The National Shot Put and Discus throwing Champion, and winner of the 2007 Feelgood Spa Cup, Mario Mifsud has launched his hardcore 'Heavy Metal' Gym as a haven for himself and a dedicated group of strength athletes to hone their power and lifting techniques.Mario Mifsud and Emanuel Schembri are top contenders for the upcoming 2008 powerlifting season. A 'Heavy Metal Gym vs. Feelgood Spa' team event may be in the pipeline where Mario Mifsud and some of the strongest men in Malta will attempt to topple Matthew Muscat Inglott and his Feelgood Spa lifters from their established position on the Maltese powerlifting scene.
We dropped in at the spartan training facility on a Saturday afternoon and witnessed some impressive deadlifting from the big men. Heavy Metal blurted out of the speaker system accompanied by the ryhthmic clanging of weights nearing a quarter of a ton smashing into the floor. Matthew Muscat Inglott, now back in action after recovering from abdominal injuries, dropped by for spying duties. No doubt he will be piling on the pressure in his own training and that of the Feelgood Spa lifters. The biggest powerlifting contest ever seen in Malta is on for the end of March 2008 with titles in every weight category up for grabs for the hungriest lifters.
