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(military radio chatter)

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- I'm CW2 Rory Payne.

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I'm a CH-47 Fox Chinook pilot.

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And in my spare time, I powerlift.

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People would see me in the
gym and then they'd see

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me in flight school and just ask me

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"Hey you gonna fly Chinooks?

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"You like lifting heavy, so
you gonna fly the Chinook?"

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And uh, turned out, this
was what I ended up wanting.

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About half way through flight
school I made that decision.

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And I was lucky enough
to finish number one

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and be able to select this.

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So, I've been power lifting
competitively since 2014,

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that was when I did my
first sanctioned meet.

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Now, lifting, in general,

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I've been doing since I was about 12.

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Realized that I was good
at it, and I enjoyed it,

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and it was something I
was passionate about.

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(weights drop)

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I finished the USTA Nationals
in Columbus, June 29th.

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Finished first in my
weight class, totaled 1780.

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So when I finished that
and I told my coach

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that I wanted more competition,

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cause I see these guys that are out there,

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I mean, they're stronger than I am,

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but those are the guys
I wanna compete against

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when I compete, I wanna
compete against somebody else,

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I don't wanna just compete against myself.

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So the official name is the Pro Raw 12.

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So, it's an invite-only,

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basically it's based on your total,

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for your weight class.

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So I'll be competing in
the 95 kilo weight class,

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which is about 209 pounds.

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And that weight class,

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the winner has totaled
right about 1900 pounds,

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1915, I think was last year.

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So, to be competitive,

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that's where you gotta be.

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I want to be the best at
absolutely everything that I do.

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I've always been that way.

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Life is a competition to me.

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And I wanna be the best at it,

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and that's everything that I do

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and everything that I
encompass in my life.