Fitness & Sports

I am the founder of www.DubaiFit.com and elite personal trainer of Dubai as seen in Grazia Magazine (click here and read pages 12-13)

There is no type of client I do not have experience working with over the last 8 years. Male or female, regardless of current level of fitness, I can get you to your goal. From high school athletes, to recent mothers who want to lose baby weight (like my own sister did!), to models getting ready for fashion season I have worked with all, and never been less than perfect.

Since the age of 5, Derrick has been involved in some type of sport. It started with competing in Martial Arts (Judo, Hapkido, Taekwondo) until the age of 16 when Derrick decided to shoot for the Olympics and switched his sport to Olympic Weightlifting. Derrick quickly became one of the top lifters in the nation, smashing all Oregon State records regardless of bodyweight and becoming the strongest man in Oregon's history to this day. Derrick eventually qualified for the 1999 Olympic Trials but did not go due to injury. After retiring from Olympic Weightlifting, Derrick picked up track and field to lose 55lbs of the 240lbs he was weighing from his days as a weightlifter. During this time he studied Nutrition and became one of the leading experts in the fitness world. From Pro Bodybuilders to Basketball players, Derrick has been the "go to" guy for cutting edge nutritional and supplemental advice. When the "experts" want to learn something new in the field of Fitness, they call Derrick. Always learning, always innovating, Derrick will continue to be a force in the worlds fitness forum for years to come.

"The word Fitness has been misused and therefore misrepresented as a term to mean "vanity". Although vanity is a great motivator and byproduct of Fitness, to me the word represents the achievement of well-being, or state of physical and mental accomplishment" - Derrick Branford

All Time OREGON MENS OPEN WEIGHTLIFTING RECORDS
As of May 2008

CLASS	WEIGHT in KG	LIFTER	DATE	SITE	TEAM	YoB

56 KG
SNATCH	72.5	Travis Joseph	09/26/98	HVATH	HVATH	10/1982
C&J	90	Travis Joseph	06/13/98	U/O	HVATH	10/1982
TOTAL	162.5	Travis Joseph	09/26/98	HVATH	HVATH	10/1982

62 KG
SNATCH	77.5	Travis Joseph	06/12/99	U/O	HVATH	10/1982
C&J	105	Travis Joseph	06/12/99	U/O	HVATH	10/1982
TOTAL	182.5	Travis Joseph	06/12/99	U/O	HVATH	10/1982

69 kg
SNATCH	80	Zareth Irwin	02/14/99	PN	HVATH	07/1970
C&J	110	Zareth Irwin	06/13/98	U/O	HVATH	07/1970
TOTAL	187.5	Zareth Irwin	06/13/98	U/O	HVATH	07/1970

77 KG
SNATCH	112.5	Justin Devereux	06/02/07	U/O	HVATH	01/1982
C&J	140	Justin Devereux	06/02/07	U/O	HVATH	01/1982
TOTAL	252.5	Justin Devereux	06/02/07	U/O	HVATH	01/1982

85 KG
SNATCH	127.5	Pat Tekavec	06/04/05	U/O	HVATH	01/1977
C&J	162.5	Pat Tekavec	12/13/03	IronMind	HVATH	01/1977
TOTAL	287.5	Pat Tekavec	12/13/03	IronMind	HVATH	01/1977

94 KG
SNATCH	120	Derrick Branford	11/03/01	Gold/West	HVATH	04/1981
C&J	145	Wesley Mallard	06/16/01	U/O	UN	11/1978
TOTAL	260	Derrick Branford	11/03/01	Gold/West	HVATH	04/1981

105 KG
SNATCH	140	Derrick Branford	04/10/04	PNWC	UN	04/1981
C&J	170	Derrick Branford	04/10/04	PNWC	UN	04/1981
TOTAL	310	Derrick Branford	04/10/04	PNWC	UN	04/1981

105+ KG
SNATCH	130	Igor Olshansky	06/16/01	U/O	UN	05/1982
C&J	172.5	Haloti Ngata	06/04/05	U/O	UN	01/1984
TOTAL	302.5	Haloti Ngata	06/04/05	U/O	UN	01/1984

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