by Pavel Macek | Jul 10, 2017 | Philosophy, Strength Training, StrongFirst |
Does your sport demands high levels of absolute strength? Do you want to gain more muscle? Do you love the adrenaline rush of heavy lifting? Then you must train with barbell, says Pavel Tsatsouline, StrongFirst chairman – and the best way to learn how to lift...
by Pavel Macek | May 12, 2017 | Old-Time Strongmen, Philosophy, SIMPLEX Dumbbell STRONG |
Many years ago when I first walked into Sig’s gym (around 1930) he stumped me with a pair of dumbbells… his100s. He asked whether I could clean and press a pair of 100s. I had not used heavy dumbbells until then so was not sure and told him so. He asked me to...
by Pavel Macek | Jan 1, 2017 | Philosophy, SIMPLEXSTRONG Lifestyle |
My New Year’s resolution: Keep doing what I am doing. Better. The plan is simplex: Do my breathing & joint-mobility exercises every morning. Enjoy good Pu-Erh tea with my wife and our cats before the work. Do my swings and get-ups. Sinister – coming...
by Pavel Macek | Jan 31, 2016 | Philosophy, Strength Training |
It is said that the key to the success in practice is a good method, a good teacher, and a good student. I am very lucky to have the best teachers and a great method. I am patiently working on being a better student, a better teacher, a better person. StrongFirst –...
by Pavel Macek | Jan 31, 2016 | Combatives, Philosophy |
I am working on some stuff regarding Chinese martial arts. I have found an interesting saying from our tradition (Southern Chinese Hung Ga Kyun), written by Grand Master Lam Sai Wing in his “Taming the Tiger in Gung Pattern Manual”, regarding the combat...
by Pavel Macek | Jan 31, 2016 | Combatives, Philosophy |
I was digging though an old martial arts manual (from around 1911), loosely translated by late Robert W. Smith in his book Secrets of Shaolin Temple Boxing and have found this interesting part called something like “Five must follow commandments”: Jim...
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