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Powerlifting: dishonor, doubt and the first bomb-out. Brewing a new beginning – part 4

Along the year, I had the misfortune of observing the worst of what powerlifting became as a sport. While there are still honorable projects – whether federative, companies, gyms, educational initiatives – I would say most lack honesty, credibility, and, most of all, trustworthiness. I learned and witnessed things that I wish I never had. …

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The deconstruction of a model: what really happened? – part 3

But what about what created the conditions for all of this to happen? The first model I had for what happened, the only possible one given the information I had, deconstructed itself. The evidence against the psychopathic con artist I had married slowly melted. First was my realization that the first “solid witnesses” were blatantly …

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The outrage game

The outrage game. It goes like this (and we’ve all been guilty, at some point): ORIGIN: a fight, a lift, a meet Outrage wave 1: proficient and experienced outragers come out with one or more outrage claims (“high squat”, “no standards”, “bad judging”, “talks shit”, “coward”, “shitty striking”, “shitty grappling”, “poked his eyes”). Seconds later, …

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The use of quantitative indicators in health: IQ and BMI

The use of IQ, BMI and other quantitative indicators in health: they are neither individually significant or irrelevant. Yes, they are all important in the assessment of public – epidemic or endemic – issues, such as educational policies, hunger or obesity. Today it is somewhat consensual that intelligence is not ONE manifestation of the human …

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Unwanted attention: female muscularity, its admirers and distractors

The spectrum of male admiration/attraction for strong women and female muscularity and how to react to different levels of (sometimes unwanted) attention No, it’s not an article, just some thoughts: For some guys we are disgusting. For some, we are pretty. For some, we are VERY pretty, meaning very sexually attractive. That’s ok – everything …

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The gym as the home: Brewhouse Barbell

This article is a case study partly based on ethnographic analysis about a strength training gym. The goal here is to explore the concepts related to “homeness” on the choice of the training environment. It sets the ground for subsequent essays on alternative training settings and facilities and the concepts involved in their evolution. This …

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