coaches

Árni Rúnar Baldursson

WEIGHTLIFTING
STRENGTH TRAINING

I was born in 1995, and I have started to be interested into training/working out on my own at the age of 13. Crossfit got me in 2013, and sooner or later I have switched my interest to only weightlifting trainings in 2014.

In 2017 I graduated from Keilir, as a certified strength and conditioning coach.  For the past 5 years, since 2018 I have been teaching all around.

In between 2014-2017 I’ve worked as a firefighter. 

In the weight category 73kg I have took a first place and become an Icelandic champion. Lucky enough in weight of 77kg I took a second place/ twice and second place in -81kg and in 2020 I won the overall an Icelandic championships, over all weight categories. And that’s not all 😊.

In 2020 I won a bronze medal at the Nordic Championships as a 81kg lifter.

I’ve been on the executive board of the Icelandic weightlifting federation for the past 4 years, 2 of them as Vice President.

My hobbies are pretty cool 😊, weightlifting, good food, and spending time with my other half.

My best training numbers in kg are 121kg snatch and 150kg clean and jerk.

In competition I have made 117kg snatch, which is a national record that is now 3 years old and still stands in the 73kg weight category, and 145kg clean and jerk.

Come and lift with me those kg…