Sam “Storm” Kilmartin

It’s official my World Record has come!!!! GET IN !!!!!!

In march 2026, I completed the British Single lift Championships for my deadlift only (my strongest lift) and pulled a whopping 190kg which broke last years world record (which I had set) by 20kg 🤩

Nearly hit 195kg but just couldn’t lock out but I will hit it next time 💪💪

Thanks again to .pt, and for helping me with my training and encouraging me to hit my goals 😁

Something different today than our usual hiking the hills

📍 Alpaca experience day! 🦙

🚶‍♀️Walking 2 alpacas (Dave - brown one) and (Kroston - grey one)
🍰 Afternoon tea
⛰️ Sneaking hike up Fleetwith Pike (our 105th wainwright ticked off) to finish our lovely stress free day!

Absolutely loved today, nice and relaxing enjoying the alpacas and steady walking 🤩

Snowdonia challenge Day 3 - Leg 2

📍Betws-y-Coed to Dolwyddelan ⛰️

No Maximum time however most people finish with 2.5 hours

Distance - 5.2 miles

Ascent - 1432

We did:

🚏 5.8 miles
⏰ 2 hours 56 minutes
⛰️ Ascent - 1460

My feet were absolutely killing me by the end as I went from leg 1 straight into leg 2 without sitting down and eating a quick sandwich on the way 🤩

The whole 3 days was tough but glad I done it and I managed 3 legs out of 6 so did my share, fab team (Carl, Jayne, and Andy) we all did amazing and meeting new people 😁

Group photo at the end and a pin badge for participating fabulous! Well organised event and defo consider doing it next year 🤔

Defo opened my eyes to know my limits lol 😂 but we have a full year to train for it!

Snowdonia Challenge - Day 3 - Leg 1

📍 Hiking Along Afon Lledr ⛰️

Maximum time need to complete it in 3.5 hours

Distance - 6 miles

Ascent - 1515

We did:

🚏 6.8 miles

⏰ 2 hours 36 minutes

⛰️ Ascent - 1247

Absolutely smashed it, so fast and beautiful views 🤩

Straight after I went into the 2nd leg

Day 2 - Leg 1

📍Bethesda via Cil-twllan and Gwenydd ⛰️

Maximum time need to complete it in 4.5 hours

Distance - 7.9 miles

Ascent - 2690

We did:

🚏 8.8 miles

⏰ 4 hours 24 minutes

⛰️ Ascent - 2648

Was amazing and can’t believe I managed it amazing team (Carl, Jayne and Andy) I was with 🤩

Had an amazing weekend away with , Jayne, Andy and Carl 🤩

Stayed in BRYN DEDWYDD FARMHOUSE, Betws-Y-Coed for the RCSL Snowdonia walking challenge ⛰️

3 days (6 legs) completing 40-50 miles of mountain walking 🚶‍♀️

32 teams, 160 civil servants in North Wales. Was amazing to meet new people and participating in the challenge 🤩 might do it next year too 🤩

Posting the legs I completed on a separate post

Nice 11 mile walk up to Blencathra with then back along the threlkeld to Keswick railway route 🚏📍

Happy the clouds disappeared as the hills looked clagged in this morning but the sun ☀️ burned the clouds away so we had lush views and lush weather 🤩☀️

Also my first proper hill walking navigating without Darren (scary lol 😂) least we didn’t get lost which was a bonus but Darren was tracking me just in case haha 😛

Looking forward to the next one!!!!

Very productive day at the allotment! 🌱🪴🍓🧅

First 2 photos are the before and after pictures 📸

Hard work, gonna feel it tomorrow 😳

Can feel my underbody hurting already lol 😂 but we’ll worth it!

🧅 red onions (growing nicely)
🍓strawberries (planted)
🌱 leeks (growing nicely)
✅ greenhouses up
🌱weeds (dug up)
🥔 potatoes (still need to put in)

Got some other stuff and ideas I want to do to the allotment but that’s for a different day! 🤩

So we decided to do something slightly different today rather than hiking up hills/fells ⛰️

Leyland National Festival in Whitehaven!!! 🚌🚌

Nice day out! with

Strolling around seeing old buses, going on some bus tours and eating nice food (not heathy lol) 🍔🍟🌭🍦

Brilliant relaxing day 🤩 in such a well organised event 👍

Plus love the sign at the marina for feeding the seagulls! 🦢🦅

A quick recap from the British Single Championships in Birmingham at the expo! 🤩

175kg ⚪️⚪️⚪️
190kg ⚪️⚪️⚪️ NEW WORLD RECORD BABY! 💪
195kg 🔴🔴🔴 close but not quite!

1st Place! 🥇

Here are some of my professional photos kindly taken by the amazing ✅ thank you!

He knows how to catch those crazy moments and awful facial expressions which looks like I’m going to explode haha 😂 absolute classic!!!

Thanks to .pt for the coaching and support, for being there in spirit 😂 and for generally being annoying 😂

Onto the Full Power Championships in July 💪