Fellow athletes and sports professionals, I have a problem that needs a creative solution: I need to relocate every year to the Northern Hemisphere during Winter (between November and February, or late Oct-early March). Reason: I have an extreme form of idiopathic heat intolerance. Every year symptoms get worse because the weather is changing. This […]
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Peter (not real name) asked me a long question concerning cardio workouts and strength training. He claims to be seriously interested in strength. First of all, we need to know what you understand by “cardio workout”. Is it a walk on the park, jogging for 45 minutes in the treadmill, a “Fran” WOD ? The
Questions from readers: cardio before, after or never? Read More »
Não, não é a mesma coisa. O agachamento é um movimento em que a pessoa saca uma barra carregada nas costas e flexiona quadris e joelhos até atingir uma profundidade mínima, depois do que já começa a estender ambas as articulações para retomar a posição ereta. Durante todo o gesto, seu sistema nervoso central (SNC)
1. Não saia de casa antes das 18h2. Tome quantos banhos forem necessários para restabelecer algum conforto3. Aumente a ingesta de água, se possível gelada: você vai inchar muito porque uma das respostas agudas ao aumento de temperatura é aumentar o volume plasmático 4. Assim que possível, tente introduzir algumas atividades com certa intensidade cardio-vascular
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Kevin (not real name) wrote me because he was confused. He follows some powerlifters, such as myself, but his training buddies told him he needed to train each body part, or even worse, each muscle, once a week in order to have “results”. This is my reply: Kevin, your friends were taught or self-taught in
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Cristiane (nome fictício) me escreve: “Estou com sobrepeso (gorda mesmo), nem me peso mais depois dos 80kg, deprimida e não tenho ânimo para nada. Sei que estou comendo errado, mas acabo não tendo motivação para fazer nada a respeito. Detesto academias: elas só me fazem me sentir pior e nunca tenho resultados. Me dê uma
Tenho sobrepeso e detesto academia: o que devo fazer? Da série FAQ Read More »
Most people who enjoy collective sports like football, baseball or hockey will follow a blog to read about the sport, the players and technical comments about each game in a competitive season. In individual sports, especially in strength sports, the reality is unfortunately different. We have very few blogs devoted to providing news or competition
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(resposta à pergunta feita por um seguidor) Não existe esse modelo (exitem “mathematical models for strength training”, um monte) que descreva as curvas específicas de supercompensação porque, como eu disse, metodologicamente é IMPOSSÍVEL. Do ponto de vista científico, não dá, pois a variação inter-individual, entre levantamentos, entre fases de treinamento do MESMO atleta, é
Que modelo descreve a curva de supercompensação de força? Read More »
Since the early nineties, there has been increasing evidence concerning the ability of Phosphatidylserine to blunt cortisol responses to stress. This has special relevance to high performance athletics.
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After all, does a soft, neoprene knee sleeve have any effect over a squat, a snatch or a clean and jerk? A good orthopedist will positively tell you: from a mechanical point of view, NO. A knee sleeve offers no mechanical support. This is why it is allowed in raw (or unequipped) powerlifting competitions. A
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