CH Fitness & Performance

Dear CHFP Community,

We continue to monitor the information and guidelines being made available regarding COVID-19. Considering recent recommendations of the CDC and Virginia Governor Northam, we have made the difficult but necessary decision to suspend all facility operations beginning Tuesday, March 17, until at least April 1, 2020.

The health and well-being of our athletes and coaches and the broader community remain our...

l-r, Coach Cara Heads Slaughter with Cole Bramble, Bell Rivera, Avery Owens, Lexi Moylan and Morgan Bramble

CHFP Weightlifting traveled with five athletes to Pleasanton, California to compete at the National Junior/University/Under 25 Championships. Each member arrived with various objectives and aspirations, but all arrived focused and prepared and it showed on the platform, collectively as a group successful on 26/30 attempts...

CH Fitness and Performance/CHFP Weightlifting is excited to announce it has once again earned the designation as a USA Weightlifting Community Development Training Site for 2020. This program was created to recognize outstanding clubs that have existing active and robust programs to grow the sport of weightlifting within their community.

CHFP was selected along with six other sites in the Southeast region and among twenty sites...

Pictured (l-r) Elise, Caron, Avery Owens, Steve Yanda, Ambrea Watts, Onzy Elam and Head Coach Cara heads Slaughter

The CHFP Weightlifting Team brought the 2019 competition year to a close with record-setting performances at the American Open Finals. The 2019 AO Finals event was held on December 6-8 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City. We traveled with 5 athletes including Youth and Masters, all who qualified...

Competing in her third and final Youth international competition, Avery Owens delivered a gold medal-winning performance at the Youth Pan American Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Avery [81 kg] set a personal best in the snatch with 84 kg to earn SILVER and went into the clean jerks trailing by 4 kg.

Owens win Gold with personal best clean and jerk at 112 kg. 

After two successful attempts at 102 and 105 and the Si...

CHFP Weightlifting arrived to the 5th Annual Black & Red Open with a large squad comprised of 15 team and 5 club members. Hosted by Black & Red Barbell, this year's event was held on July 13 at Tyson's Playground in Vienna, VA.

Used primarily as a train-through meet for many team members, the quality of the performances was outstanding. Nine athletes went a perfect six for six including Ashley Bruce, Elise Caron, James Combs, L...

CHFP Weightlifting traveled to Anaheim, California with five Youth athletes to compete at the USA Weightlifting National Youth Championships held on June 28-30. The talented youth squad  arrived prepped and ready to shoot for competition PRs, compete for positions on the podium, and vie for selection to Team USA that will compete at the Youth Pan American Championships in Ecuador.

First up was 14 year old Grace Edwards. Co...

Over two weekends in May, four CHFP athletes participated in national championships in the US and in Canada.

The USA Weightlifting National Championships took place on May 9-12 in Memphis, TN. First up was Laura Bligh in the 59 kg class.  Laura went 4/6 with a best snatch of 72 kg and a best clean and jerk of 96 kg. Laura's 168 kg total was the highest achieved at a national championship- Senior or Masters.

 Laura Bligh suc...

CHFP is excited to announce that Senior International Coach Daniel Camargo will return as our Elite Guest Coach for this year's Olympic Weightlifting Mini Camp which will be held on August 17-18.

One the most well-known and sought-after weightlifting coaches in the US, Coach Camargo is a 27- year veteran of Olympic Weightlifting who has represented the United States in international competition as an athlete and coach before es...

CHFP Weightlifting sent a small squad of five elite athletes to compete at U25 Nationals and the Las Vegas International Open held in advance of teammate Avery Owens competing at the IWF Youth World Championships also to be held at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino. 

First up at the U25 Nationals was Youth athlete Morgan Bramble who returned to weightlifting competition in spectacular fashion. Competing in the 55 kg clas...