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It may not be easy, but it has become a labor of love.<\/p>\n
Corinne Cook is an accountant by trade, but her passion lies beyond the numbers, and to a place where only the strong survive \u2014 literally.<\/p>\n
The North Plains resident recently earned one of the Lifters of the Meet awards at the Oregon State Powerlifting Championships in Sisters, and despite being relatively new to the sport, she\u2019s fallen in love with everything it brings to the table from the process, to the competitions themselves.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really enjoy the community,\u201d Cook said. \u201cIt\u2019s so diverse. You will meet people from all different backgrounds that do all different careers, and everybody treats each other with so much respect. And everybody cheers, no matter how much weight is on the bar.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven if you\u2019re competing against somebody, you\u2019re still their biggest fan because you know, eventually, really, what it\u2019s about is you versus the weight on the bar.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cook took up powerlifting four years ago after a series of knee injuries steered her from CrossFit where she cut her teeth in the fitness competition world. But while the two sports are different, they are appealing to the 52-year-old for similar reasons.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth sports require incredible discipline,\u201d Cook said. \u201cThey take a ton of focus, and they both speak to me because they\u2019re both about building blocks and taking your training and absolutely leveling up slowly, one bit at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Powerlifting consists of three disciplines: bench press, deadlift and squat. Competitors open at a weight of their choice, then work their way up before three failed attempts end their turn. For example:<\/p>\n
\u201cThey give you commands that they say start, so you can take the barbell down to your chest,\u201d Cook said regarding the bench press competition. \u201cYou have to wait for them to say press, so they can wait a couple seconds. You have to hold the barbell on your chest, and then they say press, then without any downward movement you have to press it up, and then you have to wait for them to say rack before you put it back in the rack.\u201d<\/p>\n
After they\u2019ve completed their three disciplines, they total the weight and record an aggregate score that goes against their competition. If that sounds like a long day, it is, but while both physically and mentally taxing, Cook said she\u2019s energized by it \u2014 at least until it\u2019s over.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy the time you get to deadlifts you\u2019re pretty tired, but by the time you stand up for your third deadlift, you\u2019re just completely energized and jazzed to do it,\u201d Cook said. \u201cBut I won\u2019t lie, I usually sleep the whole drive home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cook placed first in the Master\u2019s 50-54 division\u2019s 100kg weight class, finishing with a total weight of 285 kilograms (628 pounds), squating 102.5 kilograms, bench pressing 62.5 kilograms, and deadlifting 120 kilograms. The win helped her earn one of the competition\u2019s Lifters of the Meet, but what also aided the designation that\u2019s voted on by meet\u2019s directors was Cook\u2019s circumstances leading into the event, something the directors described as \u201cinspiring.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prior to the meet, Cook \u2014 who is a horse owner and has long competed in equestrian \u2014 fell from her horse after an encounter with ground hornets, and after a stint in the emergency room, left the hospital with a neck brace and ankle boot.<\/p>\n
\u201cI messaged my coach and said, \u2018gosh, I hope I can still compete,\u2019\u201d Cook said. \u201cThey just said that it was really inspiring that I still showed up and I still worked really hard, and I still did really well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cook said that like with any athletic endeavor, powerlifting \u2014 like crossfit, which her husband Mike competes in nationally \u2014 brings with it an inherent risk of injury. But in addition to working hard, she works smart in an effort to avoid just that.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy programming is really well thought out because I don\u2019t want to get injured,\u201d Cook said. \u201cI do know other people who will go just balls to the wall, and they\u2019ll get fired up, and they\u2019ll be lifting days after a meet and I\u2019ll see them get hurt. So I would just say anybody has the capacity to take that sport either way, and I think it depends on an athlete. You know who you are as an athlete and who your coach is to kind of rein that in.\u201d<\/p>\n
That doesn\u2019t mean there still aren\u2019t things left to chance, but Cook says that to this point, she\u2019s benefitted more from the training and competition from a health standpoint.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would say any sport done improperly will take a toll, but this one has done nothing but make me stronger, and actually helped me,\u201d Cook said. \u201cI was supposed to have a second knee replacement, and so far between weight loss from being active and keeping it going, I have not needed the second knee replacement yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cook isn\u2019t just a local standout either. She\u2019s competed in national events as well, which brings a whole other element to the competitive arena.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re on a national stage,\u201d Cook said. \u201cIt\u2019s YouTube Live. They have full on people sports commentating the whole time, and you can hear them. You walk out on stage into lights with cameras literally feet from your face. It\u2019s a whole production.\u201d<\/p>\n
And did that bother her? Initially, yes. But after some early jitters, she figured out just how to go about her business even with all of those external distractions.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you do have to stay super focused, and you can\u2019t let all those lights get to you because the one time I did, I went too fast,\u201d Cook said. \u201cI jumped the command and went too soon, so I had all red lights. It didn\u2019t matter that I lifted the weight. You must show control.\u201d<\/p>\n
How long does Cook plan to compete? Your guess is as good as hers, but as of now she sees no end in sight. After-all, she still has stuff to accomplish.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t plan on stopping anytime soon,\u201d Cook said. \u201cI\u2019m enjoying myself too much and I still have goals to reach.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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