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00:05 I'm Dr. Martine Merrin, slime worker at the University of Warwick,
00:08 and I'm a statistician.
00:09 I recently took a powerlifting, and I'm as surprised as anyone
00:12 to be standing here with this medal on.
00:15 What happened was I have a good friend at work who is a PT.
00:20 We went to the gym for the first time together just before Christmas,
00:23 and she taught me how to do glutes.
00:25 She told me that actually picking up 60 kilograms on your first attempt
00:29 is really quite good.
00:30 A few weeks later, we were in the gym together.
00:32 I managed 100 kilograms on the deadlift, and she said, really,
00:36 you are particularly strong, and you should compete.
00:39 And so I did.
00:39 Long story short, we both competed in the RIL qualifiers for the ABPU.
00:43 We both came away with medals for our division,
00:46 and now I have been invited to the single lift championships
00:50 to represent Great Britain at the European Championships in Finland,
00:54 and also to the British Championships for where
00:57 I compete in the Olympics to go to the world.
00:59 So I'm very surprised, but it's great.
01:01 Yeah, very, very.
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