Yesterday I sat in my chair at the office and – yuck – realized I had smeared my boots with dog shit. On a closer – double yuck – look, or, rather, smell I figured it was a mixture of dog shit and carrion. It was almost 1AM, I was home from having dinner with […]
When life is its own metaphor: heavy and smelly Leia mais »
I have argued in favor of hybrid training for improving performance in powerlifting during the past two years. There is no published scientific evidence for that. Actually, there is very little published scientific evidence for any given training method or protocol for powerlifting. The reasons for this go beyond disinterest from the scientific community. Actually,
On another aspect of hybrid training for powerlifting Leia mais »
Today I realized something wonderful about time management and multi-tasking for athletes who are also full time professionals in other fields. Since people like lists, here it goes (comments follow): Forget being reasonable according to society at large: training (your pleasure) comes first. Never negotiate your training time. If you establish you will have two
Today is Mother’s Day. I am eager to get to my brother’s and be with the crowd. I am especially eager to see my baby. She doesn’t like me to talk about her, so I won’t. Not too much, at least. I’m not going to say what she did (ok?), but she just accomplished something
A powerlifter’s Mother’s Day Leia mais »
Today I taught a class at Tracer, a Parkour facility owned by my friend Jean. I talked about the intertwined histories of the strength and martial arts – also known, today, as strength sports and combat sports. The whole argument is simple but provocative. Both arts share a common origin: endemic war. The first manifestations
Strength and Martial Arts: intertwined histories Leia mais »
Let’s try to improve whatever lift or powerlifting issue you have in mind in a few easy steps. Not that I believe this, but I’m at the waiting room at my physician’s office, nothing to do except wait, so I decided to test a hypothesis: people like lists. As in “how to repair your tooth
How to improve whatever you want to improve in 7 steps (that’s part 1) Leia mais »
Have you ever seen that guy who lifts easy 700lbs (whatever the lift, this is hypothetical) at the gym or in videos and just bombs out with 600lbs at the meet? Does it again at another meet? You know him, you know his training is good and well planned, he’s pretty strong, his nutrition was
The bar is loaded: are you ready? Talent, preparation and competitive readiness Leia mais »
My friend, great athlete and coach Lynne Boshoven, asked me the following question, which triggered a stream of thought that I decided to share with everyone. Here you go: “What do you think is the most successful approach to bring new people into the sport?” Well, Lynne, this is a great question, not only because
Making powerlifting more popular: do we want or need it? Leia mais »
I just watched Dan Ariely’s TED conference about motivation and work and it made me think about our attitude towards other people’s reaction to powerlifting. Most of us (in fact, I would say all of us) claim we don’t give a shit. I think this is a self-deception. I think saying we don’t give a
Powerlifting and meaning: I think we lie to ourselves Leia mais »
http://storify.com/mariliacoutinho/innate-physical-strength-in-babies-1
Innate physical strength in babies Leia mais »
