Final push before Vancouver

Kieran Mischewski is in the garage almost every night, sometimes for hours at a time.

He's not tinkering with a banged up old race car or drinking beer in his Man Cave, he's lifting weights… big weights.


Kieran Mischewski, his bags packed, is ready to represent NZ in the Common Wealth powerlifting champs. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

The father-of-three trains at home, in his garage, with mostly gear he's made himself. He'll kiss the kids goodnight and shut himself in the garage for a few hours to lift.

'I'm down there four days a week once I've got the kids into bed,” says Kieran. 'First things first.”

He's training for the 2015 Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships in Vancouver on November 29 to December 6.

In a powerlifting competition, the athlete with the highest total squat, bench press, and deadlift weight wins. Kieran's feeling pretty confident.

He's the current New Zealand 93kg master national champion and holds the New Zealand deadlift record with a 245kg pull, which he's just blown out of the water.

'I had a competition last week I went to, just to see how everything was going, and broke a bunch of records, so everything's going better than planned.

'For the dead lift my national record is 245kg, but over the weekend, I lifted 262.5kg.” It's not officially a national record, but it's a confirmed Waikato/Bay of Plenty regional record.

'So that was quite a bit more, and quite encouraging.” Kieran also broke the regional record with a 197.5kg squat and 122.5kg bench press.

Things are looking good for the commonwealth championships, apart from last week's ‘sniffles'.

'I think I'm pretty much over that now and all on track,” says Kieran.

His three children are looking forward to the big competition. 'They're counting down the days. My wife's coming along with me and the kids are staying at home. We've got the grandparents looking after them.”

Hopefully they'll be able to catch dad on the telly.

'It streams live so we've just got to work out the timings. It's four o'clock Vancouver time, so whatever that works out to be NZ time. I think it works out to be quite late.”

To sponsor Kieran, or to keep updated with his progress, contact him via Facebook at facebook.com/kieranmischewskipowerlifter

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