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18 Sep F.N.A.Q.: Losing Weight, Making Gainz?

Posted at 13:13h in Finding What Works for You, Fitness, Fitness as Nutrient Partitioning, Nutrition, Nutrition Science, The Value of Good Nutrition by Juan Acevedo

You probably know it by now. I have things to say. Thanks to the questions and lessons I learned from you, I always have a big list of blog ideas, video ideas, Instagram ideas, and even book ideas. Sometimes in those lists, patterns emerge. I...

31 Aug The Value of Zone 2 Training

Posted at 11:50h in Close the gap, Fitness, Science, Smart Practices by Juan Acevedo

Man! You know Francine, she gives it to me straight. We know she does not like it when I talk too much. And you probably can guess she hates it when I talk to her about meditation and mindset. Now imagine what happened the other...

30 Jun Banzo’s sword and metric fixations

Posted at 09:55h in Close the Gap, Coaching, Finding What Works for You, Fitness, How to be a learner?, Mindset, Smart Practices by Juan Acevedo

Are you a victim of your metrics? Are you constantly trying to better your metrics, just to feel frustrated and unaccomplished? I have been there, it is awful. In this post I present to you a set of principles that will help you use metrics...

06 May How hard to push?

Posted at 17:16h in Close the gap, Fitness, Training by Juan Acevedo

This is a beefy video. I think it is fantastic. Rocky is in it, the world's strongest woman is in it, my cat Marta is in it. All the basics for awesomeness are covered. I receive the question of how hard to push often. The...

01 Apr What the F#@%$ck is Recovery?

Posted at 14:21h in Fitness as Nutrient Partitioning, Nutrition, Recovery, Training by Juan Acevedo

So is napping recovery? Is stretching better than rolling? What do you mean I should not be sore. No pain, no gain, dude! Of course I want to sleep better and longer, but then at what time do I work out if I am effing...

20 Mar Build your garage gym

Posted at 15:43h in Close the gap, Fitness, Training by Juan Acevedo

I love garage gyms. I consider myself a garage gym person. I believe in home-fitness. I think fitness is most productive when it becomes a personal and regular routine. If you are an avid reader for example, and you consider reading and learning new...

26 Feb 3 ways to add rituals and routines to your training

Posted at 09:31h in Close the gap, Fitness, Smart Practices by Juan Acevedo

Recently I took a class on lead rope climbing. Being a movement geek and an overall nerd it suffices to say I was in my element. When the beginner --like me-- goes from top-rope climbing to lead climbing, the most evident hurdle is falling. The...

12 Feb EXPERIENCE ≠ CAPACITY ≠ MATURITY

Posted at 21:55h in Close the gap, Fitness, Smart Practices by Juan Acevedo

We are always trying to apply the things we learn in training to life outside the gym. In this video we go in the opposite direction. It is all about becoming a mature athlete....

15 Jan You are born to be good at shit

Posted at 09:55h in Fitness, How to be a learner?, Train your mind in the gym by Juan Acevedo

The focus of the whole month of January will be "The Basics." We get so caught up in the fancy stuff. We are always looking for sophisticated solutions for simple problems. Yet, the basics are where it's at. Today's video is about how we love...

11 Dec What I have learned from coaching … so far

Posted at 09:55h in Close the Gap, Coaching, Fitness, Mindset by Juan Acevedo

I arrived to coaching after teaching at the college level for fourteen years. I am a voracious learner. I loved (and still do love) universities, and I loved the idea of getting paid to create knowledge and help others learn. However, during all those years...