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Should professionals in physical exercise be required to have a license issued by regulatory bodies?

Takeaways from my text below: Any profession that implies the PRIVILEGE of prescribing anything related to people should require basic skills as provided by educational organizations, as well as minimal testing; The less regulation, the better. Beyond the mastery of basic knowledge, guidelines that align with economic interests or professional monopoly should be restricted. By …

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The beauty of team work in sports: organizing meets is a very specialized occupation

I have been the president of a national powerlifting organization in a powerlifting and ethics-unfriendly country. Our organization never really grew: the corruption tradition was so strong that the IPL/USPA project could hardly be understood by people who were already lifters. Our chance were the newcomers. I didn’t have the time: I moved away. I …

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“The Jenn” – a quick note from the Judge’s corner

This is just a quick note written at the hotel lobby (the Hampton Inn) before I hit the road headed to the Treasure Coast. This is not a writeup and not even a properly thorough acknowledgements article. Let’s say this is a good-bye-see you soon note with many thank-yous and some interesting comments. Florida is …

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Meet Doug Williams and how he started Lift for Kids’ Sake

  Doug Williams is a nurse who lives in Brockville, Ontario in Canada. Here he tells about how he became involved in the “Lift for Kid’s Sake” charitable initiative.   I have been a board member of Big Brothers and Sisters for about 7 years. In my first few years I felt quite unavailing. Yes, I …

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Into the mind of the coach: Richard Ficca

(Read the other interviews – links at the project’s page, “Into the mind of the coach“) Please tell us something about yourself: where and when were you born and places you lived. Where do you live now? I was born and raised in Tampa, Florida.  Between college and the US Military I have also lived …

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Customer service, Enterprise and Elitefts: highlighting corporate responsibility and building a reputation

What does a car rental company have to do with a sports goods sales company that also provides free information? Apparently nothing. Read on. I am presently dealing with a case of miscommunication between corporate office and the local Miami office in which I rented a vehicle. In lay terms, “something went wrong, someone failed …

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There is treasure everywhere

Late on August 2015, Johnny Vasquez, Powerlifting Watch (PLW) owner, approached me with a proposal: help him with creating content for PLW. He is getting busier and busier with record keeping, ranking systems and other services that PLW provides to the community. Fishing for lifting news was consuming his non-existent spare time. He was very …

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Brazilian Powerlifting League – the new president sees new hope

This is Carlos Daniel Llosa’s acknowledgement text concerning BPL’s “elite nationals”. Carlos Daniel is the new president of the BPL and this is the first year we decided to have elite nationals. Both need some context for proper understanding. The BPL is a non-profit NGO. Pioneers I have learned a lot from have been telling …

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Letter to the WPC concerning rule transgressions and procedural problems at the 2014 World Championship

(the official reply from the WPC, sent by president Mr. Mike Sweeney, is bellow my letter) Dear Mr. Wayne Pullum, I am addressing this report to you as my immediate superior in the organization, in which my chief role is that of an international judge. Other members of the Executive Committee are copied here because …

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