Pavel Macek

Certified StrongFirst Master Instructor & StrongFirst Elite (strongfirst.com & strongfirst.cz)
SIMPLEXSTRONG fan of an old-time strongman training (simplexstrong.com)
Flexible Steel Specialist (flexiblesteel.com)
Oxygen Advantage Instructor (oxygenadvantage.com)
Practical Hung Kyun Chief Instructor (practicalhungkyun.com & practicalhungkyun.cz)
KB5 Chief Instructor (kb5.cz)
MMA Gym Prague Chief Instructor (mmagym.cz)
Cat lover and Pu-Erh tea drinker

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A BIG project in works - shooting next 3 days, fro

A BIG project in works - shooting next 3 days, from dusk till dawn (or the other way around?). #strongfirst

“Eight Drunken Immortals” and “Seven Stars” - #practicalhungkyun practice with my niece. See more at @phkgym

#hungkyun #hungkuen #hungga #hunggar #hunggarkungfu #hunggarkuen

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: let us ne

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: let us never forget.

#holocaust #holocaustmemorial #neverforget #weremember

Rule 14 "Try to make one room in your house as bea

Rule 14
"Try to make one room in your house as beautiful as possible." -Jordan B. Peterson

Addendum: Home is where the hair sticks everywhere except on the cat.

#buddha #zafu #zabuton #puerh #puerhtea #cat #cats #twocats #home #newhome

"Hardstyle Kettlebell Lifting" by Vik Khanna & Zar

"Hardstyle Kettlebell Lifting" by Vik Khanna & Zar Horton @zarhorton_kbx (Master @strongfirst Certified Instructor), in: USA Karate, Volume 7, 2018, featuring pic of my get-up.

#hardstyle #kettlebell #hardstylekettlebell #karate #usakarate #kettlebellgetup #strongfirst #bestrongfirst

“Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset, the gi

“Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset, the giggle of a grandchild, the first snowfall. It's the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps.”
–Sharon Draper

“…for in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”
–Khalil Gibran

#littlethings #littlethingsinlife #littlethingsmatter #littlethingsthatmakemehappy

“Tea is an act complete in its simplicity. When

“Tea is an act complete in its simplicity.

When I drink tea, there is only me and the tea.

The rest of the world dissolves.

There are no worries about the future.

No dwelling on past mistakes.

Tea is simple: loose-leaf tea, hot pure water, a cup.

I inhale the scent, tiny delicate pieces of the tea floating above the cup.

I drink the tea, the essence of the leaves becoming a part of me.

I am informed by the tea, changed.

This is the act of life, in one pure moment, and in this act the truth of the world suddenly becomes revealed: all the complexity, pain, drama of life is a pretense, invented in our minds for no good purpose.

There is only the tea, and me, converging.”

― Thich Nhat Hanh

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Master Thich Nhat Hanh had passed away peacefully at the age of 95 at the Tu Hieu Temple in Hue, Vietnam on Saturday.

Thank you for everything!

#thichnhathanh #thichnhathanhquotes #tea #serenitea #life

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."

Light variety day: 3x(1,2,3) kettlebell clean & press with 28 kg.

#strongfirst #strength #spirit #will #honor #courage #aničkamalinová #bestrongfirst

"Why strength train with bodyweight? Because it is

"Why strength train with bodyweight? Because it is always there.

Tony Blauer, one of the top defensive tactics and close-quarter combat instructors in the law enforcement and military communities, coined the expression 'a Naked Warrior'. 'I should be able to take care of myself even if I am naked,' says Blauer. 'But it goes without saying that I will do better with an MP5, a Kevlar vest, and a good S.W.A.T. team.'

The same principle applies to strength training. You will make your best gains if you have access to quality hardware: barbells, kettlebells, pullup bars, and so on. But, unless you live the predictable life of a greenhouse plant, sooner or later you will end up in a situation in which you have no iron around.

Refuse to cave in to the circumstances.

Being able to improvise something out of nothing is a skill highly valued by the Russian Special Forces. Do you know how to wash yourself with ashes from a bonfire? Can you keep your feet warm by stuffing dry grass inside your foot wraps? Can you rig up a time bomb out of a hand grenade and a cigarette?

Can you get a quality strength workout anywhere, anytime?

Now you can."

-Pavel, in: The Naked Warrior, 2004.

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The Naked Warrior 2.0 - tested, perfected, proven? StrongFirst SFB Bodyweight Certification!

I will be teaching two SFB Bodyweight certs next year:

-Apr 30 - May 1, 2022, Prague, Czechia, @strongfirstcz

-July 16-17, 2022, Paris, France, @strongfirst_france

>>> REGISTRATION LINKS IN BIO!

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Quote on the image: Although this quote is widely attributed to Theodore Roosevelt, he credits it, in his Autobiography, Chapter IX, to Squire Bill Widener of Widener’s Valley, Virginia.

Photo by @stanislavpetera : One-arm pushup lesson from #THEFORGE: Full Year’s Transformation Program [ONLINE COURSE], chapter "Strength & Conditioning for the Traveling Warrior" - LINK IN THE BIO!

#strongfirst #sfb #bodyweight #bodyweightstrength #onearmpushup #onearmpushups #callisthenics #pavel #paveltsatsouline #pavelmacek #nakedwarrior #thenakedwarrior #bestrongfirst

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