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The endless cycle of grief: the day powerlifting died

The process of letting go is a slow and painful one, but it brings some relief. As if with each flake you shed, you become a lighter and a more genuine version of yourself. I just now opened the book manuscript I was supposed to hand in in 2012 and never did. It is in …

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Why keeping a food log alone helps you control your weight

Marilia Coutinho & Antonio Bruno We hate this title. We didn’t write it to trick you, though: we know you are concerned with your shape and the measurement tools available to you are the scale and the measuring tape. We also know that what bothers you is actually what you see in the mirror or …

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Bare truth, the real self, vulnerability, trauma and disclosure (and the bar, of course)

I have been reviewing the literature about difficulty in communicating with non-literal speech. Almost everybody I know suggested that this is my case, to the point of comedy and tragedy. Very frequently, this is a sign of some form of autism (the spectrum is wide). Maybe that’s the case, maybe not. I’ve also been praised for …

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Recovery from Chaos 3: my rehab journey

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 …

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Recovery from Chaos 2: on strength improvement and facing imbalance

This second chapter of “Recovery from Chaos” covers early April (April 2) up to April 20. It is also the period when the assessment of strength loss and injury expression is concluded. We now go into a period of addressing imbalances, which we (meaning Dani Overcash and myself)  believe will be basic to enter a …

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Seven wrong reasons to get a new gym membership

I will conquer the perfect body That is listed among the main reasons for losing members at gyms. He or she will enroll after digesting gigabytes of advertisement (and indoctrination) about some ideal shape. That is what I call “formolatry” – the idolatry of an unhuman shape. It doesn’t exist, it has never existed and …

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Withdrawing from competition for the rest of 2015

Today I had a diagnose by my neurologist that has made my decision to withdraw from competing in 2015 final. I attempted to accomplish some things in Brazil that faced serious opposition by forces that benefitted from the way things were (basically, delinquent). The reactions didn’t come as rational discussions, but rather systematic attacks, sabotage, …

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