a…

U.S. sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner of Los Angeles strides to a world record in a semifinal heat of the Olympic women’s 200-meter dash in Seoul Thursday, Sept. 29, 1988. Joyner’s time of 21.56 seconds claimed the record and moved her into the finals in the event.(AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)

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Biomechanics

  Biomechanics 2004 International Pacific College Notes Andrew Pirie   What is it? BMX (Biomechanics) is the study of human movement, what forces both internal and external to cause the movement to happen and the results of forces when exerted.   Why is it important? Once you find the most effective way a body can…

2015 PNG Luzon Leg Full Report (merged)

Day 1 Report (July 3): Rosales Returns   This is my delayed coverage report for the Athletics segment of the Philippine National Games Luzon Leg held at Philsports in Pasig, the meet was held July 3-7. As i have had a lot of other things on and am reflecting right now moving forward this report…

Pedro Subido

Pedro Subido (Dec 4, 1930- Dec 4, 2013) Pedro Subido was born in Naguilian, La Union He would be better known as a very capable member of the National Relay Squad in the 4×100 during the 1950s.   In the 1954 Asian Games he won the Philippines a bronze medal in the 4x100m Relay behind…

Philippine Power-lifting Records (Updated)

  Power-lifting Power-lifting Philippine Powerlifting Records     Below is a list of the Philippine Powerlifting Records (Deadlift, Bench, Squat to parallel or below). Kindly supplied by national weightlifting coach Edmundo Cardano. Included in the lists of Records is University of the Philippines Thrower Precious De Leon.   1. Raw records begin Nov 2011 2.…

2013 The Return of the Filipina Sprinters

The Return of the Filipina Sprinters Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician The removal of several of our women’s sprinters from the SEA Games lineup leave a lot of questions to be asked as 35 entries were sliced to 28 by the Taskforce. However the Taskforce was generous to increase this number from the original…

Keizel Pedrina back on track

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Negros Monthly Relays Bacolod Results: Pedrina Returns (rev 1)

Pedrina In Part of the PSC/PATAFA extension program of the Weekly Relays. For the first time it was held in Bacolod. We would like to thank Miss. Keizel Leano Pedrina for the official results. 2011-2012 National 400m Champion Keizel Pedrina made a return to the track oval after 10 months of retirement. Pedrina who is…

Fortunato Catalon congratulated by Prince Chichibu at the 1923 Far East Asian Games (Photo Supplied by Ron Casey President of the International Society for Japanese Philately (ISJP).

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Fortunato Catalon the King of Filipino Sprinters

  Fortunato Catalon Article by Pirie Enzo from various sources During the early dawn of Filipino Sports emerged are first great sprint champion Fortunato Catalon. . Early Beginnings Fortunato Catalon was born on October 14, 1897 in the town of Tolosa, Leyte, he hailed from a farming family from the interior of the island of…

Legend of Philippines Track and Field Lydia De Vega

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Lydia De Vega Asia’s Sprint Queen (rev 9)

Lydia De Vega Article Revised by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician   Lydia De Vega was Asia’s fastest women during the 1980s. Therefore one of the important chess pieces of the Gintong Alay program in Track and Field. Hence turning the Philippines into a superpower in Asian Track and Field and inspired national pride in being Filipino.   Also, De Vega…

1985 SEA Games Athletics Results

    Bangkok, Thailand 1985 Mens . 100 METRES (13/12) 1 Christian Nenepath Indonesia 10.54 2 Sumet Promna Thailand 10.54 3 Mohamed Yudi Purnomo Indonesia 10.62 4 Boonyarit Buayam Thailand 10.68 5 Rabuan Pit Malaysia 10.72 6 Govindasamy Sivalingam Malaysia 10.93 7 Roel Pellosis Philippines 10.99 8 Raul Abangan Philippines 11.05 . 200 METRES (11/12)…

Lydia De Vega aged 16.

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1980-1981 ASEAN Schools Partial Results

1981 ASEAN Schools Partial Results 1980 ASEAN SCHOOLS Newspaper and Partial Results   Supplied by Jaime Grafillo from Indonesian Newspaper Article   . Girls . 400M (11/9) It was a much slower final than previous years. With none of the top three in last years final.   1. Vonny Sondakh Indonesia 60.02 2. Sharifah Singapore…

Once Asia’s Fastest Man Rabuan Pit

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1979 SEA Games Athletics Complete Results

1979 SEA Games Athletics Jakarta, Indonesia 1979 Mens 100 METRES ( 22 /9) FINAL 1 Suchart Jairsurabharp Thailand 10.50 2 Jeffrey Mathelemual Indonesia 10.70 3 Prasit Boonprasert Thailand 10.79 4 Yacob Mursidi Waas Indonesia 10.83 5 Ong Yoke-phee Singapore 11.08 6 Ellron Alfred Angian Malaysia 11.14 7 Norazamal Jaffar Singapore 11.22 . 200 METRES (…

2013 Weekly Roundup January to March Philippine Athletics

2013 Weekly Roundup January to March Philippine Athletics Articles by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician   Fil-Heritage 2013 January-February (Amended) Richardson Twins open 2013 with PBs in 60m, Fil-Heritage athletes in action! (Jan 28) The Philippines fastest female over 100-200m who ran 12.00et and 24.12et last year 14-year-old Kyla Richardson had a very narrow win over…

Monticalvo the Day before he leapt 5.10m.

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2013 Weekly Round Up Athletics April - May

2013. Fil-Heritage 2013 April (Amended) Alyana Shatters the Philippine Junior Record (Apr 1) . Alyana Nicolas had a significant break through on Saturday at the 2013 Chabot Invite & Relays. Nicolas who submitted her Filipino dual citizenship documents to PATAFA now has taken a considerable amount off her own National Junior Record with a leap…

2012 Thailand Open Athletics RP Team

2012 Thailand Open Athletics RP Team TEAM LIST NOV 2-5 (OCT 15) PHILIPPINE AMATEUR TRACK AND FIELD ASSOCIATION (PATAFA) 2012 THAILAND OPEN TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS Bangkok, Thailand 31 October to 06 November 2012 Coaches: Joseph Sy Roselyn Hamero Sean Guevara Nixon Mas Ernie Candelario Athletes: (Latest Performance) No Name Event/Perfo Competition Date &…