“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 sense of entitlement and vulnerability that I see especially in the younger “socially conscious” (between quotes, because I consider myself pretty socially conscious) or the older self-righteous generation reminds me of things we all need to do, well… to live. Yes, to improve, to excel, but even to just get by. Most of the
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* About 15% of instagram posts, especially in the morning, are about achieving excellence and outstanding performance (with a strong bias on achieving higher status and recognition). * Humans are social animals. Therefore, hierarchical. By pure biological logic, a small number of individuals in each group will assume leadership and manifest excellence (in other mammals,
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If you read part 1, you are probably screaming at the screen: “get out of this shithole, for god’s sake!”. Three of my doctors agree with you. One straightforwardly said that during the last years, he never saw me clinically compromised, but that now I was. That it was time for a sound, true break
(“Into the mind of the coach” – 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 Queens NY in 1982. I grew up in Rockland County New York. For those that don’t know, Rockland County
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This is a series of interviews that some friends who are great coaches agreed to answer. My objective was to explore the personal aspects of each of these people’s lives that made them what they are: good coaches. That includes their childhood experiences and influences, the people they admired, and chance. Chance plays a big
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The pseudo-zealots. I have a problem with zealots in general but I’m not a hypocrite: I am a zealot myself when it comes to certain values I will never negotiate. So, in spite of totally disagreeing with them, I have some level of respect for people who consider having sex before marriage a sin, and
Four types of people that bother me concerning Performance Enhancing Drugs: Read More »
“Get lost, quack” is an initiative to express indignation and fight off quacks, bullshitters and scammers in continued education and information in the fields of strength and conditioning. It was designed by Hugo Quinteiro, physical educator, M.Sc. in human physiology, world powerlifting champion and record holder. Hugo is a partner at MAD Powerlifting, a company
“Get lost, quack” – fighting off the fads in fitness, strength and conditioning Read More »
The short answer is “everybody”. That reminds me of the movie “Contact”, where astronomy researcher Eleanor Arroway picks up the signal of an extra-terrestrial civilization trying to make contact. “Who do we call?”, her co-workers ask. “Everybody”. Everyone who believes in something as strongly as we consider powerlifting as the way of recovering lost movement
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