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Laissez-fair athleticism

Sunday was an interesting day: as in many international meets, we had the chance of comparing local institutional components for sports development in different countries. As one of us described in detail the conditions in which corruption and/or outright organized crime ruled the strength sports, the fights and other sports in South America, our friend […]

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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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The tragedy of lipservice trans-disciplinarity: writing about sports without having ever been there

By: Marilia Coutinho (@marilia_coutinho) and Eric Brown (@oracleofihop)   A few weeks ago, the two of us were discussing a topic related to fitness management, with implications to marketing and sales: client retention and untapped reserve. Let’s take a look at the physical structure of most conventional gyms: there is a strip of “cardio machines”,

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