Bishop’s Stortford rugby club lifetime vice-president Carly Poyser wins category at Magnus Ver Magnusson Adaptive Strength World Championship
Carly Poyser has been crowned the world’s strongest adaptive athlete in her category after triumphing at a prestigious event.
The Bishop’s Stortford strongwoman was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2022 and returned to strength training in May last year.
She quickly racked up titles by winning her class at England’s Strongest Disabled Woman and then being crowned Britain’s Strongest Disabled Woman.
And more English and British trophies were secured earlier this year before she won the standing class 1 prize at the Magnus Ver Magnusson Adaptive Strength World Championship at the start of November.
Mum-of-two Poyser, 45, who lives in Little Hallingbury, she set up the ladies’ section at Bishop’s Stortford rugby club and was chair for seven years before giving up her role at Silver Leys following her diagnosis.
She took part in five events to land the Magnus Ver Magnusson title in Birmingham. She did reps of a single-arm monster dumbbell (30kg), revolutions of the 120kg Conan’s wheel, got up to 225kg for deadlifts, lifted the famous Atlas stones and pulled a 220kg sled.
The championship was part of the FitXpo at the Birmingham NEC. Poyser, who now works as a personal trainer, was also invited to go up on stage to take part in a talk about disability and inclusion in the fitness industry.
Poyser, who is married to Andy, is getting ready to see how 20-year-old son Alfie, who also competes in strongman events, gets on at a world junior championship in Chicago next month.
Her younger son Oscar, 19, is already out in the States as, after being part of the NFL Academy, he gained a full college scholarship and now plays American football in Quincy, Illinois.
Poyser, who is a lifetime vice-president at the rugby club, was able to put the Stortford ladies through their paces during pre-season and is hoping to do the same again ahead of next season.
To find out more about her work as a personal trainer, see @shh_training on Instagram.
