In her first ever contest 41-year-old finance worker Forbes successfully achieved the qualifying totals required to compete in both of next year’s British powerlifting championships and the national bench press championships.
Although her total of 230 kilos created a new regional group record in the masters one category, her trainer Neil Lewis believes she will be capable of lifting a lot more in the future.
Said Lewis: ‘As this was Trisha’s first contest we decided on quite conservative goals rather than to go for broke, as our focus was to ensure qualification for the Britsh championships.
‘So by the time they come around I’m sure Trisha will add a fair amount to her current total.
She lifted 110 kilo deadweight – there are a lot of guys in the gym who would be proud of that.’
