Archive for December, 2010
Happy Birthday Luz Acosta!
Performance One Elite Athlete Luz Acosta’s birthday is today. From all of us at Performance One we would like to wish Luz a Happy Birthday and a great 2011 season. Good Luck and Many Good Fortune!
Read moreThanks to Students and Faculty at Sequoia Charter School
On Thursday Dec 16th, 2011 in front of 400 students and faculty members Performance One Athletes’ put on a Weightlifting and Speed & Agility Demonstration. 2008 Olympian Luz Acosta, 2x National Champion Sarah Robles, 2010 World University Champion Alex Lee, and 3x Collegiate National Qualifier Craig Rintoul showed the students the benefits of Weightlifting for [...]
Read moreCraig Rintoul Places 6th at the American Open Championships
After a two year layoff from National Competition, Performance One Weightlifter Craig Rintoul lifted in the 77 kilo class of the 2010 American Open Weightlifting Championships. Craig successfully hit his opener with 105 kilos in the Snatch. Like Keith, Craig was not able to complete his next two attempts with 110 kilos. In the Clean [...]
Read moreKeith Weitz places 5th at the American Open
Performance One Weightlifter Keith Weitz placed 5th in the 62 kilo weight class of the 2010 American Open Championships on Friday. The American Open Championships is the second most important national Olympic Weightlifting event of the year, only the Nationals is more prestigious. Keith started the day off with a successful first attempt in the [...]
Read morePerformance One loses won of it’s best
On December 3rd Coach Micela lost one of his most courageous athletes he has ever trained. Special Olympic Power Lifter Asa Draper passed away. I had the privilege of working with and knowing Asa. He inspired me each an everyday with his determination to succeed. With the help of his sister Denise, Asa learned how [...]
Read moreTempe Special Olympics Power Lifters to Train at Performance One
Coach Joe Micela will train the Tempe Special Olympics Power Lifters for an exhibition event that will be held in conjunction with the Arizona State Wrestling Team. The event will take place on Sunday January 2nd at Wells Fargo Arena at 6 pm. Five Tempe Special Olympic Power Lifters will take part in this [...]
Read moreAfter School Strength & Conditioning Program to Start in Feb in Chandler, AZ
Performance One is proud to announce the 2011 Spring schedule for our partnership with Chandler Unified School District and Bogle Junior High School. Performance One will offer two 5 week camps starting on Feb 7th. The camp will be offered Mon, Wed, & Fri and start at 4:30-6 pm. This program is offered to Athletes [...]
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