Firgun Strength and Performance

In light of recent information regarding Powerlifting Australia and Robert Wilks, Firgun Strength & performance is withdrawing their affiliation with Powerlifting Australia until such time that an appropriate decision is made. We are a very small collection of lifters in Bendigo. However when we spoke to our lifters about their feelings towards the current situation, we all agreed that the most important thing is to be a voice for all victims and survivors and to ensure everyone knows that this behaviour is not OK and will not be tolerated.Firgun Strength & Performance does not support or promote any kind of violence or abuse towards anyone and we will not be involved in the act of any victim blaming, we honour the voices and truths of all those effected and we feel deeply for those individuals. We are incredibly proud to be a part of a community that has spoken out against this behaviour and it has no place in our sport or our community.

G’day Team!

Unfortunately, the time has come where we must enforce the current dhhs guidelines about masks in our facility. This means, wearing a mask when you are using the gym and remaining socially distanced as much as possible when other members are in. During exercise where you are puffed out or it is high intensity, you do not need to wear masks. However, you’ll need to have one ready to put back on once you have finished your set, this includes rest times and walking around the gym. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
As there is a shortage of masks and they’re $1-2 per mask, we are requesting you bring your own. However, we are doing our best to try and get our hands on some! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
We want to keep sharing our space and enjoying everyone’s atmosphere in the gym for as long as we can so we really appreciate you all doing your bit to help out! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Much love and happy lifting! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
💕 Firgun Fam.

❄️WINTER IS COMING❄️

We are organising some sick new threads for the colder months which are upon us! We’re all about our Firgun fam looking 💯 whilst also arming themselves against the cold. Below are the options available, it is possible for design variation, just ask and you shall receive. DM the page if you’d like to put an order in! 💕

Self isolated... stressed... In need of some yoga classes?

Kate runs amazing classes and is now available online.

Download Zoom and join.

Greetings yogis,

I’m very pleased to let you know whilst we may not be able to meet in the park we can meet online via zoom and practice together at home, if you have space you might like to set up and practice outside:
Sunday 29/3 10am-11am
An opportunity for us all to connect virtually, to take some time nurturing ourselves during this challenging time 🙏

$10pp (I am inviting donations if you can afford to pay it will be appreciated, however I’m also aware some of us are struggling with loss of employment, if you are experiencing financial difficulty no payment required)
Current YEL passes can be used
To make a payment please message me on
0439 331320 and I’ll send bank details 🙏♥️

Download the below app, register and use the link and password below to join in Sunday’s class. (Give yourself 10-15 minutes before class to log in just in case)

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/uJ0tdOCvrjwr2A4oY-zWa6WPacOeimAUvA
Meeting password 182719

I so look forward to sharing with you all on our virtual mats ♥️

Love and light to you all

Kate

Some new covid-19 friendly guidelines for our equipment gals and boys! 👌🏼🦠

Last night on there was a huge discussion about various eating disorders and their association with the gym setting and environment. Now, it comes as no surprise to us that the culture of the fitness industry and it’s focus on weight loss, 6 week challenges and dieting have had a huge impact on the wider population. However, it has saddened us to hear so many awful stories of individuals experiences over their fitness journey! Weight loss, dieting and training in general CAN be a beautiful, empowering thing - if you have a positive and meaningful experience with it. Equally, it can have the reverse effect. Here at firgun, we want to eliminate those negative experiences and demonstrate just how empowering it can be! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
We offer what is called; nutrition coaching. This means, you are given nutritional advice that is individualised, person centred and tailored to YOUR goals, not ours. This means that we focus on adapting your perception of: weight loss, purpose of training, fuelling the body and most importantly, non scale related goals ie, feeling more energised, feeling empowered, gaining knowledge about your body and what you are putting into it, recognising their is no guilt in food and their is no such thing as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ foods. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
We don’t want to sell you a quick fix or a 6 week challenge where there is a winner. What we want to ‘sell’ you is a better understanding, variety in your eating. We don’t typically like to use the word ‘dieting’ unless it is for a specific reason - there are many. We like to view it as a lifestyle, because the only change that is worth working towards is something sustainable and something purposeful and enriching. Our role, is to make ourselves redundant - we want to work WITH you to give you the knowledge to eventually go it alone with the confidence you know what you’re doing. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
If you’re interested in any of our services we currently provide, or you have any questions in regards to nutrition or training, we welcome you to get in touch!

Over the weekend we held the bench against bushfires event!

https://instagram.com/p/B7LO3Njlcm-/

This morning we held #benchagainstthebushfires with our little powerlifting community, participating in the OG fundraising event created by @thestrengthfortress ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We are overwhelmed with emotion at the generosity and grit that everyone who gave the challenge a crack put in! We want to thank every person who participated and who also donated on behalf of our event without participating. In such a devastating time, it’s heart warming to see communities come together in support doing what they can. As a small business it’s been amazing to contribute in any sense! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A big, big special thank you to the Bendigo Fire Brigade for coming out with the truck to say hello and show their support, we appreciate everything you guys do everyday. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We raised a total of $280 and managed a total of 130 reps! Some of the donations were made on bets “if you make X I’ll donate Y” to push things a bit further and hopefully raise some more money. We’re proud of everyone’s achievements and efforts! Thanks to @5trong for creating the idea for the event as well ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ To all of those affected by these bushfires, either personally or by association - from our lil Firgun family to yours, we apologise from the bottom of our hearts for your losses and have hope and faith good things will come! X

Tal had her last comp of the year at JPS OPEN VI two weeks ago. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
She dedicated her time and energy into becoming the Pocket Rocket and launching onto the platform. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Tal competed in the stacked u64kg class with 9 other amazing Women. She was focused on beating her own lifts, not concerned with the competition in her class. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Oh boy, did it pay off! Absolute laser focus when executing lifts, extreme confidence and a quiet humility made Tal the strongest version of her self. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Ticking off mulitpule goals such as a 300kg total and double body weight deadlift, none could compare to the excitement and joy Tal was consumed by when she benched 70kg in competition. Ever since Tal started powerlifting that was her number one goal... Now it's 80kg. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Tal is an amazing role model for people who aspire to lift with a sense of "Firgun". It's been my pleasure helping her discover her strongest self on and off the platform. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Together we have created an annual plan to achieve her new goals. We can't wait for the new year! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Squats: 118kg ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Bench: 70kg ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Deadlift: 130kg ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Total: 318kg ⠀⠀ @ Bendigo, Victoria

Tal had her last comp of the year at JPS OPEN VI two weeks ago. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
She dedicated her time and energy into becoming the Pocket Rocket and launching onto the platform. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Tal competed in the stacked u64kg class with 9 other amazing Women. She was focused on beating her own lifts, not concerned with the competition in her class. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Oh boy, did it pay off! Absolute laser focus when executing lifts, extreme confidence and a quiet humility made Tal the strongest version of her self. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Ticking off mulitpule goals such as a 300kg total and double body weight deadlift, none could compare to the excitement and joy Tal was consumed by when she benched 70kg in competition. Ever since Tal started powerlifting that was her number one goal... Now it's 80kg. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Tal is an amazing role model for people who aspire to lift with a sense of "Firgun". It's been my pleasure helping her discover her strongest self on and off the platform. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Together we have created an annual plan to achieve her new goals. We can't wait for the new year! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Squats: 118kg ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Bench: 70kg ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Deadlift: 130kg ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Total: 318kg

2019 Strength Fortress Team Championships Powerlifting Australia