The Strength Connection
Exploring Strength: Body, Mind and Spirit.
The Strength Connection goes beyond the gym to uncover the lessons, stories, and wisdom that build resilience and purpose in every area of life.
Join host Michael Kurkowski as he connects with world-class coaches, athletes, and leaders to reveal what true strength really means.
The Strength Connection
#1 - Fabio Zonin: The Victorious Program
In the 1st Episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, StrongFirst Master Instructor Fabio Zonin will talk about a minimalist bodybuilding approach, controlling your full body asymmetrically, Mike’s love-hate relationship with pressing and The Victorious Program
Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!
In this chapter you will discover:
(2:30) Introducing our special guest StrongFirst Master Instructor Fabio Zonin @x_fab_69
(3:00) The Victorious Program
(3:50) 95 - 83 Kg increasing muscle size
(4:50) A minimalist bodybuilding approach
(5:00) Working on 3-6 movement patterns BTS 3x3
(9:20) Going to exhaustion with minisets
(10:10) Technical rep max
(11:20) How to apply Fabio’s new method step by step
(12:40) Changing the muscle distribution
(14:00) Hard to find a pattern
(14:40) Mike talks strength endurance
(15:40) Fabio’s technique for focused learning
(16:00) How Mike met Fabio in the CKFMS
(17:10) “Try to make it more digestible” - Fabio Zonin
(17:50) “Not only improve the quality and quantity of the information you teach, but also the way you communicate it” - Fabio Zonin
(18:50) “You know you are a great coach, if you can easily communicate” - Mike Kurkowski
(19:20) “It’s not the content, it’s the way you deliver the content” - Fabio Zonin
(21:20) Using ourselves for 1st test of a new program 1) caring about people safety 2) you know the feedback is accurate
(23:00) “When you respect the weight you don’t lose focus” - Fabio Zonin
(26:40) Injuries are not a result of a heavy weight, but lost focus
(29:20) “Pain is a good teacher” - Fabio Zonin
(37:00) Mike’s love-hate relationship with pressing
(37:30) The bodypress program, shout out to Pavel Tsatsouline @strongfirst
(39:10) Controlling your full body asymmetrically
(39:40) “If I would be a musician, I would pick the drummer” - Fabio Zonin
(40:00) The creation process for the Bodypress Program
(44:50) Your emotions are created with your facial expressions and in your body language
(46:40) “Every time you get into the press program you feel really good with it, it lights you up for the rest of the day” - Jon Engum engums_extremetraining
(47:00) Funny story of Fabio and John
(50:20) Shout out to Pavel Macek @@pavelmacekcom
(51:20) Keep it legal, keep it safe
(59:30) Learning universal strength principles and apply them in everything
(59:40) Teaching people how to control their body, and the right tension and breath
(1:00:40) Changing the way you generate tension
(1:04:30) Powerful analogy story
(1:07:30) Intuitive training
(1:12:30) “Physiology drives psychology” - Mike Kurkowski
(1:13:10) “Self improvement is addictive” - Mike Kurkowski
(1:14:30) Go check The Victorious Program
(1:15:40) How to reach out to Fabio Zonin contact@fabiozonin.com