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Communication crisis and how it affects strength and conditioning

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A crisis of meaning, goals and time management fueled by inefficient communication. You have been programmed to read no more than 140 characters, with an optimum length of …. *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*=== (you have stopped there) 80. You will only go beyond this if there is a clear provocation, scandal, insult or controversy. It affects everything. Small […]

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How to Fix Your Bench Press: Parte 2 -The Execution (EliteFTS series)

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“How to fix your bench press” was a series of three articles originally published at the EliteFTS website. The parts were:   1. The setup 2. The execution 3. Programming and assistance work On my website, I reproduce part of the article and the link to keep reading it at the EliteFTS site.   How

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How to fix your bench press – part 1: the Setup (EliteFTS collection)

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“How to fix your bench press” was a series of three articles originally published at the EliteFTS website. The parts were:   1. The setup 2. The execution 3. Programming and assistance work On my website, I reproduce part of the article and the link to keep reading it at the EliteFTS site.   How

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The Shaming thing: eight points for thought

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(elaborated version) Shaming is something serious: it means causing someone to feel inadequate or ashamed because of their behavior or even identity. Inadequacy and shame are among the most powerful causes of mental suffering. Both are deeply associated with trauma and abuse. Shame, for example, is one of the reasons for the huge gap in

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Guidelines to send news/material to my content production at Powerlifting Watch in case I don’t find you first

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DISCLAIMER: you don’t HAVE to do this. I try to comb the web as best as I can to find you. However, if I don’t and you wish to be part of one of the series bellow, please download the files and get back to me. I have much interest in your content and maybe

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Adults afraid of squatting with the bar: you and the rest of the world, don’t worry

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To my dear friends just starting their journey   This is just a note to my many friends, and students’ clients who are afraid of squatting with the bar for the first time. I have some words for you: I understand you are frustrated and I am with you on your quest. I’m here if

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“Just powerlifting” X “Passion” – time to take a breath and understand what “the other” is saying

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I might be playing the mother-figure here in saying both are right and that you possibly agree more than not. Most people who know me also know that I belong to the second class for a very strong reason: it was the accidental discovery of powerlifting that saved my life. I abandoned an academic career

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“Stuff from everyday” – where does fun come into the training routine?

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A recent post from Alexander Juan Antonio Cortes about training routine structure and rationale for exercise choice, which I hope he expands into a full article, got me into a train of thought. I remembered the wrap-up session of one of the “powerlifting 5” courses, which is actually not powerlifting, but “grip training” (they are

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