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
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