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Into the mind of the coach: Eric Grogin

(“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 […]

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Why do I have to make weight? Understanding relative strength and the nature of competition in sport.

  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

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Where’s the evidence in the evidence-based nutrition and medicine: how to defend yourself from published nonsense or irrelevance

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

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Surviving suicide, rape and abuse through powerlifting: my story

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,

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