Scott Lincoln Training Blog January 7th

Hello, and thank you for taking the time to read this Blog.

My name is Scott Lincoln, i am a Shot Putter from North Yorkshire, England, UK. I am 6ft3 / 190.5cm in height and and weigh 21st5lb / 136kg.
By day I am a full time Builder / Construction worker, what ever you want to call it. I drive big machines and lay bricks day in day out. By night I am an Athlete.
I train 6 times a week, mainly because thats all I can fit in whilst I am working due to starting at 7.30 and not finishing till 4.30.
4 sessions a week I train with my Coach Paul Wilson, he is based around 45 miles from my home in a city called York. The other 2 sessions are done in my home made gym I have built up over time.

So how I got started…I came from a Rugby background, playing at school and on a weekend as a 15 year old. My P.E teacher came over to me and with a bit of friendly chat and said, Scott your a bit of a ”meat head” come and throw this ball for me. I wandered over to the top of the play ground where there was a Circle sprayed on the tarmac. Safe to say our school wasnt an Athletics Driven school.

I made it to the biggest school competition in England, the English schools Championships. I turned up in my trainers, a vest which was 2 sizes too big, and a pair of shorts which resembled something from an old film. The first thing I remember is someone smashing the 18m marker on the field, and thinking my 13m or so was not going to match that!

After getting in touch with my coach that I am still with today and a lot of fitness/circuit training I started to make my way up the rankings. I started out by winning North of England titles at U17 and U20 age groups. I worked my way up to a Silver medal at the Indoor UK championship at U17. This was followed by a UK title and my first  international vest for England and Great Britain as an U20. Now i am a senior I then started Progressing through the Ranks to become British Champion and UK number 1 senior and U23 along with winning the Northern, County, Loughborough International, England  Championship titles and EAP gold medals. I have also gained a lot of experience in European Competitions from taking part in the EAP circuit.

2008 5kg : 13.27m
2009 5kg : 15.60m    6kg :13.10
2010 6kg : 15.22m    7.26kg :13.44m
2011 6kg : 16.50m    7.26kg :14.49m
2012 6kg : 17.91m    7.26kg :16.01m
2013 7.26kg : 16.50m
2014 7.26kg : 17.59m
2015 7.26kg : 18.54m
2016….

I feel in great shape for 2016 and cant wait to get started. I will be posting Blogs on here regularly aswell as on my website and social media. You can check out my various social media below.

Scott Lincoln

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