{"id":2418,"date":"2013-09-24T16:48:39","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T16:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?2418"},"modified":"2013-09-24T16:48:39","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T16:48:39","slug":"weight-lifting-camps-held-at-help-for-heroes-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/weight-lifting-camps-held-at-help-for-heroes-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Weight lifting camps held at Help for Heroes centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former military personnel who are recovering at a Help for Heroes Recovery Centre have been handed a series of power lifting performance camps in recent times.<\/p>\n<p>British Weight Lifting has confirmed it is running the latest course at Tedworth House in Wiltshire and it is designed to expose injured servicemen and women to the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Yule, who is on the British Weight Lifting Performance Programme and readying himself for the IPC Asian Open in November, was found by the 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