Welcome, Mavro to exercise biology. Good first post and well written. Do write something about yourself in Miscellaneous about what you do and stuff..

Thanks Anoop for the welcome, and thanks for the opportunity to contribute.

G’day to all forum members from down under!

A few words of intro about me:

I’m 35, have been lifting weights since I was 16, and have been a competitive powerlifter for the last 3 years (best equipped lifts: 227.5 kgs squat, 160kgs bench, 245kgs deadlift @ 75kgs, best raw lifts: 200kgs squat, 140kgs bench, 242.5 kgs deadlift @ 75kgs). I’m a life-time 100% natural.

My academic background is in Philosophy (Philosophy of Science and Meta-ethics), in which I hold an Honours degree (and a half-finished PhD thesis, currently on hold). 

Professionally speaking, I run my own weight loss consultancy service and also do contract work for government departments promoting physical activity interventions in work-place settings. 

I’m married (15 years next May) and have three kids under 6 (!)...needless to say, life is very busy and noisy around these parts.

I’m very happy to have discovered this site, as I think it exemplifies the clear-thinking and evidence-based approach to exercise science that is sadly lacking in most quarters (excepting some obvious sources like Lyle McDonald, Alan Aragon, Jamie Hale et. al.).

I look forward to learning further from Anoop and other members in future, and sharing what few insights I’ve gathered over the years.

Here’s some recent pics:

Looking good! Lean too, I thought you said you were a powerlifter? :p

Philosophy, eh? Ever since I had this introductory course in philosophy (they teach philosophy of science and the history of science + some other stuff) at uni. in Norway everyone has to take it, without it you can’t get your degree. It’s supposed to teach you about critical thinking, can we ever know anything for sure (Decartes, etc) what limitations do we as humans have to live with when we see and interpret the world (learning about Kant), ethics, etc.

Wellcome Mavros

nice physique

Great physique
and welcome a board!!!

Cheers and great to have you!

Jim

Thanks Anoop for the welcome, and thanks for the opportunity to contribute.

G’day to all forum members from down under!

A few words of intro about me:

I’m 35, have been lifting weights since I was 16, and have been a competitive powerlifter for the last 3 years (best equipped lifts: 227.5 kgs squat, 160kgs bench, 245kgs deadlift @ 75kgs, best raw lifts: 200kgs squat, 140kgs bench, 242.5 kgs deadlift @ 75kgs). I’m a life-time 100% natural.

My academic background is in Philosophy (Philosophy of Science and Meta-ethics), in which I hold an Honours degree (and a half-finished PhD thesis, currently on hold).

Professionally speaking, I run my own weight loss consultancy service and also do contract work for government departments promoting physical activity interventions in work-place settings.

I’m married (15 years next May) and have three kids under 6 (!)...needless to say, life is very busy and noisy around these parts.

I’m very happy to have discovered this site, as I think it exemplifies the clear-thinking and evidence-based approach to exercise science that is sadly lacking in most quarters (excepting some obvious sources like Lyle McDonald, Alan Aragon, Jamie Hale et. al.).

I look forward to learning further from Anoop and other members in future, and sharing what few insights I’ve gathered over the years.

Here’s some recent pics:

Thanks for the nice introduction and I really appreciate your kind words.

I am not sure how you get the time with a wife and three kids. So thanks for posting whenever you get a chance. You and Karky really reflect what this site stands for.

And who said powerlifters are fat?  Really pleasing physique and welcome again to exercise biology!!

Looking good! Lean too, I thought you said you were a powerlifter? :p

Haha…I get that a lot ! Of course the truth is that lean-ness is solely a function of diet, while strength level is a function of training methodology and diet combined.  As you have no doubt noticed watching Olympic lifters, the lean guys operating in the lighter weight classes have quite aesthetic physiques (when I was lifting in the 100kgs category, I looked completely different, even through my training protocols were identical).

Philosophy, eh? Ever since I had this introductory course in philosophy (they teach philosophy of science and the history of science + some other stuff) at uni. in Norway everyone has to take it, without it you can’t get your degree. It’s supposed to teach you about critical thinking, can we ever know anything for sure (Decartes, etc) what limitations do we as humans have to live with when we see and interpret the world (learning about Kant), ethics, etc.

I don’t think compulsory philosophy is such a bad idea, especially if it’s of the more ‘applied’ varieties (e.g. informal logic - spotting fallacies of argument, identifying types of causation, understanding inductive versus deductive reasoning etc.).  This background has helped me no end in my later work in exercise science…so even though I’m quite weak on the technical side of things, the philosophical ‘attitude’ helps me to spot weaknesses in scientific method and interpretation.

Wellcome Mavros
nice physique

Thanks Bandid0…looking at your avatar, same to you!

Great physique
and welcome a board!!!

Thanks Anatoly for the kind compliment and welcome!

Cheers and great to have you!

Jim

Thanks Jim…great to be here!

Thanks for the nice introduction and I really appreciate your kind words.

I am not sure how you get the time with a wife and three kids. So thanks for posting whenever you get a chance. You and Karky really reflect what this site stands for.

And who said powerlifters are fat?  Really pleasing physique and welcome again to exercise biology!!

Thanks Anoop.

I must confess that most of the time I get to post is when I’m at work away from the dearly beloved! Home life is super-hectic and high-decibel!

Re powerlifters being fat, one of the reasons why I decided to lift in the 75kgs division rather than the 100kgs was that I was having difficulty convincing clients that heavy resistance work was compatible with a lean/shapely look…everyone kept refexively associating my training methods with my massive/bulky appearance.  It’s a sad, but true fact in this industry that your appearance gets as much kudos and respect from the layperson as the quality of your advice.

I now have clients begging me to put them on ‘powerlifting’ routines so that they can get lean and buff…:roll:

welcome, bro.

I love how many people have come to meet on this board since the forum just started
I remember it being just me, Jim and Anoop
Look at all the bright minds we have now: I look forward to learning from your insights!