PAIN – I spent over 40 days somewhat absent from the digital environments I am responsible for, somewhat late with work related tasks and replies, and evasive as to what was happening to me. Now I can speak: I had infectious spondilodiscitis. I was taken to the Emergency room on November the 12th, with a […]
1 – Predators: they can be occupational delinquents (people whose income depends on inflicting harm on other people, with higher or lower levels of violence) or psychopaths (people who seek satisfaction through the control over other people, which can be obtained from simple harassment up to signature murder). GENERAL RULES: a. Limit your exposure (don’t
Predators, enemies and digital stalkers: four simple rules to handle them Leia mais »
I like to be in Las Vegas. The reason is obvious: I’ve been there twice, both times to participate in international powerlifting championships where I meet friends who I spend at least an year away from and where I meet other people with interests, attitudes and behaviors so close to mine that there is a
Las Vegas ambivalence Leia mais »
Here’s the data: I won at the open and master category at my bodyweight class (132lb), broke the squat and bench press open records plus all the master records. Got close to breaking the total, far from breaking the deadlift record and close to best lifter. In terms of my personal performance and results, it
The IPL Worlds: my first account Leia mais »
It’s funny, Jouko. I don’t care very much anymore, I guess. The administrative aka political aspect of powerlifting became somewhat of a bureacratic issue, just that. Saturday a TV station in Brazil aired a show on a Sports series about me. They obviously highlighted the fact that I survived a suicide attempt AND (but
I often read some of my favorite coaches writing about sacrifice and lifestyle in training and becoming strong. I know they accomplish what they mean, which is to motivate novices. I’m not sure, but I think a dose of dark truth would be good for these young minds as well. Until the WPC
Can you afford not to be that strong? Leia mais »
The week before the last had been a total disaster. Last week I have not only done some progress, but actually hit a number of PRs. How can that be? The definition of “record” is an unsurpassed measurement. Nobody said it had to be a max-out (the maximum effort movement at any lift). Seen under
Learning to appreciate little PR’s Leia mais »
That’s an important question about the mysterious process all strength athletes are interested in. Physical strength is the ability to exert strength against an external resistance, but that’s not what you are interested in: you’re not a bodybuilder. For us, strength is a complex cognitive, mental, neural, endocrine, muscular-joint-skeleton system of producing the most efficient
What does it mean to get stronger Leia mais »
“But you don’t hate guys, do you?” “you’re not a radical, are you?” These are things that I hear from friends that are more or less (some more, some less, but all a little bit) weary of my involvement with feminism. How can someone like me, meaning an athlete, a cis-heterosexual woman, supposedly uninterested in
Sports and feminism – no proselytism, just some clarification Leia mais »
Brandon Lilly posted another interesting comment about powerlifting and attitude today. This is it: “If I gave up when I felt like I’d never get any better I’d have quit when I fell to the ground, busted my lip, and bloodied my nose when I tried to squat 135 lbs for the first time. I
About giving up (thoughts on Brandon’s thoughts) Leia mais »
