Viagem de avião tem dessas coisas: você vê de tudo e encontra pessoas inesperadas. Às vezes bem chatas, em geral indiferentes, algumas vezes pequenos tesouros no caos das teias sociais. Ontem eu conheci Enrique Muknik, um músico cosmopolita que vive no País Basco. Entre de tudo um pouco, conversamos sobre onde ele vive. E entre […]
Buildings have foundation stones. They are considered the ceremonial building blocks to any type of construction. The expression comes from the Hebrew Foundation Stone, a sacred site of great importance. In the Jewish tradition, it is also considered the junction of Heaven and Earth. When the expression “foundation stone” is used coloquially, the meaning is
A partir de agora, vou postar uns boletins diários sem muita edição. Com certeza vão aparecer erros de edição, bobagens, informações incompletas, mas vai fazer o que? Não haverá tempo para muita firula. Além disso, descobri que posso postar boletins em video diretamente do youtube, vejam: MARILIACOUTINHO.COM – idéias sobre treinamento de força,
Boletins diários – Campeonato Sulamericano WPC – powerlifting Read More »
Você, amigo ou amiga que treina numa academia boate: você está fazendo isso errado. Você não está treinando. Está se submetendo a um programa masoquista de pentelhação progressiva que vai acabar com seu humor, seu controle de cortisol e, principalmente, com a qualidade do seu movimento. Você quer treinar assim? Ou assim? Como é que
Treinar: você está fazendo isso errado! Read More »
The state of “flow” has been discussed in studies about sports such as swimming, mountaineering, among others. “Flow” is an altered state of consciousness that could be roughly defined as a very deep focus. More than that, “flow” in sports defines a condition of heightened perception of the task at hand at the expense of
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On July 21st we’re offering a Strongman and Odd object training course in Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil. There will be a short theoretical part delivered by myself and my colleague Luciano Dias, where we will cover very basic issues on history, kinesiology and physiology. All the technical discussion will be “hands-on”. It will be eight
Será dia 21 de julho, conforme cartaz digital abaixo. Esse é o primeiro curso que se dá no Brasil sobre esse assunto. É um curso pouco convencional. Quem promove são duas organizações sem fins lucrativos (a Strong Monsters de Mogi e a Aliança Nacional da Força, ANF), com o objetivo de arrecadar fundos para a
Strongman e Odd object training – um primeiro curso teórico-(bem) prático Read More »
At first everyone was skeptic about my heterodox hybrid training methods, which included kettlebells. Why kettlebells? After all, its manipulating a little load, a lot of times, when you actually need to improve your ability to manipulate a lot of weight, just one time. All my claims on transfer, functional transfer (“hey guys, it’s not
Kettlebell and powerlifting: at last some evidence! Read More »
In two weeks I will be going to Colombia to take part on the South American WPC powerlifting championship. About everything that could go wrong did go wrong: I had planned on going equipped, I had some experience with equipment, especially the bench shirt, but for some reason, I did not adjust. In 2011 I
No, you shouldn’t. Now you ask: “so how are we supposed to benefit from what obviously only digital video sharing can do, which is to understand how the outstanding athletes get there?” So here’s some interesting news: they don’t post their maxes. Most of them will only post competition videos (with maxes, of course) or
Training and the digital midia: should you post your maxes for everyone to see? Read More »
