#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 ProgramJoin 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 [email protected]