My recovery has been documented with short videos and comments posted on Instagram. Here you can see the whole sequence, starting from bellow. "Recovey from Chaos" – It does look like I screwed up, but I didn't: what was hurting during the exercise was NOT the left hamstring tendon origin, but other parts of the …
My recovery has been documented with short videos and comments posted on Instagram. Here you can see the whole sequence, starting from bellow. "Recovery from chaos" – or how to complicate something simple. I'm adding hip thrusts to my rehab program. First, there is ample evidence concerning its efficacy on hip extensors activation, which I …
“Recovery from Chaos” is a series that I am doing basically through short video posts on my Instagram/Facebook page. I shared it here, on my wall, so that you have an idea what it is. I took this small project after having to give up the meet preparation I was doing: too injured, too chaotic, …
Recovery from Chaos 1: on the nature of the beast and facing it Read More »
(“Into the mind of the coach” project – all the interview links) Please tell us something about yourself: where and when were you born and places you lived. Where do you live now? I was born in Tarzana California. I moved when I was three years old to Ridgewood New Jersey, I lived there until …
Mild dehydration is defined as water loss of 1-2% of bodyweight and can be easily overlooked. Our everyday life is conducive to mild to moderate dehydration. Mild dehydration results in cognitive impairment and other symptoms.
Making weight, in addition to being one of the most difficult aspects of sport, is often the most misunderstood. Widely criticized by both those who practice and those who watch any sport divided in bodyweight classes, making weight and cutting weight are often depicted as cheating or as reckless and risky behavior. Several academic …
Scientific evidence comes in layers, like onions: at the core, there is what we call “primary sources”. These are the first-hand, experimental research results published in peer reviewed journals. “Peer reviewed” means that the paper is analyzed by other researchers through a process known as “double-blind” evaluation: reputable researchers read the paper ignoring who the …
Since the early nineties, there has been increasing evidence concerning the ability of Phosphatidylserine to blunt cortisol responses to stress. This has special relevance to high performance athletics.
There is some evidence from the literature concerning widespread pain and local soreness caused by inactivity. Whether these have any physiological relation with the inactivity soreness athletes feel when a few days to some weeks without training is unclear.
On October 5, 2012, Gene and Ame Rychlak created the campaign “Power Against Violence and Abuse”. Their mission is as simple and complex as powerlifting itself: to confront all forms of abuse. Abuse, by definition, is an act of violence that takes place between asymmetric players: an adult against a child or an elderly person, …
Surviving suicide, rape and abuse through powerlifting: my story Read More »
