Eu precisava compartilhar isso. É como uma intoxicação alimentar: ou sai por cima, ou por baixo (ou ambos), mas tem que sair. Amanhã e no dia seguinte será realizado o “campeonato brasileiro de elite da IPL” – a primeira vez, em 6 anos, que um campeonato “limpo” não é realizado sob o meu comando. E […]
A questão da honra no powerlifting – a ressaca 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
The honor issue in powerlifting – the hangover Read More »
In the past two months I collected – involuntarily and under protest – a huge number of examples of what is widely known as “bitching” in powerlifting related social media topics, threads, discussions, pictures and videos. Bitching refers to the act of complaining. It brings with it all the other negative meanings of the word
Bitching in Powerlifting: Structural, historical and social-economic determinants Read More »
(Spreading the Iron Gospel – part 1) 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 very strongly feels that way.
Spreading the Iron Gospel – part 2: who to Read More »
“So I broke this yoke record, which is not meant to stay, but to be broken again”. Thus spoke Marcos Ferrari, the highest ranked strongman in Brazil. Today. Just for today, and he knows it. Even at a young age, he knows all athletic accomplishments are the best for a short period of time. Sometimes
Legacy – about Marcos Ferrari, the Brazilian strongman and powerlifter Read More »
There´s a controversy that won’t go away that easy: what improves your deaflift more? Increasing or decreasing frequency? Until a few years back, we had few advocates of the higher (highER, not high) frequency deadlift. Today, however, a couple of good coaches recommend higher frequency pulling. Three weeks ago, one of my lifters had a
The deadlift: train more or train less? Three suggestions that may work for you Read More »
Like most important things in life, physical training can be both as complex as to justify getting advanced degrees on, yotabytes of published information and controversy all over the place and as simple as brushing your teeth and going to work. Complexity makes it fun and calls for questions and improvement. Simplicity makes it feasible
Four things that can simplify your training Read More »
Like in any other sport or skilled activity, learning powerlifting involves certain stages. Sports learning is generally understood as a three stage process: the cognitive, associative and autonomous stages. The cognitive stage is where the individual recognizes the basic components of a certain skill or motor task. He must form a visual image of each
Spreading the Iron Gospel – part 1 Read More »
Ativismo político consiste num conjunto de atividades para avançar um determinado projeto político, ou “causa”. Estas atividades incluem a criação de consensos internos, a educação da suposta ou real “base” (os indivíduos, numa sociedade, afetados pela questão que está na origem da caus) e comunicação com outros agentes. Quem são os “outros agentes”? Todo mundo.
1. I support it. I support the present organizers: they are doing a very good job, overall. 2. RUM is an interesting project. Apart from my organization’s projects (I am a member of the IPL/USPA), this is the only one that interests me. 3. I lifted raw, equipped, classic – everything. I enjoy raw lifting
About the decision taken by RUM organizers to eliminate knee wraps and the monolift Read More »
