Number Five, January 2002    -    MEMBER PROFILES
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     Lynne Nelson

Lynne is a 42yo/148 master lifter.
She has been a member of the USAPL since 1998, and has been quite successful in her lifting.

Presently, she holds the Squat(300), Deadlift(375), and Total(845) records for her class in the state of Virginia.

She also won the 2001 USAPL Drug Free Nationals in the master 1 class.

At the 2001 USAPL NE Regionals, held in November. She had a Totaled 959lbs. This included Squat:304lbs, BP:177lbs, DLift:479lbs.

She also holds State and American records in other federations for all three lifts and total. Her American record is in the deadlift with another Federation.

Aside from her lifting, she is the mother of two children, does Irish Step Dancing, works as a full-time Licensed Medical Tech.

She is also a certified Fitness Trainer(NASM), specializing in the eldery and post-operative/rehab population.

She was the Maryland small bore shooting champion, and as a teenagerwas asked to shoot for the Remmington Arms Team in small bore competition.

She was also offered a scholarship to shoot for Univ. of WVa. She was an all star track athlete while in high school (long jump), played drums in the marching band, was a cheerleader, and eventually the band's majorette.