This week we sit down with Nathan Gevao (our first ever external guest!). Nathan is a former student of Mr Erskine and Miss Jones where he was a pivotal member of the PE department from Year 7-11 at the British School of Kuwait. Now 20 years old, Nathan is a powerlifter in the UK within the 83kg weight category. He is taking the UK by storm with his Powerlifting numbers where he recently posted some unofficial Junior UK and European records.

Powerlifting is a sport where athletes attempt to lift the heaviest weight possible in three movements: deadlift, back squat and bench press. Nathan's most recent attempts were listed as:

Squat - 272.5kg; Bench - 165kg; Deadlift - 308.5kg. Overall total 746kg!

To find out more about powerlifting in Hong Kong, check out these links:

You can even check out some gyms that offer powerlifting here:

Find Nathan on Instagram to follow his journey:

@thecalfhunter

If you would prefer to watch this episode (our first ever filmed episode) then you can watch the full recording via YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePMfogR5uig