You know him. And even if you don’t admit it, you fear him. Or at least you should. He has time, and he spends time watching you. He watches everything. His weapon is his smartphone. He is that vocal, yet mediocre member of any profession, movement, group, sport or academic endeavor whose role is to […]
The adult digital bully: censorship and the echo chamber Read More »
(because many of the issues we discuss concerning sports governance, politics and interpersonal relations boils down to this – take it as a warmup for a discussion about performance enhancing drugs and the hidden agendas of the war on drugs) Principles are guidelines or beliefs by which one lives one’s life, makes one’s decisions, etc.
Something about principles, right and wrong, good and evil, coherence and violence Read More »
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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This is the article in which I will make the most extensive use of anonymity and pseudonyms. No federation will be named. I wish to offer a set of conceptual items for thought and discussion. Peter wrote to me and said he expected an article from me about the disgusting issues from this weekend. Charley
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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 »
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”,
This is Carlos Daniel Llosa’s acknowledgement text concerning BPL’s “elite nationals”. Carlos Daniel is the new president of the BPL and this is the first year we decided to have elite nationals. Both need some context for proper understanding. The BPL is a non-profit NGO. Pioneers I have learned a lot from have been telling
Brazilian Powerlifting League – the new president sees new hope Read More »
I needed to share this. It’s like food intoxication: either it comes out one way or the other (or both), but it has to come out. Tomorrow and the day after the “IPL elite nationals” will take place in Brazil – the first time in 6 years a “clean” championship is not done under my
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(the official reply from the WPC, sent by president Mr. Mike Sweeney, is bellow my letter) Dear Mr. Wayne Pullum, I am addressing this report to you as my immediate superior in the organization, in which my chief role is that of an international judge. Other members of the Executive Committee are copied here because
I just answered a question in Quora and thought I’d reproduce it here. The question was: Whose fall from grace was worse: Tiger Woods or Lance Armstrong? And my answer was: ” I think they are both very different and bear a scary similarity. The difference is obvious: Tiger Wood’s fall from grace has nothing to
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