Marilia Coutinho Interview – 12/13/25 I sat down with UITAC’s Open Notes podcast in December 2025 for an interview covering biology, powerlifting, and the sociology of science, sport and exercise.. The first part was uploaded to youtube in April 22, 2026. The second part has been added today, April 29: Summary and main themes: In […]
I walk. I’m still not sure towards what, but I walk away from hate and intolerance, from bigotry and groupthink. I walk from loud low-frequency sound causing pain in my bones and my skull. I walk into silence, shade and cold air.
Planet 59: The parking lot seagulls and the need to hate Read More »
Marilia Coutinho, Ph.D. shared a post. Published by Marilia Coutinho · 22 hrs · The Death of Powerlifting Everything is wrong. I get it. I do. There’s this “coach,” or talking-head on your Instagram, telling you what’s wrong with everyone else, but he doesn’t know a lot, himself. That’s why he’s talking so much. I read the whole text, carefully. Here
“The death of Powerlifting” – a comment on Swede Burns Read More »
(to Cody) I was talking to a friend, Cody, and we were laughing at the “tough” talk on “sacrifices”. Not to mention the embarrassing “alpha male”, “warrior” and “beast” embarrassingly stupid imagery. I did good both academically and in sports. Nope. Can’t remember any sacrifice. Let’s see what I remember as being an extreme sacrifice:
Discipline and Sacrifice Read More »
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
The endless cycle of grief: the day powerlifting died Read More »
‘- Young man, would you care to explain to me why you are lifting those weights – Sure ma’am, no problem: this is an autotelic activity, which means those who engage in it do so motivated by a self-referenced end. In other words, the purpose of lifting is itself. Did that help? – A little
Crazy dialogue with outsider explains autotelism and sport Read More »
Today, I took down any mention of competitive powerlifting prowess from Twitter. That is probably just the beginning. Some say it might be relevant to point out that I lift nicely and sort of heavy, for professional reasons. After all, competitive results are seen as a confirmation of a coach’s familiarity with strength training. This
Hiatus from competition – how long, I don’t know Read More »
Face-savers are not metaphorical and if I could, I would make them mandatory in gyms. For thirty years I’ve been hearing things like “let go… he/she needs to save face…”. You see, I don’t read sub-text. I probably have a very low EQ. But I’m a trained and skilled debater. I also admit I enjoy
We are NEVER your enemy. We are your eyes while you attempt to accomplish something great. You need that feat to be witnessed and recognized. That’s what we are: we are your eyes, we are the witnesses of your great deeds. We don’t want to red light you. We will do it, though, if something
Message to lifters from a judge Read More »
I am writing this without a draft. This day has been always the peak of some deep dilemma for me since 2001. As an academic scientist with multiple backgrounds, my role was to observe a phenomenon against the best models for prediction and policy making. As a person, it was the final loss of any
9/11, the worse and the best and why even bother to lift Read More »
